One recording, not a setting
Overa journal setting that stays on
Costturn it on each time
Problem
When you journal by voice, you may want your own words kept. There's no “keep it raw, just this once” switch.
Hypothesis In my test Flow mostly kept my voice. This is about choice, not a fix.
Solution
Turn on Journal Mode, speak, keep your words. Polish later if you want.
New entry
Editing
Proposed shortcut Press fn three times quickly to turn Journal Mode on or off.
Metrics
People come back to it, and nothing changes behind their back
Trade-offs
What I gave up, on purpose
Keep both versions
Overreplacing the capture with the polish
Costone more choice after each entry
Button first, shortcut second
Overrelying on triple-press fn
Costslower to start; the shortcut clashes with hands-free
Research
For anyone who wants to dig in
Why this, and what my test showedA preference hypothesis
When people journal or think aloud, some would rather keep the way they said it: the hedges, the restarts, the word they'd never write. Then decide later whether to tidy it.
In my journal comparison, the output largely kept my tone and the story's details. So this isn't a claim that Flow strips personality. Evidence record R2
Full metric planUsability test, formulas, thresholds, kill criteria
Capture rulesWhat Journal Mode keeps
Keep what makes it yours. Add only punctuation and paragraph breaks. A word that couldn't be made out stays marked instead of guessed.
The shortcut conflictTriple-press fn already means something in Flow
So a triple-press of fn would start hands-free, then cancel it. The Journal Mode button is the dependable path; a dedicated binding may fit better. Source: Use Flow hands-free
What Flow ships todayTransforms and Auto Cleanup
Transforms
Auto Cleanup
Source: Auto Cleanup
Where the demo entry comes fromLine by line, plus a timing setting
Development setting: triple-press timing
A web page can't reliably read the physical fn key, so use the on-screen key.
What this prototype doesn't showLimits
- It doesn't record or recognize speech. The entry is prepared text, two lines quoted from my own journal comparison.
- The Polished version is written by hand. A real Polish would come from Flow's Transforms.
- Mobile activation isn't designed yet; the phone preview shows the same flow with the button. Not yet tested with users.