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Direct doesn’t mean rude. Social language shouldn’t be a puzzle. Duologue translates between autistic and neurotypical communication styles—adding social context to what you say, or making what you receive clearer and more direct.
Free to use. No signup needed for 3 uses a day. Sign up free for 10 a day. No credit card required.
For autistic people who are tired of having matter-of-fact words read as blunt or arrogant—and for the parents, partners, spouses, and friends who want to understand them. Start with what you actually want to say. Let Duologue help with the wording, so you have less to rehearse or decode yourself.
Express a need, a boundary, or a request in your natural words. Get a draft with more context and warmth for a reader who looks for those signals.
Useful when: you need quiet time, want to clarify a plan, or need to make a straightforward request without it sounding like a personal criticism.
Bring a message wrapped in apologies, hints, or social padding. Get a more direct version that makes the request easier to see.
Useful when: you are trying to work out what someone is asking, what needs doing, or which details matter. Ask for clarification when the original leaves something unsaid.
Select how the sender communicates and the style that helps the reader. Reverse the choices to translate a message coming back to you.
Start with your own words or something you received. You do not have to rewrite it into a different personality first.
Read the new wording. Check that your facts, request, boundary, and intended tone still fit. In the signed-in app, compare both versions and copy the text you want.
Clear facts, explicit requests, and less social padding. Helpful when literal, to-the-point wording is easier to process.
More relationship cues around the message. Helpful when a reader needs context to understand how a direct statement is intended.
More explicit intent and gentler framing. Helpful for a reader who is especially sensitive to tone, or when emotions are running high.
These are communication preferences, not diagnostic categories. Choose what fits this conversation.
“Make this sound nicer” solves only half the problem. Sometimes you need more warmth. Sometimes you need less padding. Duologue was built around that difference, by someone who lives it.
Tell a partner you need time to decompress while making clear that you still want to spend time together. Review the draft so your boundary stays firm.
Turn a long, apologetic request from a friend or parent into clearer wording. Separate what the message says from what still needs a question.
Take turns in the signed-in conversation view on one device, or use a code to connect two signed-in users in a temporary remote session.
Use it in a phone or computer browser. No automatic sending, inbox access, or integration with your messaging apps is required.
$0 · 3 uses per day
Your own messages. Both directions. All three communication preferences. Up to 3,000 characters per message.
Translate a message free$0 · 10 uses per day
Up to 10,000 characters per message, with copy controls and conversation modes. No credit card or paid plan required.
Get 10 free uses a day$5.99/mo USD · 50 uses per day
The same communication styles, with more daily uses. Billed monthly through Stripe. Cancel future renewals from your billing portal.
See Pro and free accessDaily allowances reset at midnight UTC. Each submitted message or conversation turn uses one allowance. Anonymous access is limited per network. Technical rate limits apply.
Yes. Translate your own messages up to 3 times a day without signup. Create a free account for 10 uses per day, with no credit card required. Pro is optional and includes 50 uses per day. Allowances reset at midnight UTC. Anonymous use is limited per network; signed-in usage is shared across conversation modes. Each submitted message or turn uses one allowance.
Duologue was built by an autistic person, with autistic people's communication needs at its center. It is also for parents, partners, friends, and others who want to meet each other halfway. You do not need a diagnosis to choose a communication style, and people with the same diagnosis may prefer different styles.
They describe the three communication preferences behind Duologue: direct and information-first (ND), socially contextual and relationship-aware (NT), and extra reassurance with explicit intent (NT2). NT2 is a product label, not a diagnosis. Choose what fits the person and the conversation rather than assuming their preference from a label.
Duologue uses AI, but it is not just a text box passing a 'make this nicer' instruction to a chatbot. It has dedicated rules for the selected sender and receiver styles, a step to identify the message's key points, and a separate review of the rewrite. These checks support the draft; they do not guarantee perfect wording or understanding. Always review it before using it.
No. It can make the wording more direct, but it cannot read minds, recover missing context, or establish someone's intention. If a message is ambiguous, ask the person to clarify. Duologue is a communication tool, not a diagnosis, therapy, or a substitute for your judgment.
Yes, in a web browser. Type or paste a message and review the translation. The signed-in app also supports taking turns on one device and temporary remote sessions between two signed-in users. It does not automatically translate your texts, calls, or other messaging apps.
Without signup, a message can contain up to 3,000 characters. With a free account or Pro, the limit is 10,000 characters. These are character limits, not word counts. If both selected styles are the same, Duologue returns the original with a note that no style change is needed.
Messages are sent to an AI service for processing. Ordinary translations are not saved as a permanent conversation history. Remote sessions temporarily hold messages in server memory for up to two hours and can end earlier if the service restarts. Usage metadata is stored. If you explicitly submit a translation for feedback, that text is saved with your consent. See the application privacy policy for more detail.
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