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Day 6

So far the big challenge has been improving accuracy, I started out with the microphone from my headset, it's a Beyerdynamic, a fancy audio brand, so I expected it to be ok, but it actually wasn't that great.

I then switch to a condensor mic I've had for some twenty years, but it seems that one has given the ghost. It works but produces a lot of rumble. Not that surprising, these kind of microphones are notably fragile.

Now I'm using a Shure SM58. It's a classic magnetic coil mic. Indestructible and well suited for vocals. Now it's much better. I also did some vocal warmup this morning and lo and behold that helped too!

There are still a few things it regularly gets wrong, probably cause I'm not enunciating things well enough. E.g. I say "tilde" and it types "the", or "brace" instead of "phrase". Making an effort to put on my "radio host" voice.

Now that accuracy is much better I can more confidently start chaining longer commands, which is essential to get fast enough. And I'm continuing to add custom commands for stuff I do regularly, so I don't have to "spell" things using the talon alphabet. E.g. "change directory" for "cd ", instead of "cap drum space". This also helps with accuracy (more recognizable phrases), and provides easier mnemonics.

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