> Audio can be a great way to capture ideas and thought processes ... This can work especially well for people who are distracted by form and "writing correctly" too early in the process, for people who are intimidated by blank pages, for non-neurotypical people, etc. Self-recording is a great way to set all of those artifacts of the medium aside and capture what you want to say.

Yes, this is my process:

Record yourself rambling out loud, and import the audio in NotebookLM.

Then use this system prompt in NotebookLM chat:

> Write in my style, with my voice, in first person. Answer questions in my own words, using quotes from my recordings. You can combine multiple quotes. Edit the quotes for length and clarity. Fix speech disfluencies and remove filler words. Do not put quotation marks around the quotes. Do not use an ellipsis to indicate omitted words in quotes.

Then chat with "yourself." The replies will match your style and will be source-grounded. In fact, the replies automatically get footnotes pointing to specific quotes in your raw transcripts.

This workflow may not save me time, but it helps me get started, or get unstuck. It helps me stop procrastinating and manage my emotions. I consider it assistive technology for ADHD.