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Al Amin

@alaminikJoined October 2026

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What Does a Dictation App Keep? A Privacy Checklist for Voice Typing (Audio, Transcripts, History and Keys)

Where your audio, transcripts and history go, and what to look for before you trust a voice to text app.

7 min readalaminik.hashnode.dev

1d ago

Voice Commands to Insert Text Snippets: A Developer's Guide to Hands-Free Boilerplate

How voice commands to insert text snippets work, how to design spoken phrases that don't misfire, and how to set them up with Talon, macOS Voice Control, Windows Voice Access, or a snippet app that also does voice typing.

10 min readalaminik.hashnode.dev

Oct 29

Clipboard History on Linux: How It Works on X11 and Wayland, and How to Sync It With Your Phone

How clipboard history on Linux works: X11 selections, Wayland data-control, common clipboard managers, and a GUI that syncs text with Android.

9 min readalaminik.hashnode.dev

Oct 22

Groq Whisper Dictation in Any App: Bring Your Own API Key for Voice Typing on Windows, macOS and Linux

Use Groq Whisper or another bring-your-own-key speech API for dictation in any app on Windows, macOS and Linux, vs free hosted and offline Whisper.

7 min readalaminik.hashnode.dev

Oct 21

Text Expander for Linux: How Snippet Expansion Works on X11 and Wayland (Plus a GUI Option)

X11 vs Wayland, DIY scripts, espanso, and a GUI option with sync

9 min readalaminik.hashnode.dev

Oct 20

Al Amin

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Al Amin's blogs

What Does a Dictation App Keep? A Privacy Checklist for Voice Typing (Audio, Transcripts, History and Keys)

Voice Commands to Insert Text Snippets: A Developer's Guide to Hands-Free Boilerplate

Clipboard History on Linux: How It Works on X11 and Wayland, and How to Sync It With Your Phone

Groq Whisper Dictation in Any App: Bring Your Own API Key for Voice Typing on Windows, macOS and Linux

Text Expander for Linux: How Snippet Expansion Works on X11 and Wayland (Plus a GUI Option)

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Al Amin

About

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Al Amin's blogs

What Does a Dictation App Keep? A Privacy Checklist for Voice Typing (Audio, Transcripts, History and Keys)

Voice Commands to Insert Text Snippets: A Developer's Guide to Hands-Free Boilerplate

Clipboard History on Linux: How It Works on X11 and Wayland, and How to Sync It With Your Phone

Groq Whisper Dictation in Any App: Bring Your Own API Key for Voice Typing on Windows, macOS and Linux

Text Expander for Linux: How Snippet Expansion Works on X11 and Wayland (Plus a GUI Option)