Monologue

What is Monologue?

Monologue is a Mac and iOS voice dictation app from the team at Every that turns spoken words into polished, context-aware text. The tool understands your vocabulary, picks up your writing style, removes filler words, and adapts its tone to whichever app you happen to be writing in across more than 100 languages.

Top Features:

• Context-aware dictation: output adapts to email, code, chat, or document apps automatically.
• Auto-dictionary: learns names, jargon, and acronyms used in your daily writing.
• Filler word removal: drops uhs, ums, and false starts so notes read clean.
• Multilingual support: dictate and switch between over 100 languages mid-sentence with code-switching.
• Meeting capture: records calls, transcribes audio, and produces summaries for follow-up tasks.

Use Cases:

• Drafting emails: talk through replies and send polished messages three times faster than typing.
• Long-form writing: dictate first drafts for blog posts, essays, and books without typing fatigue.
• Meeting notes: capture calls and turn raw speech into clean summaries for the team.
• Code comments: dictate inline comments and commit messages directly inside your editor.
• Multilingual chat: switch between English, Spanish, or French inside a single dictated message.

Who Can Use Monologue?

• Writers: bloggers and authors who think faster than they type and want polished drafts.
• Founders: busy operators who reply to email, Slack, and docs all day from their phone.
• Developers: coders dictating commit messages, comments, and documentation between coding sessions.
• Multilingual users: people who write daily in two or three languages and need quick switching.

Pricing

• Free: includes 1,000 dictation words and up to 10 saved notes for trial users.
• Monologue Pro ($144/year): unlimited dictation, unlimited notes, and full app access on Mac and iOS.
• Every Bundle ($30/month): bundles Monologue with Cora, Spiral, Sparkle, and the Every newsletter.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• 3x writing speed: users report drafting messages much faster than typing on keyboards.
• Clean output: filler removal and auto-formatting cut editing time after every dictation.
• Privacy first: audio is processed without long-term storage of recordings on the company servers.

Cons:

• Apple only: the app supports Mac and iOS but not Windows or Android right now.
• Free tier cap: 1,000 free words runs out fast for daily writers and meeting users.
• Bundle pricing: $30 per month for the Every bundle costs more than rival dictation apps alone.

FAQs:

1) Does Monologue work offline?

Partial offline transcription is supported, though full context features need an internet connection.

2) Which platforms does Monologue support?

Currently Mac and iOS, with iPadOS and Apple Watch keyboard integration also available for users.

3) How accurate is Monologue at filler removal?

Very accurate for English speech, with active improvements rolling out for non-English language users.

4) Can Monologue transcribe meetings?

Yes, the app records and transcribes call audio, then summarizes the discussion for later review.

5) Is there an API?

Yes, paid plans include MCP, CLI, and API access for integrating dictation into custom workflows.