Troubleshooting Guide for Snippets Pasting Only Part of the Text or Code

Mac

Follow these steps:

1. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.

2. Confirm Wispr Flow is listed and the toggle is on.

3. Remove Flow from the list and re-add it if the issue persists.

4. Trigger the snippet again. If the full text pastes, permissions were the cause.

Android

Follow these steps:

1. Open Settings → Accessibility.

2. Confirm Wispr Flow is listed and the toggle is on.

3. Remove Flow from the list and re-add it if the issue persists.

4. Trigger the snippet again. If the full text pastes, permissions were the cause.

Dictation failed or fell back to clipboard in WhatsApp, Telegram, Messenger, Signal, Slack, Teams, or Discord on Android

In many popular chat apps on Android, dictated text was successfully inserted but Flow incorrectly treated it as a failure and fell back to the clipboard — or reported an insertion error. This was an app-compatibility issue, now fixed in Wispr Flow 2.0.0 for Android. To resolve:

1. Update Wispr Flow to the latest version.

2. Restart the app after updating.

Snippet expansion was incorrectly capitalized when dictated into an empty text field

When a snippet trigger was the first thing dictated into an empty text field, the expansion was pasted with its first letter capitalized — even if the stored expansion was lowercase (for example, an email address or URL). This was fixed. Snippet expansions now always paste with the exact casing you saved. To resolve:

1. Update Wispr Flow to the latest version.

2. Restart the app after updating.

Numbered or bulleted lists lost their formatting when dictated into Lovable.dev

When dictating numbered or bulleted lists into Lovable.dev, list items appeared as plain paragraphs without their numbers or bullets. This was fixed. Flow now pastes lists into Lovable.dev as plain text with proper prefixes preserved — "1.", "2.", or "-" — so list structure stays intact. To resolve:

1. Update Wispr Flow to the latest version.

2. Restart the app after updating.

Editing a snippet created a duplicate entry on Android

Editing an existing snippet or dictionary word on Android left the original entry in place alongside the updated one, resulting in duplicate entries. This was fixed in Wispr Flow 1.8.5 for Android. To resolve:

1. Update Wispr Flow to the latest version.

2. Restart the app after updating.

Snippet and dictionary replacements did not apply during dictation on Android

Before Android 1.8.2, snippet and dictionary replacements were not applied during dictation. This was fixed in Wispr Flow 1.8.2 for Android — replacements now apply during dictation and expand inline. To resolve:

1. Update Wispr Flow to the latest version.

2. Restart the app after updating.

Snippet content was incorrect or duplicated after syncing on Android

Syncing issues on Android caused snippet data to get mixed up with dictionary entries, resulting in incorrect or partial content being pasted. A related issue caused duplicate entries to appear in the snippets, dictionary, or language selector lists, sometimes crashing the app. Both were fixed in Wispr Flow 1.5.2 for Android. To resolve:

1. Update Wispr Flow to the latest version.

2. Restart the app after updating.

What are the character limits for snippets?

Trigger phrases are limited to 60 characters. Expansion text is limited to 4,000 characters.

Is trigger matching case-sensitive?

No. Trigger matching is case-insensitive — "My Email" and "my email" both work.

What happens if I have overlapping triggers?

The longer trigger takes priority. If you have "my email" and "my email address," saying "my email address" expands the longer one. Personal snippets also take priority over team snippets with the same trigger.

Punctuation stripping only applies when your entire dictation consists solely of the trigger phrase. If the trigger appears mid-sentence among other words, Flow uses standard word-boundary matching.

Why does Flow change my snippet's casing or punctuation?

Flow adjusts casing and punctuation based on cursor position. If you insert a snippet mid-sentence, the first letter may be lowercased and trailing punctuation removed to fit the surrounding text. Proper nouns that Flow recognizes — names in your dictionary or your own name — are not lowercased mid-sentence.

Only sentence-ending punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation mark) is stripped before the snippet — not commas, colons, semicolons, or dashes. On Windows, this context-aware adjustment is skipped entirely when dictating into the Wispr Flow app itself.

Does pasting a snippet overwrite my clipboard?

On Mac, Flow restores your previous clipboard contents shortly after any paste operation completes. Large clipboard contents like PDFs, files, audio, and rich text with attachments (RTFD) are not restored.

Why doesn't my trigger fire inside another word?

Triggers must appear as whole words. A trigger like "btw" does not fire if it appears inside another word. A word boundary is any character that isn't a letter, digit, or underscore — so triggers still fire when surrounded by punctuation, dashes, parentheses, or even non-breaking and em spaces.

Can I use the same word as both a dictionary entry and a snippet trigger?

On Android, no — Flow shows an inline error and blocks the entry. On Mac and Windows, this is enforced when bulk-importing snippets or dictionary items; for individual entries the app currently allows creating both, so we recommend keeping triggers distinct from dictionary words. On iOS, within-type duplicates are blocked, but cross-type conflicts are not currently checked.

Do snippet changes sync across devices?

Yes. On Android, the Snippets screen syncs each time it is opened, and also when you sign in or switch users. Changes made on other devices appear after revisiting the tab.