AI Productivity Tools Series: How I Enhanced My Writing Workflow with OpenAI’s Whisper and Anthropic’s Claude.ai
The promise of AI is to help boost human productivity by automating tedious tasks and enhancing our lives. Over the last year, I’ve tried practically every new AI tool that has come to the market. My goal has always been to make my daily process more efficient and free up my time to do what I do best. In this post, I’ll pull back the curtain on my writing process and what AI tools I use to enhance this workflow.
Leveraging Voice Memos and Postman for Automated Transcripts
As a prolific writer, I’m always looking for ways to optimize my writing process so I can focus my efforts on crafting high-quality content. Recently, I’ve incorporated several AI tools into my workflows that have been total game-changers.
The part of writing I struggle with most is getting initial ideas out of my head. To overcome this, I now brainstorm by voice recording “streams of consciousness,” where I speak freely without filtering any ideas. This captures my raw thoughts quickly without worrying about structure.
I leverage the Whisper API via Postman to send my audio files and get back clear transcripts. Using Postman allows me to quickly and easily send new audio recordings to the Whisper API, capture the returned transcripts, and save them as examples.
This Postman automation eliminates the need to manually use the Whisper interface to upload audio and download transcripts each time. By posting to the API instead, I can batch-process recordings, which is much faster. Having the transcripts saved in a standardized format makes them easier to feed into my next workflow steps with Claude or GPT.
curl --location 'https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR API KEY>' \
--form 'file=@"<YOUR AUDIO FILE"' \
--form 'model="whisper-1"'The Postman-Whisper integration provides the transcripts I need with no manual overhead, enabling me to focus efforts on the content itself. Automation helps me work smarter!
Feeding Transcripts to Claude and GPT for Draft Outlines
Next, I feed these Whisper transcripts into Claude. I have found Claude's natural language capabilities helpful to make sense of free-flowing thought transcripts from my “streams of consciousness”.
When I upload or paste a raw transcript of a tangential brainstorm, Claude can neatly organize the information into cohesive outlines and even provide initial draft blog posts if I choose. Rather than starting with a blank page, I have Claude provide that initial content structure so I can then refine rather than produce writing from scratch. Claude specializes in transforming my disorganized ideas into clear, readable blog post drafts.
Refining AI-Generated Drafts into Finalized Posts
After the AI assistants organize and expand on my thoughts, I end up with solid initial drafts to work from. I simply import these drafts into my writing platforms like Notion and Confluence and get straight to refining the content rather than starting from a blank page.
I've significantly improved my writing efficiency by pairing voice recordings with AI transcription and writing tools. I can crank out organized drafts faster, saving my creative efforts for the parts of writing I actually enjoy. My workflows may seem unorthodox, but leaning on AI is game-changing and helps me produce higher-quality content than I could solo.
Conclusion
Leveraging this combination of AI productivity tools has helped me realize huge efficiency gains in my daily workflow. I save hours of manual tasks, have better organization and recall of information, and can devote more time to high-value strategic work. While AI will continue advancing, today’s tools already offer a compelling productivity boost.