A Voice Planner You Can Call: Plan Your Day Out Loud

A lot of planning happens on a walk, in the shower or at the sink, and by the time you are back at a screen, some of it is gone. Typing a whole day into a phone with your thumbs is slow enough that much of it never gets written down.

So the day starts without a plan, and the first message that arrives decides what you do first. A voice planner fixes the slow part: you say the plan the way you would tell a friend, and it lands where it belongs. Ranya is built around that idea. You call her from any page, talk through your day, and nothing in your work changes until you say yes.

Can I plan my day by talking instead of typing?

Yes. In Ranya a call is a conversation, not a list of commands to learn. You start it with one tap, and from then on you just talk. There is no wake word to repeat and nothing to hold down, until you hang up.

You can ask what is on today and hear the answer. You can say "move the landlord reply to tomorrow" the way you would say it to a person. If she is talking and you think of something, cut in: she stops, and she waits for you to finish your sentence before she answers.

That is the difference between a voice planner and a voice to-do list app that only writes down what you say. If all you want is your words as text, that is what dictation in Ranya is for. A call turns your words into tasks moved, habits logged and a day you have actually decided on.

Why does a voice planner read every change back?

Because talking is fast but a little messy. A 2016 study of speech and the keyboard on touchscreen phones found that speaking was about three times faster than typing, but it left slightly more errors in the final text (the numbers are drawn in the guide to dictation).

For a message to a friend, a wrong word is a typo. For a planner, a misheard name or a wrong day is a task in the wrong place. So Ranya reads each change back and waits. You hear what is about to happen before it happens, and you can say no and say it again.

Why a plan with a when works better

A wish like "I should run more" has no time attached, so a busy week pushes it out. A plan that names when and where does better. Psychologists call it an implementation intention, and a review of 94 independent tests found that making one had a medium to large effect on reaching the goal.

Talking makes that kind of plan cheap to make. "Find me an hour for a run this week" is one breath to say. Ranya looks for an open hour around your meetings and tasks and offers it. Say yes, and she reads the new task back; one more yes puts it on your calendar. The wish now has a when. If you want help deciding what deserves those hours in the first place, start with how to plan your day when everything feels urgent.

What can I do on a call with Ranya?

On a call you can plan your day, add and move tasks, log habits, update a goal's number, run a focus session, take notes and work through your Gmail. You can also just ask: what is on today, how your goals are going, or when you are free for two hours this week. She looks it up and tells you.

Say it the way you would say it to a person: "the landlord reply", "tomorrow at 3", "my steps". Here is one thing to try in each part of Ranya, and the features page shows more of what a call can do.

Will it change things without asking me?

No. When you ask for a change, Ranya holds it, reads it back and waits. Say yes, or tap Confirm, and it happens. Say no, or tap Cancel, and nothing changes.

Ask for several of the same change at once and they come back as one question. Say "Complete these three." about three tasks you have finished, and the card reads "Complete 3 tasks". One yes covers all three, so clearing a list does not mean a question per task.

A few small things happen without a question, like looking something up, remembering something you told her, or opening a screen.

Wanting that kind of say is common. In a 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults, about six in ten said they would like more control over how AI is used in their own lives. If trust is your main question, why Ranya asks first goes deeper.

How to use Ranya as a voice planner, step by step

One short morning call, from the first tap to hanging up.

1. Start a call

   Tap the Ranya button at the bottom right of any page, or press ⌘,Command Comma. On a phone, tap the Ranya button just above the tab bar, or Call in More.

2. Ask what is on

   Say "What's on today?" She looks it up and tells you: your tasks, and the meetings from any calendar you have connected.

3. Say what should change

   Talk the way you would to a person: "Move the landlord reply to tomorrow." Then "Add call the dentist to my inbox."

4. Listen, then say yes

   She reads each change back and waits. Say yes, or tap Confirm. Say no and nothing happens.

5. Clear several at once

   Done a few small things already? Say which, then clear them together: "I've paid the rent, put the bins out and booked the physio. Complete these three." That comes back as one question, with the card "Complete 3 tasks", and one yes covers all three.

6. Log your day in one sentence

   Before you hang up: "I slept seven hours, walked 11,000 steps and meditated." That is one question, with the card "Log day", and one yes. There is more on this in how to log your day in one sentence.

   You: "I slept seven hours, walked 11,000 steps and meditated."

   Sleep: not logged yet

   ≥ 7 h

   -

   Steps: not logged yet

   ≥ 10k steps

   -

   Meditate: not logged yet

   Ranya is askingLog day

   Or just say "yes"CancelConfirm

   Example confirm card on a computer: Ranya is asking, Log day, with Cancel and Confirm, and the line Or just say yes. Above it, the three habits the sentence names: Sleep, Steps and Meditate. Confirm fills them in; Cancel leaves them empty.

7. Hang up

   The whole call is saved to your chats as a written transcript of both sides, so you can read back what was decided. Ranya never stores your voice as a recording.

   You: What's on today?

   Ranya: Three things: the proposal, a reply to your landlord and your walk. Your design review is at 11.

   You: Move the landlord reply to tomorrow.

   Ranya: Move "Reply to the landlord" to tomorrow?

   You: Yes.

   Update taskReply to the landlord

   You: Add call the dentist to my inbox.

   Ranya: Add "Call the dentist" to your inbox?

   You: Yes.

   Create taskCall the dentist

   You: I've paid the rent, put the bins out and booked the physio. Complete these three.

   Ranya: Complete all three: the rent, the bins and the physio?

   You: Yes.

   Complete task3 tasks

   You: I slept seven hours, walked 11,000 steps and meditated.

   Ranya: Log sleep, steps and meditate for today?

   You: Yes.

   Log dayLogged 3 habits · 0 remaining

   Ranya: All logged. Have a good day.

   Call ended 2:48Saved to chat

What is a call like on a phone?

On a phone the call opens full screen, with large captions of what you both say, which you can turn off. The screen stays awake while you talk, so it does not lock in the middle of a sentence.

When you want the app back, minimise the call. It shrinks to a bar at the bottom of the screen, and you keep talking while you look at your habits or your list. It is the same account as on your computer, so whatever you change on a walk is there when you sit down; more on that in a to-do list app that syncs across devices.

Tips for planning out loud

• Ask before you change. Start with what is on, then decide. Hearing the day first shows you what actually needs to move.
• Say the when. "Tomorrow at 3" or "this week" gives her something to place; "sometime" does not.
• Cut in when she is wrong. You do not have to wait for her to finish. Say no to a read-back and say it again.
• Read it back later. The transcript is in your chats, so a call is never the only record of what you decided.