Ask Nock about selected text

Select text in another app, speak an instruction to Nock, and optionally replace the selection with an edit.

Select text before invoking Nock’s spoken agent shortcut to ask about that passage—for example, to summarize, translate, or rewrite it. Nock can also replace the selection with the answer when the target is an editable field.

Use selected text

Select text in the app you are working in.
Hold the agent shortcut shown in Settings → General → Shortcuts and speak your instruction.
Check the selected-text indicator in Nock. Deselect it there if you do not want the text included.
Release the shortcut and review the response. For an edit, Nock returns the response to the original app and attempts to replace the selection.

Selected text is sent with the request to the model/provider handling that agent turn. Do not select passwords or other content you do not want included in a model request. See Privacy controls.

Platform behavior

Mac: Nock reads text exposed by the front app’s Accessibility interface. In apps that do not expose a selection that way, it may briefly use Command + C and restore the clipboard. In terminals, it uses Accessibility only to avoid interrupting a running command.
Windows: Nock first uses Windows UI Automation where available; it can use a brief Ctrl + C copy path for controls without a readable UI Automation selection. It does not read a selection from a window running as administrator.

Some apps do not expose their selected text, so no selection indicator may appear. Selected text is limited to 100,000 characters. Nock does not send a Ctrl + C selection read to terminal/console apps, where that keystroke could interrupt a command. Replacing text requires an editable field; password fields are excluded. The selection must still be available when the response is applied.

If it does not work

Confirm text is selected in the app before starting the spoken request.
On Mac, allow Nock under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility if prompted.
On Windows, use a non-elevated target app and check that it exposes text to UI Automation.
If you only want to ask about the text, disable Edit selected text under Settings → Agent → Actions; otherwise the action may offer to apply a rewrite.

See Permissions and Voice settings.