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.

Bugs fixed in recent Android updates

Several snippet-related issues on Android were fixed in recent updates:

• Dictation failed or fell back to clipboard in messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Messenger, Signal, Slack, Teams, and Discord.

• Editing an existing snippet or dictionary word left the original entry in place, creating duplicates.

• Snippet and dictionary replacements were not applied during dictation. They now expand inline as you dictate.

• Syncing mixed snippet data with dictionary entries, resulting in incorrect or partial content pasting. A related issue caused duplicate entries in the snippets, dictionary, or language selector lists and sometimes crashed the app.

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 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 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 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.

What are the character limits for snippets?

Trigger phrases are limited to 60 characters. Expansion text is limited to 4,000 characters. When rich formatting is used, the 4,000-character limit is measured against the rich-text representation — bold, links, and lists consume limit space faster than plain text.

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.

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 sentence-ending punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation mark) removed to fit the surrounding text. Commas, colons, semicolons, and dashes are not stripped. Proper nouns Flow recognizes — names in your dictionary or your own name — are not lowercased mid-sentence.

A snippet pasted right after continuation punctuation (commas, colons, semicolons, dashes, parentheses, brackets, or backticks) is also lowercased at its start when a letter or digit continues the sentence.

The exact-casing fix for empty text fields only applies when the entire dictation is the snippet trigger. Mid-sentence snippet insertions can still be lowercased, and single-word snippets that aren't in your dictionary may also be lowercased mid-sentence.

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 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. Triggers still fire when surrounded by punctuation, dashes, parentheses, or 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, we recommend keeping triggers distinct from dictionary words to avoid conflicts. On iOS, duplicates within the same type 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.