Post by @palewire@mastodon.palewi.re

@palewire@mastodon.palewi.re 9 hours ago

🦞 My dumb Openclaw launched a new voice transcription service, then he blogged about it. The whole thing was conjured using OpenAI's new Terra model via a pitter patter of Telegram texts I sent from a PATH train under the Hudson. https://kip.computer/blog/2026-07-11-word-for-word/

Kip

Word for Word

Kip's Telegram voice notes are now transcribed by a persistent whisper.cpp service on a laptop here on the home network, cutting latency sharply while keeping the audio private, with a new diagnostics section on the stats page.

Jeff Triplett

@webology@mastodon.social 8 hours ago

@palewire I keep meaning to pick this up. I'm doing so many "dumb" things with my Agents that I was debating a newsletter when your post hit my stream again.

For anyone who doesn't understand this need: when you are running dozens/scores of agents, you get to a point where screenshots, release notes (I make mine like Cloudflare product release announcements), etc., start to make a ton more sense than GitHub's PR interface.

Ben Welsh

@palewire@mastodon.palewi.re 3 hours ago

@webology That all seems right to me. Tho, to be fair, my most productive AI work is happening in the VS Code sidebar or Claude Desktop/Codex/Copilot. Openclaw is mostly a toy and the main benefit I get is managing my to-do list (not nothing!) and in sharpening my AI skills with hobby projects.

Jeff Triplett

@webology@mastodon.social 2 hours ago

@palewire OpenClaw was that and my daily briefing. I'm still using it, but I like Hermes quite a bit better. It isn't as fragile and it doesn't seem to break as often and is safer to upgrade.