Tone Presets

You write differently depending on where you are typing. An email to your boss sounds different from a message to a friend. A Slack reply to a colleague has a different register than a note to yourself.

Tone Presets let you set a writing style per app. Diction remembers which tone goes with which app and applies it every time, without you changing anything.

How It Works

Open the Diction app, go to Tones, and assign a tone to any app on your phone. When you dictate into that app, AI Enhancement shapes the output to match the tone you picked.

Four built-in tones:

• Professional . Formal structure, complete sentences, no slang. Good for email clients, document editors, and work chat.
• Casual . Relaxed, conversational, contractions. Good for messaging apps and social media.
• Friendly . Warm and approachable. Slightly more polished than casual but not stiff.
• Clean . Minimal cleanup only. Removes filler words and fixes punctuation, but keeps your natural voice.

If none of those fit, write your own custom instruction. Describe the style you want in plain language and Diction follows it.

Same Dictation, Different Results

You say: "hey so the project is done we hit all the deadlines and the client seems pretty happy with everything"

Professional (set for Mail):

The project is complete. We met all deadlines, and the client is satisfied with the results.

Casual (set for Messages):

Project's done, hit all the deadlines. Client seems happy with everything.

Friendly (set for Slack):

Good news. The project is done, we hit all the deadlines, and the client seems really happy with everything.

Same words in, different text out. The app you are typing in determines the tone.

Set It Once

The point of per-app tones is that you set them once and never think about it again. Assign Professional to Mail, Casual to Messages, Friendly to Slack. Every dictation in those apps gets the right tone automatically.

No toggling. No remembering which mode you are in. Open the app, tap the mic, speak. The output matches the context.

Custom Tones

The four built-in tones cover most situations, but you might need something specific. A custom tone is a plain-language instruction that tells AI Enhancement exactly how to shape the output.

Examples:

• "Write like a brief executive summary. No greeting, no filler. Lead with the conclusion."
• "Keep the original wording as much as possible. Only fix grammar and add punctuation."
• "Use British English spelling and formal academic tone."

Custom tones work exactly like the built-in ones. Assign them per app, and they apply automatically.

Requirements

Tone Presets require AI Enhancement to be active. AI Enhancement requires a Diction One subscription and works across all transcription modes.

Without AI Enhancement, Diction still transcribes accurately, but the output is raw text without tone shaping.