How to setup Flow Styles
Available on: Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Choose how Flow capitalizes and punctuates your dictation. Mac, Windows and Android use app-category styles. On iOS, “Your default sound” applies one style everywhere; if you see category tabs instead, use the per-category instructions.
Available styles
Category pickers offer three styles per category on Mac, Windows, Android and the iOS per-category layout. The iOS Default Sound picker offers all four for every dictation.
Style | Categories | What it does |
Formal. | All | Caps + punctuation. |
Casual | All | Caps + less punctuation. |
very casual | Personal only | No caps + less punctuation. |
Excited! | Work, Email, Other | More exclamations. |
Flow picks the category from the app you dictate in; Mac, Windows and Android also recognize web apps by address. Email apps use Email, which also applies email formatting such as greetings, sign-offs and line breaks — including the Missive desktop app on Mac and Missive in a browser on Mac and Windows.
On desktop, AI assistants and terminals use Other unless they are also recognized as workplace or personal messaging apps. On the iOS category-tab layout, messengers use Personal except Slack, Microsoft Teams and LinkedIn (Work), and other apps, including AI assistants, use Other.
Note: Flow’s notices state that style formatting applies in English only. They appear on Mac, Windows, Android and the iOS per-category screen, but not under “Your default sound.”
How to set up Flow Styles
Category styles apply once personalization is complete and your choices are saved. Until then, Flow uses standard formatting; an iOS keyboard style choice can override this.
Note: If iOS returns you to Home with “Try Flow first” and “Dictate in another app to access the rest of Flow”, dictate in another app, then reopen Style.
Mac and Windows
Until personalization is complete, “Make Flow sound like you” replaces the category cards; it can also appear on Home after the initial setup banner clears.
Open Wispr Flow → Style in the left sidebar.
Complete guided setup if the banner appears:
Click Start now.
Follow the introduction, then review Personal messages → Work messages → Email → Other, using Next.
Finish the final screen.
Select a category tab; Personal messages opens by default.
Click the style card you want.
Card selections save immediately in setup and on the Style page — there is no Save button or confirmation. Next keeps the preselected style, and clicking Next after Personal messages marks personalization complete and removes the banner. Back returns to the preceding stage.
iOS — Your default sound
This layout has one style card and no category tabs.
Open Wispr Flow → Style.
Tap the card under Your default sound to open Default Sound.
Choose Formal., Casual, very casual or Excited!.
Tap Save to complete style setup; Cancel closes without saving.
You can also change the sound from the keyboard.
iOS — category tabs
Change one category:
Open Wispr Flow → Style.
Pick Personal, Work, Email or Other.
Tap its style card to open the category’s selection sheet, such as Email Style.
Choose a different style.
Tap Save to apply it and complete personalization. Save stays disabled until the selection changes; Cancel discards the change.
Or use guided setup, available from the intro card until personalization is complete:
Tap Start now on “Make Flow sound like you”.
Tap Start Personalization.
Review Personal messages → Work messages → Emails → Other, using Next.
Tap Done on “You're all set!”.
Back is disabled on the first category; Cancel exits any stage. Dismissing the intro card with X marks personalization complete without selecting styles.
Android
The “Make Flow sound like you” card appears on Style and Home until personalization is complete.
Open Wispr Flow → Style in the bottom navigation bar.
Complete guided setup if the card appears:
Tap Start now.
Tap Start Personalization.
Choose styles for Personal → Work → Email → Other, tapping Next to save each.
After the last category, personalization completes and the flow closes. Cancel exits; system Back returns to the previous step or exits from the introduction.
To change a category style later:
Choose a category by tapping it or swiping horizontally.
Tap its style card to open the “<Category> Style” sheet.
Choose a different style.
Tap Save to apply the change. Save is disabled until the selection changes; Cancel discards the change.
Check and recover
Styles apply only to new dictations. Dictate a short phrase in an app in that category: if the text matches the style you selected, setup is complete.
Android, standard formatting right after launch: A dictation started before saved styles finish loading can use standard formatting; dictate again.
Android cannot load styles: If you see “Something went wrong. Please try again.”, tap Retry.
Android cannot save: “Could not save your selection. Please try again.” means a Style-tab change can still appear locally, and Flow retries saving later. In guided setup, you stay on the same step with your selection restored; tap Next again.
Still stuck?
Contact support if Style remains inaccessible or saved choices still do not apply after setup and a new dictation. Include:
Your platform and device.
The selected category or default sound, style, target app and steps you tried.
A short output example and the formatting you expected.
Need a hand?
Reach the Flow team and we’ll help you get unblocked.