Kana as a Letterly alternative
A voice-notes app that takes a rambling recording and rewrites it into a finished shape: an email, a post, a list. It runs on iPhone, Android, Windows, web and Mac, and syncs between them.
What Letterly does better
Letterly is built for a case Kana does not serve: you talk for three minutes with no structure and it hands back something shaped, kept in a library you can search later. It covers 90+ languages with translation, transcribes meetings from Zoom, Meet and Teams with speakers separated, and follows you onto a phone. Kana has no store, no sync, no meetings and no phone app.
Where Kana is different
- Transcription happens on the Mac, with no upload and no account.
- Kana keeps nothing. Letterly's value is the library it builds, which is the same thing seen from the other side.
- There is no phone app and no sync, on purpose.
Side by side
| Kana | Letterly | |
|---|---|---|
| Phone, Windows and web apps | No | Yes |
| Rewrites into set formats | No | Yes |
| Keeps a searchable library | No | Yes |
| Audio leaves your device | Never | Yes |
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