# Recover the last transcript

Use **Paste Last Transcript** when Nock heard you but the text landed in the wrong app, no text field had focus, or you want to reuse the words. The macOS default is **left Control + left Command + V**.

## Recover words before recording again

1. Stop and inspect where the first paste went.
2. Click the intended destination field so its text cursor is visible.
3. Press Control + Command + V, then release every key.
4. Wait for the paste and review the result.

Nock waits for the shortcut keys to be released so they do not interfere with the simulated paste. Keep focus in the destination until the text appears. If the first paste reached another editable field, undo or remove that copy in the original app after you have secured the desired text.

Avoid starting another recording before recovery: this command retains only the most recent transcript. A new spoken agent request can replace it too, even though the Settings description refers to your most recent dictation.

## What text is retained

For dictation, the retained text is the finished version after polishing and replacements. For an agent recording, it is the recognized request. A completed composer-mic recording can also become the last transcript.

The command does not retrieve an earlier sentence, reverse polishing, or search your chat history. An empty finished recording can replace the retained text with nothing. The in-memory transcript is also lost when Nock quits, so this shortcut is a prompt recovery tool rather than a transcript archive.

## Clipboard recovery is different

If Nock shows **Couldn't type it here — it's on your clipboard**, you can click the target field and press ordinary **Command + V**. The recovery clipboard is held temporarily, currently for about a minute, before the previous clipboard is restored if you have not copied something else.

By contrast, Control + Command + V asks Nock to paste its remembered transcript. That can help even after the normal clipboard was restored. Both approaches require an editable destination and working text-insertion access.

## Change the shortcut

Open **Settings → General → Paste Last Transcript** and choose **Change**. Record a combination accepted by the shortcut editor. It allows modifiers with at most one ordinary action key, and refuses reserved or unsafe combinations. Use [keyboard shortcuts](/nock/keyboard-shortcuts) for the broader rules.

## Nothing appears

Finish any recording first; paste-last is ignored while listening. Use the left-side modifiers for the default binding. Check that a recording has completed since Nock started, then verify the destination field and Accessibility permission. If the retained words exist but insertion still fails, follow [dictation troubleshooting](/nock/dictation-troubleshooting). Do not repeat recordings indefinitely when the underlying problem is focus or permission.