History with search and playback
History in Speechy keeps every dictation on your Mac, newest first and grouped by day. Press ⌘K to search, click a dictation to see all of it and play its recording, then Copy it or Fix a misheard word so Speechy gets it right next time.
How to use History with search and playback
Open History
From the Speechy window or the menu bar.
Press ⌘K to search
Find any dictation by its words.
Play it back
Click a dictation to hear what you said.
Copy or fix
Fix a misheard word adds a replacement for next time.
What you do, what you get
History
You do
“Search "staging"”
You get
Every dictation that mentions staging
History
You do
“Play a dictation”
You get
Your recording, with a waveform you can click or drag to jump around
History
You do
“Fix a misheard word: Wop → Whop”
You get
A replacement, so it's spelled right next time
Choose what it keeps.
In Speechy, Settings, Dictation. History limit is there too.
- Keep new historySave new dictations. Turning this off keeps existing history.OnOff
- Auto-delete recordingsMove older entries and their audio to Recently deleted.NeverAfter 3 daysAfter 2 weeksAfter 3 monthsAfter 6 monthsAfter 1 year
Questions
On your Mac. Recordings are saved in Documents, Speechy, Recordings.
A new install keeps your newest 10. Change History limit in Settings, Dictation, up to No limit.
Open History storage, Recently deleted, and press Restore.