You’re rushing to catch a train, and your phone dings with a message. It’s important; you should reply. Yet you also need to keep moving. Looking down to type risks falling down the stairs, walking into a lamp post, or worse. Typing without looking down typically leads to gibberish that you’ll have to stop and correct or live to regret. Dictation is the solution. Matthew Guay is a professional, bilingual writer who has tested hundreds of productivity apps and wrote Wirecutter’s guide to dictation tools. Here’s how he uses it, and what you should know about how it can—and can’t—help you: https://nyti.ms/4hPrrZe