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Many people with ADHD find voice notes more reliable than typed task lists, and the reasons line up with what we know about working memory and friction. This piece covers why, plus a practical setup that keeps captured thoughts moving instead of piling up.
whisper.cpp is the C and C++ port of OpenAI Whisper that runs fully offline, with model sizes from 75 MB to 2.9 GB and accuracy that scales with size. This guide covers install, batch transcription of voice memos, the limits, and where a managed tool fills the gaps.
A voice brain dump is ten minutes of unstructured talking followed by AI filing and a two-minute review. Speaking beats typing for unloading because speech has no cursor and no backspace. This guide covers the ritual, the failure modes, and the daily version.
Capturing tasks by voice only works if the whole motion takes two seconds. This guide covers the 2-second rule, phrasing that files cleanly, where captures should land, and the review habit that keeps the loop closed.
Why a folder of plain text files outlives every task app you will ever try: portability, search, version control, and zero lock-in, plus the honest tradeoffs (no reminders, no sync magic) and the minimal setup that actually sticks.
A copy-paste daily planner template as one markdown file: three priorities at the top, time-blocked hours in the middle, a capture section for stray thoughts, and a shutdown ritual at the bottom, plus a filled-in example showing the file after a real day.
A markdown kanban board is one file where headings are columns and checkbox lines are cards: Backlog, Doing, Done, with a WIP limit noted under Doing. Cards move by cut and paste, Git history becomes your audit trail, and the board stays readable in any editor forever.
Copy-paste markdown meeting notes templates for a general meeting, a 1:1, a standup, and a client call. Each one ends in checkbox action items with an owner prefix and a due date, so follow-ups stay greppable weeks after the meeting.
A weekly review template you can paste into any markdown editor, built on the GTD review sequence: inbox sweep, projects review, next actions, waiting-for, calendar look-ahead, and a shutdown step, plus timing guidance and the mistakes that make reviews slip.
The complete markdown checkbox reference: exact `- [ ]` and `- [x]` syntax, the space-after-bracket and list-only rules, 2-space nesting, where checkboxes render and where they are clickable, plus a gotchas table for the mistakes that turn tasks back into raw text.
