Recover a dictation
Find a completed result that did not arrive, edit it, copy it or send it back when the original window supports it.
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Where the words go#
After recognition, TawkType keeps a completed text result available before attempting delivery. With History enabled, the result is also recorded locally. Even with persistent History off, a last-result buffer can help recover the most recent completed dictation during the current app session.
A recording that never produced a transcript, or one you cancelled, is different: there may be no text to recover. The in-memory buffer is not a permanent recording archive and does not survive every restart.
Open the dictation box#
- Look for the recovery action on the status bar after a delivery problem, or open the dictation box from the app controls.
- Read the reason shown above the text.
- Edit the words if necessary.
- Choose Copy or Send it back, depending on what is offered.
The box does not open itself and interrupt what you were doing. Opening it loads the latest available result; do not treat it as a saved collection of multiple drafts.
Copy and paste deliberately#
Copy puts the current editable text on your clipboard. Click the intended field in another app and paste. This is the available route when the original window is gone or Windows will not accept synthetic input into it.
If copying fails because another app is holding the clipboard open, the box reports that failure and leaves the text available. Try again when the clipboard is free.
Send it back#
Send it back is offered only when the original target can be identified and is not known to be elevated. It returns the original window to the foreground and attempts to insert the edited text.
If the window has closed or Windows refuses activation, TawkType leaves the text in the box and asks you to copy instead. If any text already appeared during the first attempt, inspect that destination before retrying to avoid duplication.
Recover an older result#
Use History to search earlier dictations if logging was enabled when they were made. Search checks both the recognizer’s words and the final text, so either the original phrase or its correction can help you find the entry.
Copy last dictation is a shortcut to the latest completed result. It does not locate an arbitrary older recording, and the history store retains text rather than audio for retranscription.