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Textedit Integration

The short answer: open TextEdit, click into the document, press ⌃+⌥+R, speak for 30-90 seconds, and AICHE inserts your formatted text ready for editing or saving.

Typing stream-of-consciousness notes, meeting summaries, or draft content creates unnecessary friction when you're trying to capture ideas quickly before they evaporate.

1. Open TextEdit on your Mac (⌘+Space, type "TextEdit").
2. Create a new document or open an existing one.
3. Click where you want to insert text.
4. Press your AICHE hotkey to start recording.
5. Speak your content naturally (example: "team standup notes, discussed the API refactor timeline, backend team needs three more days for testing, frontend can proceed with mock data, deployment scheduled for Friday afternoon").
6. Press the hotkey again - AICHE transcribes, applies formatting, and inserts the text.
7. Save the document (⌘S).

Heads-up: TextEdit supports both Rich Text and Plain Text modes. AICHE works identically in both, but Plain Text mode (Format → Make Plain Text) produces cleaner output for technical notes, code snippets, or Markdown drafts.

The pro-tip: use TextEdit with AICHE for capturing technical thoughts during code reviews or debugging sessions. Speak your analysis of what's wrong, potential solutions, and tradeoffs. This creates a searchable record without interrupting your problem-solving flow.

Result: capturing 500 words of meeting notes or technical analysis that takes 10 minutes to type becomes 2 minutes to speak, and you'll actually document important decisions instead of relying on memory.

Do this now: open TextEdit, create a new document, press your hotkey, and dictate a summary of what you're currently working on, including blockers, progress, and next steps.