Smart rings are looking like my kind of AI gadget
Over the last few months, I've spent a lot of time talking to my computer. One underrated feature of the LLM revolution has been a remarkable leap in all kinds of dictation technology - even the fastest, cheapest models are getting very good at understanding and processing speech. I've tested lots of these apps, from WisprFlow to Monologue to Spokenly to Handy to so many others, and have found them all to be useful ways to quickly write emails, Slack messages, and more. They so
Get smart on it
Smart rings are wearable devices designed to capture voice input through a microphone and send it via Bluetooth to a phone, where speech-recognition technology transcribes the spoken words into text. Recent advances in large language models have significantly improved dictation technology across various apps, making voice-to-text a practical tool for quickly composing messages and notes. One company is developing a smart ring that demonstrates this capability by allowing users to dictate directly into applications like note-taking software with accurate transcription. The appeal of smart rings as an AI gadget lies in their subtlety compared to other emerging wearable devices like smart glasses and pins.
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