Changelog

Monologue v1.0.52

Faster Dictation (Beta):

• There’s a new dictation engine hiding in the sidebar toggle. Turn it on and longer recordings blaze through. Multi-minute clips are back in a second.

• Every recording is still saved under the hood, so if anything glitches you can re-run it from "Transcripts" and never lose a dictation.

• Known edge case: super short 1–2 second snippets can still finish without returning text. I’m on it, and the saved audio makes retrying easy.

• Please send me bugs/feedback—this beta gets better the more I hear from you.

Bug Fix:

• Resolved an issue that prevented text from pasting correctly into Sublime Text.

Thanks for helping me tune this beta!

New Features:

• Pause Media: Users can now pause audio instead of muting when starting a recording. Enable this in Settings > System > Media Interruption Behavior

• Improved Paste Behavior: When dictation starts in one app and you switch apps, text will now be copied to clipboard instead of pasting randomly in other apps. If no active field is focused when you stop, text will also be intelligently copied to clipboard instead of requiring you to go back to transcripts to copy

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Monophone not displaying automatically for some users

• Fixed Billing View not displaying for some users

• Improved audio silence trimmer based on recent user feedback

Happy Halloween!
Naveen

What's New: Faster & More Accurate Local Model: Added new local transcription model that is significantly faster and more accurate than the previous ones. If you're using local transcription, I highly recommend downloading the new model in Settings → General. You can now delete the older models to free up space!

Help Us Improve (Optional): You can now opt in to share your transcriptions with us to help improve transcription quality. This is completely optional and can be toggled in Settings → Data & Privacy. Your privacy remains our priority.

Delete All Transcripts: Added a new option in Settings → Data & Privacy to permanently delete all your local transcriptions with one click.

Improvements:

• Better Model Management: Redesigned the local model management interface with clearer download progress and model information

• Improved Upgrade Flow: Better messaging when payment errors occur with quick access to upgrade options

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed text rendering issues on macOS 26

• Resolved screen capture permission handling in Privacy settings

• Fixed Monthly activity view bug

• Various UI polish and copy improvements

Recommended Action: If you're using local models, head to Settings → General and download the new faster model. Your transcription experience will be noticeably better!

What’s new:

• Adaptive silence trimming: We reworked the silent‑audio detector and now trim silence automatically to cut wait times and reduce hallucinated endings (like “thank you” or stray dictionary terms).

• No silent‑audio notifications: You shouldn’t see those popups anymore—Monologue just handles the silence for you.

• Toggle anytime: Settings > System > silence automatically

Team onboarding (beta):

We’re onboarding teams now and just onboarded a 10‑member team at MedScout. If you want Monologue across your company, DM me—beta spots are open and I’m iterating quickly.

Performance:

• Ongoing speed and accuracy improvements

• One bigger speed upgrade is in the pipeline. stay tuned

Please update to v1.0.49 and leave feedback. Your thumbs up/down really helps fine‑tune output.

Thanks for helping make Monologue faster and sharper

Introduces Word Replacements and a round of reliability fixes.

Improvements

• Word Replacements: map misheard words/phrases to your preferred text

• Dictionary: redesigned for quicker add/edit and better management

• Comet browser: website detection support

Fixes

• Hands‑free: no stray space when using the spacebar

• Modes: you can now select a Mode when none was set (nil state)

• Analytics: accurate Monthly Activity per day (timezone handling)

• Downloads: clearer large model download error on macOS

• Settings: fixed text inversion

• Setapp: apps are now discoverable

Update to 1.0.47 to get these improvements.

Today, Monologue officially launched to the public.

First, a big thank you. You’ve been using Monologue, giving us feedback, and shaping what it’s become—we truly couldn’t have built it without you.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve also made some big changes you may not have seen if you’re still using an older version:

Fresh onboarding

We redesigned onboarding with a delightful welcome experience, smarter model selection, and clearer tutorials to make getting started effortless. 

To go through the onboarding again, click on Menu bar app > [three dots] > Reset onboarding

Massive latency improvements

We overhauled our transcription pipeline for our fastest, smoothest dictation yet.

If you haven’t updated, we’d love for you to try the new version.

A new home on the web: We also launched a brand-new website to showcase what Monologue can do. 

Help us celebrate: It would mean the world if you joined us by retweeting Monologue’s launch announcement and sharing your own Monologue story. 

We have bigger plans for Monologue, and as always, you'll be the first to try everything we build.

Thank you for being part of this journey from the start and helping us get here.

What’s New:

• Paste Last Transcript shortcut: Configurable in Settings → General (recommended: Control + Command + V).

• Cancel Recording hotkey: Now, fully configurable in Settings → General (Default is Escape).

• Microphone selection: Now, available in the menu bar to quickly change

Fixes:

• Hotkey reliability: Recovers cleanly if macOS disables the key event tap, restoring state and avoiding phantom modifiers

• Forces left‑to‑right UI for consistent rendering.

• Resolved Silence detector edge cases.

• Eliminated cases of unintended extra spaces during paste.

Reduced Latency: This is our biggest performance update yet!

We've completely overhauled our transcription pipeline to drastically reduce latency:

• New high-performance dictate API endpoint

• Optimized processing pipeline for blazing fast transcriptions

Your feedback is crucial: We're still fine-tuning this new endpoint. If you notice any issues with transcription quality, please use the thumbs down button - your feedback directly helps us improve accuracy!

New Features:

• Quick Mode Toggle: Tap right Shift key during recording to temporarily toggle modes or auto-enter off (experimental)

• Beautiful Animations: Redesigned onboarding with delightful animations

Improvements & Bug Fixes:

• Analytics in the home tab now syncs between devices

• Made retry button more prominent in failed transcriptions in history

• Smarter permission management with automatic background checks

• Fixed screen capture failures that could crash the app