Viewing Transcription History

Browse, search, filter, and manage every transcription you’ve made — including playback, editing, and retrying failed jobs.

Every transcription HyperWhisper completes is saved automatically and appears in the History view. You can search across all your past transcriptions, filter by date, play back the original audio, copy or edit text, and retry any failed job.

Opening History

macOS

Click the HyperWhisper menu bar icon and choose History. This opens the main app window with the History panel selected.

Windows

Click History in the left sidebar of the main HyperWhisper window.

The History Layout

The view is split into two panels:

• Left panel — a scrollable, date-grouped list of all your transcriptions, with a search bar and date filter at the top.
• Right panel — the detail view for the selected transcription, showing the full text, metadata badges, audio player, and action buttons.

Each row in the list shows a preview of the transcript text (up to two lines), the recording time, and the recording duration. Status badges appear next to any entry that is still processing or that failed.

Searching

Type in the search bar at the top of the list to filter transcriptions by content. The search is case-insensitive and matches against the raw transcribed text and the post-processed text, so results surface even if you search for a word that only appears after AI cleanup.

macOS

The list updates as you type, with a short debounce to avoid per-keystroke flickering.

Windows

The list updates after a brief pause when you stop typing (250 ms debounce).

Filtering by Date

Use the date filter control next to the search bar to narrow results to a specific window:

Option	What it shows
All	Every transcription
Today	Transcriptions made today
This Week	Transcriptions from the current calendar week
This Month	Transcriptions from the current calendar month

Combining the date filter with a search term applies both conditions at once.

Viewing a Transcription

Select any row to open it in the detail panel. The header shows the full date and time of the recording, along with metadata badges:

• Duration — how long the recording was.
• Mode — the transcription mode (preset) used.
• Transcription provider — the engine or service that produced the raw transcript (shown in green when available).
• Post-processing provider — the AI model that cleaned up the text (shown in blue when available).

Processed vs. Original text

When a transcription has been through AI post-processing, a toggle appears above the text area. Use it to switch between:

• Processed — the AI-enhanced version with corrections and formatting applied.
• Original — the raw transcript before any post-processing.

macOS

The toggle appears as a labeled switch. Flip it to Original to see the unprocessed text; flip back to Processed to return to the cleaned version.

Windows

A button labeled Show Original / Show Processed toggles between the two views. A badge in the header indicates when you are viewing the original transcript.

Editing text

macOS

When viewing the processed text, click Edit in the toolbar above the text area. Make your changes in the text editor, then click Done to save. The raw original text is read-only and cannot be edited.

Windows

The text area is read-only in the current release. Use the Copy button to paste into an editor outside the app.

Audio Playback

If HyperWhisper saved the audio for a recording, an audio player appears in the detail panel below the transcript text.

macOS

Click the play/pause button to start or pause playback. A waveform visualization and the recording duration are shown next to the controls.

If Voice Activity Detection (VAD) was active when the recording was made and a silence-trimmed version of the audio exists, a toggle labeled Original / Trimmed appears above the player. Select Trimmed to hear the version with silence removed, or Original to hear the full recording.

Click Show in Finder to reveal the audio file in the Finder.

If the audio file can no longer be found on disk, the player is replaced by an “Audio file missing” message, and retry is unavailable for that entry.

Windows

Click the play/pause button to start or pause playback. A seek slider and a position / total-duration readout let you scrub to any point in the recording.

If the audio file has been deleted or moved, an “Audio file not available” message replaces the player.

Audio files are saved when you record. If you disabled audio saving in Settings, or deleted the file outside HyperWhisper, playback and retry will not be available for that entry.

Copying Text

Click Copy in the actions bar to copy the currently displayed text (processed or original, depending on which view is active) to your clipboard.

macOS

You can also press ⌘ C with a transcription selected in the list to copy its text without opening the detail panel. The keyboard shortcut copies the same text that would appear in the detail view.

Windows

Press Ctrl C to copy the selected transcription’s text. The Copy button shows a brief Copied! confirmation after a successful copy.

Deleting Transcriptions

macOS

Single entry: Select the row and press Delete, or right-click and choose Delete from the context menu, or click the Delete button in the detail panel’s actions bar.

Multiple entries: Hold ⌘ or Shift to select more than one row, then press Delete or right-click and choose Delete Selected. The detail panel switches to a bulk-delete confirmation view showing the count of selected items.

Deleting a transcription also removes its associated audio file from disk.

Windows

Single entry: Select the row and press Delete, or right-click and choose Delete from the context menu.

Multiple entries: Hold Ctrl or Shift to select more than one row, then press Delete. The detail panel shows a bulk-delete button with the count of selected items.

Deleting a transcription also removes its associated audio file from disk.

Retrying Failed Transcriptions

If a transcription fails, the entry shows a Failed badge in the list and an error badge in the detail panel. When the original audio file is still on disk, you can retry the transcription.

macOS

Retry with the same mode: Click Retry in the actions bar, or right-click the row and choose Retry. This option is only available for failed entries that still have their audio file on disk.

Retry with a different mode: Right-click any entry that has saved audio and choose Retry with…, then pick any mode from the submenu. This re-transcribes the original audio using that mode’s settings and provider. Unlike plain Retry, this option is available for any transcript with saved audio — not only failed ones.

The row shows a “Retrying transcription…” spinner while the job is in progress. The button label also tracks retry attempts — after the first retry, it shows “Retry (N)”.

Windows

Retry with the same mode: Click Retry in the actions bar, or press Ctrl R, or right-click the row and choose Retry.

Retry with a different mode: Right-click the row and choose Retry with…, then pick a mode from the submenu.

The row shows a “Retrying…” badge while the job is in progress.

Retry requires the original audio file to still be present. If the file has been deleted or was never saved, the retry option is not available.

Automatic Deletion

Both apps support an optional automatic-deletion setting that removes transcriptions older than a configured age. Configure this in Settings if you want the history to self-prune. Automatic deletion runs in the background and removes both the transcript record and the associated audio file. See Advanced Settings for configuration details.