Junaid Khalid

Junaid Khalid

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Founder, Ertiqah

About Junaid

I'm the founder of Ertiqah, where I build and run a suite of products myself, so my days are a mix of shipping code, marketing, customer support and a lot of writing. Dictation is how I get through that volume: I have used Wispr Flow, Willow Voice, MacWhisper, Superwhisper and most of the other voice tools, and I built Contextli because none of them turned speech into finished text the way I needed. I write about productivity and running many products at once in my Medium publication, The Efficient Entrepreneur, and on YouTube.

Background

Writes about

  • Voice dictation workflows
  • Speech-to-text and transcription
  • AI writing assistants
  • Productivity systems for founders
  • Cross-platform desktop and mobile apps

Track record

  • Dictates daily across code, marketing, customer support and writing for eight products
  • Has used Wispr Flow, Willow Voice, MacWhisper, Superwhisper and most other dictation tools before settling on a workflow

Credentials

  • AI research intern at the TUKL-NUST R&D Center, 2018 to 2020: speaker segmentation, audio cleaning and speech to text
  • BSc Software Engineering, NUST Islamabad (2020)

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How to Save Hours Every Week With Dictation: Real Workflows by Job
Save Time with DictationSep 19, 2026

How to Save Hours Every Week With Dictation: Real Workflows by Job

Real ways people use Contextli, job by job: support, sales, marketing, founders, developers, doctors, and meetings. Each one shows the moment it helps, what you say, what you get back, and the small setup that makes it w

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Weekly Review Template: Run Your Review in 15 Minutes
Weekly Reflection TemplateAug 19, 2026

Weekly Review Template: Run Your Review in 15 Minutes

A weekly review template you can run in 15 minutes every Sunday. Six prompts, a scoring table, and a faster way to capture it by voice.

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Vet Visit Notes Template: Capture Everything Before You Leave
Vet Appointment NotesAug 18, 2026

Vet Visit Notes Template: Capture Everything Before You Leave

A vet visit notes template that captures the diagnosis, dosing, and follow-up before you leave the exam room. Speak it into your notes instead of typing.

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Counseling Progress Notes Software That Keeps Data Local
Progress Notes Software for CounselorsAug 18, 2026

Counseling Progress Notes Software That Keeps Data Local

Counseling progress notes software that writes your notes by voice and keeps client data on your own machine, so counselors finish notes the same day.

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Therapy Journal App: What to Write Between Sessions
Therapy Notes TemplateAug 17, 2026

Therapy Journal App: What to Write Between Sessions

A therapy journal app for the days between sessions. What to capture, a reusable notes template, and how to log by voice without staring at a blank page.

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Symptom Tracker App: Log What Your Doctor Needs to Hear
Health Symptom LogAug 17, 2026

Symptom Tracker App: Log What Your Doctor Needs to Hear

A symptom tracker app helps you log pain, timing, and triggers so your next doctor visit runs on facts, not memory. Here is how to keep one that works.

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Standup Update Template: Write Your Daily Standup in 60 Seconds
Daily Standup TemplateAug 16, 2026

Standup Update Template: Write Your Daily Standup in 60 Seconds

A copy-paste standup update template for developers and agile teams, plus a way to speak your daily status in under 60 seconds.

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Sprint Retrospective Template: Run a Retro That Changes Something
Sprint Retro TemplateAug 16, 2026

Sprint Retrospective Template: Run a Retro That Changes Something

A sprint retrospective template your agile team will actually act on: what to capture, a fill-in format, and how to dictate the notes in under two minutes.

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Sobriety App: Track Your Recovery Without Judgment
Recovery Tracker AppAug 15, 2026

Sobriety App: Track Your Recovery Without Judgment

A calm look at what a sobriety app should do, how to keep a private sobriety log, and why voice notes beat typing when the moment is hard.

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Sleep Tracker App: Log the Variables That Predict Your Next Day
Sleep Log AppAug 15, 2026

Sleep Tracker App: Log the Variables That Predict Your Next Day

A sleep tracker app is only useful if you log the variables that predict your energy. Here is what to record, and how to do it by voice in 20 seconds.

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Site Inspection Notes: Why Verbal Handoffs Get Contractors Sued
Construction Inspection LogAug 14, 2026

Site Inspection Notes: Why Verbal Handoffs Get Contractors Sued

Verbal handoffs on a job site leave no record. Learn how written site inspection notes protect contractors, and how to capture them by voice in seconds.

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Sales Follow-Up Template: Write the Email That Gets Replied To
Sales Follow Up Email TemplateAug 14, 2026

Sales Follow-Up Template: Write the Email That Gets Replied To

A sales follow-up template for the post-meeting email, plus a faster way to write it by voice from your CRM notes without losing your own tone.

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Contextli — voice to text, with context

Capture every thought before it slips away.

Talk instead of type. Contextli turns your voice into clean, organized text with the context that makes it useful.