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Transform raw speech-to-text dictation into polished prose while preserving the author's natural voice
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| name | dictation-cleanup |
| description | Transform raw speech-to-text dictation into polished prose while preserving the author's natural voice |
| author | Writing Secrets |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| triggers | ["dictation","clean up dictation","speech to text","transcription cleanup","dictated text","voice draft","raw transcript","fix dictation"] |
| permissions | ["file:read","file:write"] |
Transform messy speech-to-text output into polished, publish-ready prose. Built for authors who dictate their drafts — because dictation is the fastest way to write, but cleaning it up shouldn't take longer than typing it would have.
Speech-to-text gives you something like this:
so she walked into the room and um the light was kind of flickering you know
like one of those old fluorescent lights and she could smell something weird
like copper maybe or no more like rust and old pennies and she knew comma she
just knew that something was wrong period new paragraph Marcus was sitting in
the corner but he wasn't really sitting he was more like slumped and his eyes
were open but they weren't seeing anything quote hello question mark close
quote she whispered but even as she said it she knew he wasn't going to answer
Transforms that into:
She walked into the room. The fluorescent light flickered overhead — one of
those old tubes that never quite dies — and something metallic hung in the air.
Copper. No — rust and old pennies.
She knew. She just knew something was wrong.
Marcus sat in the corner. Slumped, really, more than sitting. His eyes were
open but they weren't seeing anything.
"Hello?" she whispered.
Even as she said it, she knew he wasn't going to answer.
Everything in Level 1, plus:
Everything in Level 2, plus:
Understands common dictation commands:
After each cleanup:
Dictation Cleanup Report
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Raw dictation: 2,847 words
After cleanup: 2,134 words (25% trimmed)
Filler removed: 187 instances
Sentences fixed: 43 run-ons split
Dialogue blocks: 12 formatted
Paragraphs: 8 raw → 23 formatted
Dictation speed: ~2,800 words/hour (estimated)
Equivalent typing: ~1,400 words/hour
Time saved: ~45 minutes
Works seamlessly with other AuthorClaw skills:
clean dictation — Process pasted dictation text (Level 2 by default)clean dictation [level 1/2/3] — Specify cleanup intensityclean dictation file [path] — Process a saved dictation filebatch dictation [folder] — Clean all dictation files in a folderdictation stats — Show your dictation patterns and cleanup historyset dictation commands — Customize which spoken commands to recognize