If you dictate while music, a video, or a call is playing, the background audio can leak into your microphone and hurt transcription quality. HyperWhisper’s Media control setting can automatically mute your system output the moment you start recording and restore your previous volume as soon as you stop.
How it works
When media control is set to Mute Audio, HyperWhisper silences your computer’s output volume while a recording is in progress, then returns it to its prior level when the recording ends. It changes the system output volume only — it does not pause, skip, or otherwise control individual media apps.
There are two options:
- Off — HyperWhisper leaves your audio untouched (default).
- Mute Audio — System output is muted while you record and restored afterward.
Turn it on
Open Settings
Click the menu bar icon → Settings, then select the Sound tab.
Find “Media control while recording”
Locate the Media control while recording option.
Choose Mute Audio
Set the mode to Mute Audio. Your system output will now mute automatically each time you record and restore when you finish.
Open Settings
Right-click the tray icon → Settings, then open the Sound page.
Find “Media control”
Locate the Media control setting.
Choose Mute audio
Select Mute audio. HyperWhisper will mute system output while recording and restore it afterward.
Media control mutes your computer’s output volume, not your microphone. Your dictation is still captured normally — only the audio coming out of your speakers or headphones is silenced during recording.
