If you turn on fast dictation, it will sometimes translate the language in which you dictate to English, which, in some cases, is not intended. Very often when I dictate something in another language than English, I want it to be transcribed in that language.
The developers know about this and are working for a solution. In general, I would say every bug or feature request that you share with them is acted on very diligently and with speed.
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The interesting bit here is the gap between “how I talk while thinking” and “how I want the final message to read.” A lot of voice tools preserve the first too literally, which makes the output fast but still not quite sendable.
I’d be curious how Willow separates transient spoken scaffolding — false starts, caveats, messy ordering — from durable voice traits like sentence rhythm, level of warmth, and how direct someone tends to be. That feels especially important inside Slack/email, where the same person may want a very different register depending on recipient and risk.
The biggest issue for me has always been that I don’t speak in perfectly structured sentences, especially when writing emails, messages, or prompts. So the idea of turning a rough spoken thought into a clean message in your own voice feels much more useful than traditional dictation.
The context-aware replies are especially interesting. If it can understand the thread and draft something that actually fits the situation, that could save a lot of time. A few questions: how much does Willow learn from someone’s writing style over time, and can users control or reset that personalization? Also, how does pricing work after the Product Hunt discount?
Really curious to see where this goes. Good luck with the launch!
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@andrasczeizel Thanks so much for the thoughtful comment, really appreciate you digging into the details.
Yes, Willow does learn over time. It’s starting with the fundamentals like simple punctuation, word choice, and light phrasing. As you use it more, it gradually adapts to how you naturally respond, your tone, and the kinds of structures you prefer. The goal is for it to feel less like generic dictation and more like your voice, just cleaner and more structured.
You’re always in control of that personalization. You can reset or fine-tune it anytime by going to the Style Matching tab and adding your own specific habits or preferences, so it stays aligned with how you want to sound.
For pricing, the Product Hunt deal is 50% off for the first three months. That comes out to about $7.50 per month, or roughly $20 total for the three-month period.
Really appreciate the support and the great questions. Excited to see what you think once you’ve had a chance to try it!
honest question after 6 launches: what's the retention curve actually look like for scribe specifically versus the base dictation product. dictation has obvious daily utility because it replaces typing. scribe feels more like something people try for a week and then forget exists unless it's deeply in the habit loop. how are you solving for that
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@ansari_adin Love the question. What we’ve actually seen with beta users is that Scribe ends up being stickier than traditional dictation!
On the surface, dictation feels like it has obvious daily utility because it replaces typing. But in practice, it’s a bit unnatural. You have to speak in a very specific, word for word way, almost like you’re talking to ChatGPT. That works in certain contexts, but it doesn’t map cleanly to how people naturally communicate in tools like email or Slack.
With Scribe, you just talk the way you normally would. It makes it much easier to adopt, because you’re not learning a new behavior. You’re just speaking naturally and letting it handle the formatting :)
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Great work on this launch! Running inside the apps people already use instead of asking them to change their workflow is exactly the right call
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@marianna_tymchuk That’s exactly the biggest advantage of Willow. We live where you already work, inside the tools you use every day, so there’s nothing new to learn or switch to! We just fit into your existing workflow and make it better :)