A person recording a voice message
07/09/2026 - 18:00 h.
Writer
2 min

For some reason I don't know, Google Play considers that it must send me an app. In the promotional photo, there is a bearded and bald guy, one of those who shave the part that hasn't fallen out yet. He is young, and his smile shows us very white, very, very white teeth. He is wearing a purple t-shirt, and a discreet but visible necklace hangs from his neck. In the background, an office can be seen (photocopiers and blurred plants). The headline says: "Unlock your genius without writing anything". And immediately after, the informative text: “Whether you are going to work or taking a shower, your best ideas are captured all the same. These voice tools help you avoid the friction of the first draft and manage your life without using your hands”.

I prick myself and, effectively, I don't draw blood. Not having to "write anything", as you can see, is great luck, like not having to sweep because you have a roomba. The first sentence is already a wild declaration of intent. "Whether you are going to work or taking a shower", moments in which you cannot be watching reels, as always, and you can think vaguely. You dictate to the phone what has crossed your mind and "avoid the friction of the first draft". The fear of the blank page of a lifetime, well. Unless, of course, that dramatic "friction" is that of the item called "pen", oh, ouch.

The most exciting thing about the whole piece (or perhaps, of course, the whole dictation) is this idea of being able to manage your life without having to use "your hands". For someone, it would be a terrible torture, this of never using a pencil or pen to go on writing down words again, but it is understood that, for the majority, it is not like that, and that living without using your hands is the bee's knees.

So much for the dictation. Has it all been understood? Well come on, transform the draft into words for me, as I am using my hands for useful things, like scratching myself.

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