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Yesterday was my first day back in an open office after a long stretch of WFH. I'm super comfortable with dictation at home, but I couldn't help worrying about bothering my coworkers. Honestly, I felt pretty embarrassed letting people hear my prompts!

I tried whispering, but the office was dead quiet, so that didn't really help.

How do you all handle this? Do you just own it, or are there specific tricks/etiquette for dictating in shared spaces? Any advice is appreciated!

EDIT: I built this because certain devices just don't support Home Assistant and their Alexa Skill is very primitive. For the same command I demo'ed in the video, Alexa just can't adjust the cleaning modes and I have to go to app every time.

Original Post:

It's exhausting buying a new smart home device only to realize you have to bury another clunky, brand-specific app on your phone just to use its features. To bypass this, I built a tool that connects to a virtual phone. You just type what you want, and an AI agent physically opens the vendor's app and navigates it for you.

In the demo, I just typed: "clean the kitchen on max twice." The agent opens the Roborock app, dials in the exact suction and passes, and hits start. Zero official integrations required. (Video partially sped up for brevity).

https://reddit.com/link/1ukzes2/video/w99d46o93oah1/player

I’ve only set this up for my vacuum to test the idea. What "app-only" devices are driving you crazy right now?

Driving Claude Code by voice (e.g. Wispr Flow) has been the single biggest speed-up to my workflow this year. However, I only do it when I'm alone. In the office or a cafe I feel awkward to have other people hear my prompts, so I lose it exactly when I'm out working.

How do you all handle dictating to Claude Code in public? Whisper, a headset, or just wait until you're home? Trying to figure out if this bugs anyone else or if it's just me.

I use Wispr Flow to prompt Cursor and it's great, but I realized I only ever do it when I'm alone. In an open office, a coffee shop, or on a packed train I just stop, because talking to my laptop in front of people feels off. Whisper mode helps a bit, but I still feel weird doing it.

How do you all handle this? Do you whisper, find a corner, wait until you get home, or just not care who hears you?

I'm honestly trying to figure out if this is a real problem for other people or just me. Curious how you deal with it.