Review, Search, and Reuse Session History

This guide is for TypingVoi users who want a reliable place to review past sessions instead of losing useful transcripts after they are delivered. By the end, you will know how to decide when history should be saved, how to search and filter it, and how to reuse older sessions for revision or recovery.

What session history is for

History gives you a saved list of past transcription sessions inside Settings > History. It is most useful when you:

• need to recover text that was inserted into the wrong place
• want to compare the final cleaned-up result with the raw transcript
• need to find something you dictated earlier without recording again
• want a review workflow for meetings, notes, or longer captures

If you only use TypingVoi for quick one-line dictation, you may not need to save every session. If you regularly work on drafts, meetings, or follow-up edits, history is usually worth keeping on.

1. Turn history on for the profiles that need it

History saving is controlled per profile, not as one global switch for the whole app.

1. Open Settings.
2. Select the profile you want to change.
3. Go to Profile & Output.
4. Turn on Save sessions in history.

Use this setting intentionally. A meetings profile may need history all the time, while a quick-reply profile may not.

Good times to keep history on:

• meeting notes
• interviews or voice memos
• longer writing sessions
• any workflow where you may need to recover or review text later

Good times to leave it off:

• short throwaway dictation
• privacy-sensitive workflows where you do not want saved transcripts
• profiles used only for fast one-step replies

What gets saved

When history is enabled for a profile, TypingVoi saves one row per session in the History pane so you can review it later.

Each saved row can include:

• the date and time
• the profile used for the session
• the session status
• the spoken language when available
• the processed transcript preview
• word count and recording duration

When you expand a saved session, you can review more detail such as:

• the processed transcript
• the raw transcript when it is meaningfully different
• copy actions for processed and raw text
• a full-session audio export button when an audio file is available

History is best understood as a review record of the session result, not as a full editing workspace.

2. Open the History pane and scan saved sessions

Open Settings > History to see your saved sessions. The top of the page includes a quick overview, and the main list shows one row per saved session.

Screenshot placeholder: History pane with the search field and the Language, Profile, and Status filter menus visible above the saved sessions list

Each row gives you enough information to decide whether to open it:

• profile name
• saved time
• processed word count
• duration when available
• language badge when available
• status badge
• a short transcript preview

If you see No History Yet, that usually means either you have not completed a saved session yet or the active profile had history saving turned off.

3. Search across saved transcripts

Use the Search saved sessions field when you remember part of the content but not when you recorded it.

Search works well for:

• names
• repeated phrases
• project terms
• profile names
• language codes or visible status text

This is the fastest way to recover a transcript that was delivered somewhere hard to find, copied over, or only partially reused.

For best results:

• search for a distinctive phrase instead of one common word
• search after a meeting while the wording is still fresh
• keep profile names clear so profile-based search is useful too

4. Narrow the list with filters

Use the filter menus when search alone still leaves too many sessions.

The Language filter helps when you dictate in more than one language. The Profile filter helps when you separate workflows such as Meetings, Writing, or Support. The Status filter helps when you want to review only successful sessions or investigate failures.

Status filtering is especially useful for two cases:

• Completed when you want reusable text quickly
• Failed or Cancelled when you are troubleshooting or checking what happened to a session

Combine filters when needed. For example, you can show only one language inside one profile, then search within that smaller list.

5. Use pagination for larger histories

TypingVoi paginates the History list so large libraries stay easier to scan.

When you have more than one page of results:

1. Use search and filters first to reduce the list.
2. Check the summary line to see which results are visible on the current page.
3. Move with the previous and next page controls.

Pagination matters most if you keep history on for high-volume workflows. Narrowing the list before paging is usually faster than browsing page by page.

6. Expand a session to review or recover it

Click a row in History to expand it and inspect the saved transcript.

Screenshot placeholder: Expanded saved session row showing the processed transcript, optional raw transcript, copy buttons, delete button, and audio export button when available

The expanded view is where history becomes useful in day-to-day work. You can:

• read the processed transcript in full
• compare it with the raw transcript if both are shown
• copy the processed version for reuse
• copy the raw version when you want to redo cleanup yourself
• export the full session audio when that file is available

If the processed result looks too aggressive, compare it with the raw transcript before re-recording. That is often enough to recover wording you still want.

7. Reuse history for revision and recovery

History is not just an archive. It is also a practical recovery tool.

Use it for revision when:

• you inserted text into the wrong app or wrong field
• you want to pull an earlier draft back into a new document
• you need to compare a cleaned-up result against the original wording
• you want to continue editing yesterday's dictated draft instead of speaking it again

Use it for recovery when:

• clipboard fallback happened and you later lost the pasted result
• a long session produced usable text but not in the place you expected
• you want to inspect failed sessions before trying again

For meeting workflows, a simple pattern works well:

1. Keep history on for your meetings profile.
2. Record normally.
3. Review the processed result in History.
4. Copy the transcript into your notes, task tracker, or follow-up document.
5. Return to the raw transcript only if you need to verify wording.

When history is most valuable

History adds the most value when your recordings are longer, more important, or more likely to need follow-up.

Strong fits:

• meetings
• interviews
• research notes
• multilingual drafting
• cleanup-heavy writing workflows

Lower-value fits:

• one-line replies
• temporary scratch text
• cases where you always discard the transcript immediately after insertion

If your profiles serve very different jobs, treat history like any other workflow setting and enable it only where it earns its place.

Related guides

• Create Profiles for Different Apps and Workflows
• Control Where TypingVoi Inserts or Copies Text
• Clean Up Transcripts With AI
• TypingVoi Settings Reference by Pane

Best next step

If you use history mainly to recover longer drafts or meeting notes, set up a dedicated profile for that workflow with Create Profiles for Different Apps and Workflows.