In the event you find your number pad on your keyboard not working, press your Option button 5 times to toggle on/off. You may have inadvertently activated Mouse Keys navigation. This was a 20min lesson. 😆

productivity tip: I use my Stream Deck to launch shortcuts with a single button press. It’s great for opening multiple web browsers or starting apps in seconds. Check out the Stream Deck: https://www.elgato.com/ww/en/p/stream-deck-mk2-black And GPT for help with creating shortcuts: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-BoPsR70M0-apple-shortcuts-gpt

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I've been using Otter.ai for sometime to transcribe audio. I don't need all the fancy features that it offers, since I have access to many AI platforms such as ChatGPT. They pissed me off when they changed the rules in Sept 2023. They increased the price and decreased the number of minutes. So that sent me looking for different ways to do this. Introducing Vibe. You can read about it at their site. It uses OpenAI's Whisper which transcribes locally on your computer without sending your audio into the cloud. NOTE: This works best for single person speaking, but it does have beta-testing for speaker diarization (multiple speakers). They're still working on it, but it'll do if you don't need exact/precise. You get what you pay for 😆 1. Go download the open-source software for your Mac. 2. And if you're using the software and really like it, I encourage you to support the creator. The software is relatively self-explanatory. Just drag a media file onto it and it will transcribe it for you. #opensource