Feature Request: Retain contents of clipboard

[shneydor]

Voiceink currently overrides what I have in the clipboard. I would like it to retain it and after pasting bring it back to the clipboard just like SuperWhisper does.

[lenart]

I also like this idea a lot and have written to Pax about it in Discord. His suggestion was to just not use clipboard (disable in settings), and have the transcription pasted to whatever program is in focus directly.

I use clipboard history manager, so I prefer to have things on my clipboard - but I only ever need transcription there for a couple of seconds max. Anyhow, it's definitely an upvote for this idea from me 👍🏻

[Beingpax]

Hi @lenart

Does the auto-copy to clipboard option not solve this issue? Or are you looking for something different?

Even with the auto-copy to clipboard option, we’re still using the clipboard item but immediately discarding it and restoring the previous clipboard content. This prevents the output from VoiceInk from being stored in the clipboard or even appearing in clipboard managers.

However, I was considering removing this option entirely and instead restoring the original clipboard item immediately after pasting. That way, the clipboard history would include the VoiceInk transcript right after your original clipboard item.

But again, this might clutter the clipboard with VoiceInk transcriptions, and I'm not sure if that's something most users would want.

I believe the current auto-copy to clipboard option handles it well, but I’d love to get some input on this.

[avinashkanaujiya]

@Beingpax Can you clarify how the auto-copy to clipboard functionality exactly works? I think when I do a transcription, the transcript gets copied onto the clipboard and I can paste it. But it doesn't disappear. It stays where it is.

The content that was originally in the clipboard disappears.

[lenart]

I have had the same experience as @avinashkanaujiya - the content remained in the clipboard (and Raycast's clipboard manager). I have since turned off the "auto-copy" feature. I do rely heavily on my clipboard history and I think what would work best for me is as follows:

Clipboard before dictation

• foobar

After VoiceInk transcription/enhancement

• <transcription>
• foobar

After some predefined timeout and/or after pasting, restore the clipboard

• foobar
• <transcription>

[R3n1er]

Yes, indeed, it’s a feature I saw on SuperWhisper, and I’m looking for the same thing—meaning that once you copy the password from the transcription that just occurred, it automatically reverts back to the previous clipboard content that was already there.

[coopr]

Does the auto-copy to clipboard option not solve this issue?

It sounds like that feature is supposed to solve this problem, but either I'm using that feature wrong or I cannot find it or it's not working because I cannot get VoiceInk to restore the contents of the clipboard after pasting a transcription

[Beingpax]

I will remove the autocopy to clipboard toggle and make it simpler. The transcription will be pasted and it will automatically restore the previous clipboard item, which will lead to less confusion among users.