[Jim_Heckler]

"One strategy I've developed to make voice-to-text seem less odd to bystanders is to talk into my phone up to my ear as if I were on a call (rather than talking into it like a microphone as most people do with voice-to-text)."

Wow this is brilliant, and I can't believe this wasn't obvious to me when I've considered voice typing but felt weird about it.

I just got a Note 9 and I love that I can pull out the pen while the screen's off, jot a note and put the pen away without having to unlock my phone. And in the app it can be OCR'd for searching, editing etc. I'm sure once I get into the habit of using this I'll be forgetting ideas less.

[Cyph0n]

If you're worried about bystanders, talking to your phone is always going to be weird...

The actual solution is to not give a shit what others think about what makes you productive.

[kbutler]

It works quite well - though I disagree with his reluctance to hold it up to the mouth like a mic (speaking only) rather than up to your cheek like a phone (speaking and listening). It's usually More comfortable to me. Maybe we are just doing it in different contexts.

Either way, making it immediately obvious you're talking into a device gives the implicit signal "I'm talking, but not to you" so you don't have to do any further signaling, which is usually less clear anyway (head shake, etc.)

[goldfeld]

People will now advocate constantly holding up a device irradiating heat as close to your skull and brain as possible for long periods of intense thinking (which already stress and heat up the brain, naturally). I get headaches within minutes of long or intense phone calls. Voice control looks more like a joke and less like cool future as it becomes concrete. Said this before, but I just like vim better.

[codeful]

I told my coworkers that they gonna hear me talk to myself time to time. Im using Jota text editor on android + handsfree earphone to add todo tasks, notes, ideas and so on. It was odd in the beginning.