Two axes of control — pick what fits the moment
Other dictation apps give you 'casual' and 'formal'. Flow gives you 8 tone styles times 6 intent modes — 48 combinations. Each combination is genuinely different, not just a slider.
Other dictation apps give you 'casual' and 'formal'. Flow gives you 8 tone styles times 6 intent modes — 48 combinations. Each combination is genuinely different, not just a slider.
Formal — no contractions, complete sentences. Professional — direct business register. Casual — friendly, contractions OK. Friendly — warm, soft openers. Very Casual — slang, txt-message style. Excited — enthusiastic, energy. Empathetic — acknowledges feelings, softens hard messages. Concise — shortest possible phrasing.
Refine — polish, fix grammar, remove filler. Personalize — adapt for a recipient, warm phrasing. Collaborate — switch 'I' to 'we', surface action items. Build — preserve camelCase, format code with backticks. Speak — natural rhythm for voice memos / scripts. Summarize — condense to 3-6 bullets.
Build + Concise → terse code comments. Personalize + Friendly → warm customer service replies. Collaborate + Professional → team status updates with action items. Speak + Casual → podcast outlines. Summarize + Professional → executive briefs from rambling dictation. Empathetic + Personalize → difficult-news messages.
Tone and intent are genuinely independent. You can write a formal complaint in 'Empathetic' tone (you're upset but want to remain calm). You can write a casual brainstorm in 'Build' mode (preserve identifiers, but informally). One slider can't express that — two pickers can.