{"id":533,"date":"2025-08-18T08:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sayflick.com\/blog\/?p=533"},"modified":"2026-10-21T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:20:39","slug":"sayflick-if-typing-is-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sayflick.com\/blog\/sayflick-if-typing-is-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Using SayFlick if typing is hard for you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If typing on a phone is slow or painful \u2014 because of a disability, an injury, eyesight or just unfamiliarity with the keyboard \u2014 speaking can be easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speak instead of typing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tap <strong>Speak<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/sayflick.com\/\">SayFlick<\/a> and say your message; the browser writes it down. 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