Why I Stopped Typing and Started Talking

I've always been a fast typist. 120 words per minute, mechanical keyboard, the whole setup. I was proud of it. But after building Fyx and dogfooding it for three months, I realized something uncomfortable: typing was my bottleneck all along.

The Speed Gap

The average person types at 40 WPM. Fast typists hit 80-120 WPM. But the average person speaks at 130-150 WPM — and that's a relaxed conversational pace. When you factor in the cognitive overhead of typing (thinking about spelling, grammar, formatting as you go), speaking is dramatically faster.

But raw speed isn't the real win. The real win is quality.

Why Speaking Produces Better Text

When you type, you self-edit in real time. You second-guess word choices, restructure sentences mid-thought, and lose your train of thought while fixing typos. The result is often stilted, over-edited text that doesn't sound like you.

When you speak, you think in complete thoughts. You're more natural, more conversational, more human. And with Fyx's AI polish, that natural spoken language gets cleaned up into professional text that still sounds authentic.

My Daily Workflow Now

Here's how my typical day looks:

• Morning emails — I speak through my inbox responses in 15 minutes instead of 45
• Slack messages — Quick voice replies, polished output
• Documentation — I narrate what the code does, Fyx formats it
• Meeting follow-ups — Immediately after a call, I dump my thoughts into structured notes

I still type for code. But for everything else? I talk. And I'm never going back.