Paste the last dictation or transcript again

When Nock heard your words but they landed in the wrong place or were not inserted, you have two recovery controls. Paste last dictation keeps the latest non-empty dictation; the Paste Last Transcript shortcut uses the latest voice transcript, which can also be a spoken agent request.

Recover the last dictation

1. Bring the destination app forward and click the field where the words belong.
2. Open Nock’s menu-bar or tray menu and choose Paste last dictation, or use Paste last in the notch’s navigation.
3. Check the destination before repeating the action. If Nock leaves the words on the clipboard, paste them with your platform’s ordinary paste shortcut.

This control remembers only non-empty dictation. A later spoken agent request or empty recording does not replace it. It is unavailable until Nock has a dictation to recover, and it is disabled while its paste is in progress.

After a restart, Nock can restore the latest dictation from the voice history your retention setting still allows. There is no separate recovery-history store. If history is off or the item has expired or been deleted, it cannot be restored from that history. Deleting the retained item or clearing voice history also forgets it for this control. See Data and history.

Use the transcript shortcut

1. Click the field where the text belongs.
2. Use the shortcut shown in Settings → General → Advanced → Paste Last Transcript.

The defaults are Control + Command + V on Mac and Win + Alt + V on Windows. Nock waits for the shortcut keys to be released before pasting. You can change the combination in Settings.

What the transcript shortcut remembers

Nock keeps only the most recent completed voice recording in memory. A new dictation or spoken agent request replaces it; an empty recording also replaces the previous item. After you quit Nock, this quick-paste item is gone. It is distinct from the longer-lived voice history described in Data and history.

For dictation, the remembered text is the final text after cleanup and replacements. For a spoken agent request, it is the recognized request text. If Nock could not confirm a paste, the text may also remain temporarily on the clipboard with a notice to paste it manually.

If the transcript shortcut does nothing

• Make at least one non-empty voice recording since starting Nock.
• Check the current shortcut in Settings → General → Advanced; it may have been changed.
• Ensure you are not currently recording and that the target field is focused.
• If the text appears on the clipboard instead, click the field and paste normally.

See Dictation controls and Dictation troubleshooting.