Your first dictation

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Flow on iPhone

Watch our CTO and co-founder give a quick 45-second walkthrough:

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Flow on Desktop

Once you’ve downloaded and installed the Wispr Flow app on your desktop, you’re ready to go.

1. Put your cursor in a text box
2. Press and hold your hotkey
3. Speak freely
4. Let go of the hotkey to see your formatted transcript

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1. Put your cursor in a text box

For Flow to know where you want to transcribe, your cursor must be in a textbox. This can be in any application on your computer—Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Docs, Notion, you name it. Just look for the flashing cursor.

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2. Press your hotkey (Mac default: Fn , Windows default: Ctrl + Win )

Once you hear Flow’s signature ping or see the white bars start moving, you can start dictating.

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3. Let go of your hotkey

To paste the text, let go of the hotkey to paste in the text box you’re in. Ta-da, Flow should have pasted your dictation in the textbox. If not, please let us know.

P.S. If you click Esc , your transcript will be canceled, but don’t worry—you can still find it in the Recent Activity page.

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[Bonus] More ways to start a dictation on your desktop

1. Click on your Flow bar in the center of your screen

2. Press Fn + space (Mac) or Ctrl + Win + space (Windows) to go hands-free mode, then Fn or Ctrl to paste.