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Extra space (leading space) on auto-paste at the start of every transcript

Every time Monologue pastes into Obsidian or Apple Notes after finalizing the transcription, it adds an extra space before pasting the text. For example, instead of β€œ[text from transcription]”, it does β€œ [text from transcription]”. See below: This extra space is not there when you copy and paste the transcript manually from Monologue’s app, so it has something to do with MacOS. After (letting ChatGPT do) some research, this seems to be an issue related to the macOS’s Smart Insert/Delete (Smart Copy/Paste) feature, which users cannot disable themselves within MacOS (I tried this in the edit menu and keyboard settings, but turning it off there didn’t solve it). Apparently this can be resolved if, instead of pasting of the transcript, with a β€œtype out / simulate keystrokes” or β€œsend text as keystrokes” mode in Monologue, like MacWhisper has, which bypasses Apple's built-in functionality that adds the extra space. For me, this bug is specific to Apple Notes and Obsidian for me, but it does not occur in ChatGPT or apps like Notion. Since it happens with every transcript, it quickly becomes quite annoying to remove manually. For people who need a solution for the time being, Obsidian has a Linter plugin that can remove leading and trailing spaces, so this is a temporary fix for the time being (or switch to Notion I guess?)

Bart Hoebink 6 months ago

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Feature Request: Single-Press Toggle to Start/Stop Recording

Currently, Monologue offers two recording activation modes: Hold to record – requires keeping the key pressed the entire time Double-press to record – requires a double-tap to start Both introduce unnecessary cognitive friction. Holding a key splits your mental focus between physically maintaining the press and actually thinking/speaking. Double-press is better, but still creates a small, consistent mental lag before every recording β€” and when you're dictating thousands of sentences a day, that friction compounds and becomes genuinely exhausting. Proposed solution: Add a single-press toggle option β€” one press to start recording, one press to stop. Simple, clean, zero friction. This would make the workflow feel truly seamless: press once, focus entirely on speaking, press once to finish. No holding, no double-tapping, no micro-interruptions pulling you out of your flow. For heavy users, this small change would make a significant difference in daily comfort and efficiency. Thank you for considering it!

Ε tefan Ε imΓ­k 24 days ago

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Feature Request