"If you're as old as I am, you remember when drafting a document meant scribbling illegibly on a yellow legal pad, then typing your chicken scratch up on an electric typewriter and eventually a PC or Mac. Over time, as most of us acclimated to technology, we slowly and sometimes reluctantly trained ourselves to draft directly at the keyboard which became the default mechanism to create work product."
"This isn't a nostalgia play but rather, an example of how technology rewires how we work. And we're on the cusp of the same shift again. Only this time the jump isn't from paper to keyboard but keyboard to voice. And while you may be thinking that you'll never surrender the written word, there are compelling reasons why solos and smalls should make voice their drafting tool of choice in an AI age."
"Voice Has Come a Long Way Although dictation has been around for at least a century (first through human scribes, then through more rudimentary tools like Dragon Dictation), it wasn't until recently that AI-powered transcription was truly ready for prime time. Modern speech recognition systems routinely hit 90% accuracy in quiet conditions with decent microphones, and newer models continue to improve."
Drafting workflows moved from handwritten notes to typing as technology rewired how work gets done. A similar shift is underway from keyboard to voice with AI-driven transcription enabling practical voice-first drafting. Modern models routinely reach about 90% accuracy in quiet settings with decent microphones, and market investment reflects rapid deployment. The voice AI market is projected to grow from roughly $3.14 billion in 2024 to about $47.5 billion by 2034. Speaking is substantially faster than typing—around 150 words per minute for speech versus roughly 40 words per minute for average typists and 65–75 for professionals—delivering significant time savings.
Read at Above the Law
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