How Riley Brown Turns Voice Notes Into Diagrams

A ten-minute spoken brainstorm becomes a starting point for video diagrams, followed by human editing.

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Aug 17, 2026
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Riley Brown describes dictating ideas with Wispr Flow, asking for an Excalidraw diagram with nine slides, and editing the resulting visuals. His estimate that 80% are usable describes his own workflow, not a guaranteed result.

  1. 1Dictate ideasBrown speaks his thoughts for roughly ten minutes using Wispr Flow.
  2. 2Request a visual structureHe asks for an Excalidraw diagram and specifies nine slides.
  3. 3Edit the resultHe estimates that about 80% of the diagrams are useful in his videos and spends another 20–30 minutes editing.

Takeaways

  1. Speak ideas freely before organizing them into a visual brief.
  2. Specify the desired diagram format and number of slides.
  3. Treat generated visuals as a starting point and reserve time to edit.
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From spoken ideas to edited diagrams

Brown describes his dictation, generation and editing workflow.

Riley Brown describes a visual brainstorming workflow: he walks around for about ten minutes, dictating whatever ideas are on his mind using Wispr Flow. He then asks for an Excalidraw diagram and specifies a structure such as nine slides. Brown says the result gives him around 80% of the diagrams he uses in his videos; he spends another 20–30 minutes editing them. These figures are his personal experience, and the value he emphasizes is having a starting point that organizes his ideas.

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