It actually keeps up with my brain, turning my random thoughts and half-ideas into properly organized to-dos.<\/p>\n
Typing kills half my ideas<\/p>\n
Real ideas don’t come structured<\/p>\n
The problem with most to-do apps is that they expect you to structure your thoughts before you can type, categorize, and schedule them.<\/p>\n
In reality, that’s not how ideas show up.<\/p>\n
I often get my best ideas and work-related tasks while walking, at the gym, or driving. And they never arrive neatly packaged; instead, it is all a random thought.<\/p>\n
At that moment, I want to quickly note down these ideas before they disappear. That’s not possible with current to-do apps.<\/p>\n
Even with a quick add widget on my screen, typing a task forces me to translate my thoughts into text, adding unwanted friction.<\/p>\n
More often than not, I end up noting down the first idea and losing the rest.<\/p>\n
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I recently tried a different approach \u2014 one that lets me capture tasks the same way they form in my head.<\/p>\n
For the first time in a long while, my to-do list actually started keeping up with me. This is all thanks to Ramble, a new feature in Todoist, my go-to task manager for years.<\/p>\n
I have multiple projects, shared lists, and a constantly overflowing inbox in Todoist. It does a great job of helping me organize my work.<\/p>\n
However, like most to-do apps, it has always suffered from the same problem: getting tasks into the system quickly and without friction.<\/p>\n
But Ramble changes that.<\/p>\n
It lets you add tasks to Todoist using your voice, and because it’s powered by large language models (LLMs), it understands natural speech and turns it into the right action automatically.<\/p>\n
This is also what makes Ramble work magically. Almost all to-do apps support voice dictation, but that simply converts speech to text.<\/p>\n
This is how task capture should feel<\/p>\n
I ramble, and everything else happens automatically<\/p>\n
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Ramble understands my intent, the date, and projects I’m referencing, and acts on it accordingly.<\/p>\n
This ensures that I do not have to revisit and organize tasks later; Ramble already takes care of them.<\/p>\n
Essentially, I just speak my thoughts into Todoist, and it turns them into actionable tasks, assigning them the right time, date and even the project.<\/p>\n
So, for example, when on a walk, I can tap the Ramble shortcut and say something like, “Remind me to talk to XYZ tomorrow afternoon for ABC project.” Or, I can ramble, “This Saturday, sit down to try Claude Cowork for my NAS project.”<\/p>\n
In both cases, Todoist will smartly understand the task, time, and the linked project and add it to my inbox.<\/p>\n
Even better, I can make quick corrections on the fly. If I set the wrong deadline while speaking, I can simply ramble again to change it.<\/p>\n
For quick access, I have a Todoist Ramble widget on my home screen alongside a tile in the Quick Settings panel.<\/p>\n
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What makes Ramble so effective in daily use is that I don’t need to pause between tasks or rely on specific commands.<\/p>\n
I can ramble through multiple tasks across different projects in one go, and Todoist handles everything, adding each task to the right project automatically at the scheduled time.<\/p>\n
It’s the ability to speak multiple tasks together, and Todoist adding them reliably, which ensures my flow of thoughts doesn’t break.<\/p>\n
This is not possible when typing multiple tasks at once, because it forces me to structure them in my head before I’ve fully thought them through.<\/p>\n
Another reason why Todoist Ramble works for me is that it supports over 40 languages, and I can seamlessly switch between them while speaking.<\/p>\n
So, I can start a task in English and switch to Hindi mid-way, and Todoist will still be smart enough to understand and add the task correctly.<\/p>\n
Thanks to Ramble’s reliability and ease of use, I can capture ideas while working on other projects, instead of stopping whatever I’m doing.<\/p>\n