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Keep the rewrite panel open: every sentence comes out the way you want

Pick a format once and it applies to every sentence. With Auto replace on, it keeps working when you close the panel: per sentence pastes at each pause; whole-piece waits for Done.

Needs an AI servicePick once, applies every timeWrite your own formats

What it is for

Three common uses.

Always translate before pasting

Translate between languages while you dictate. The direction is picked for you: Chinese, Japanese or Korean becomes English, and English becomes Chinese.

You say下週二下午可以開會嗎？我先把議程寄給你。
↓
PastedIs next Tuesday afternoon OK for a meeting? I’ll send you the agenda first.

Think out loud, get tidy text

Use Organize. It is fine to ramble: the point comes first, repeats and abandoned versions are dropped, and every fact you mentioned stays.

You sayUm, let me think, the report is due Friday, no wait, Thursday. Then I want to do the charts first, uh, before the charts I need to tidy the data, and the data needs about another day.
↓
Pasted

The report is due Thursday.

・Tidy the data first (about another day)
・Then make the charts

Use your own format

Write a format of your own, such as a weekly report or the tone of your customer replies, and tell the AI how to write it. From then on it comes out the way you want.

You sayThis week I finished the login page, two small bugs are still open, and next week I want to start on search.
↓
Pasted

Done this week: login page finished

Next week: start on search

Need help: two small bugs still open

How it works

Five steps.

1

Open the rewrite panel

After you dictate something, click “✦ Rewrite” next to the overlay. Or go to Settings → Home and turn on “Keep the rewrite panel open”, and the panel appears.

“✦ Rewrite” stays for about 4 seconds after a paste. Press it before you have dictated anything and it opens an empty panel, ready for your next sentence.

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AI and the rewrite panel
AI cleanup
On
Keep the rewrite panel open
On
Other switches
New line after each paste
Off
Tomorrow at 3 works. I’ll send the materials first.✦ Rewrite
2

Pick a format

Press a format (or its number key) to highlight it; every sentence then goes through it. Press the highlighted format again to show only: the panel shows what you said and rewrites nothing; Auto replace, Replace and Again are greyed out.

Built-in formats: 1 Tone, 2 Organize, 3 Translate, 4 Meeting notes, 5 Email.

✦ Rewrite×
What you saidFold
Um, let me think, the report is due Friday, no wait, Thursday. Then I want to do the charts first, uh, before the charts I need to tidy the data, and the data needs about another day.
1Tone2Organize3Translate4Meeting notes5Email
✦ Rewrite×
What you saidFold
Um, let me think, the report is due Friday, no wait, Thursday. Then I want to do the charts first, uh, before the charts I need to tidy the data, and the data needs about another day.
1Tone2Organize3Translate4Meeting notes5Email
Showing only, nothing rewritten.
Auto replaceCancel EscAgain ⌘RReplace ↩
3

Adjust the tone (optional)

Tone is the default format, controlled by the Warmth and Formality sliders. You can leave them as they are.

✦ Rewrite×
Warmth
Formality
4

Turn on “Auto replace”

Per sentence (Tone, Organize, Translate) rewrites and pastes at every pause. Whole (Meeting notes, Email, and custom formats by default) collects captions without pasting while you speak; press Done to paste the whole piece at once. Only the rewrite is pasted.

Change each format in AI rewrite → Rewrite formats → When to process.

✦ Rewrite×
What you saidFold
Um, let me think, the report is due Friday, no wait, Thursday. Then I want to do the charts first, uh, before the charts I need to tidy the data, and the data needs about another day.
1Tone2Organize3Translate4Meeting notes5Email
Warmth
Formality
Rewritten (you can edit it)

The report is due Thursday.

• Tidy the data first (about another day)
• Then make the charts

Replaced. The panel stays and moves to your next paste
Auto replaceCancel EscAgain ⌘RReplace ↩
Translating…Rewriting…
Continuous✦ Organize
5

With “Auto replace” off

What you said is pasted first. You review the result in the panel and click “Replace” (Enter) to swap out the text you just pasted, or “Again” (⌘R) for another version.

Not happy with a replacement? Press ⌘Z to undo it.

✦ Rewrite×
What you saidFold
Um, let me think, the report is due Friday, no wait, Thursday. Then I want to do the charts first, uh, before the charts I need to tidy the data, and the data needs about another day.
1Tone2Organize3Translate4Meeting notes5Email
Warmth
Formality
Rewritten (you can edit it)

The report is due Thursday.

• Tidy the data first (about another day)
• Then make the charts

Replaced. The panel stays and moves to your next paste
Auto replaceCancel EscAgain ⌘RReplace ↩

Good to know

A few things to keep in mind.

  • The format still works with the panel closed× or Esc turns Keep the rewrite panel open off; with Auto replace on, the chosen format keeps working. The recording pill shows a green “✦ Organize” tag beside “Continuous”; click it to open the panel, change the format or turn Auto replace off. Your choice survives restarts.
  • Meeting notes never invent detailsA topic line and bullets of what you said; decisions, to-dos, times, people, owners and deadlines appear only if you said them. No format adds details you did not say.
  • The panel stays after “Replace”It follows your next sentence, so there is nothing to reopen.
  • It needs an AI serviceNo key yet? See Get a free Gemini API key. Without an AI service there is no rewrite panel, and tone hints still show on the overlay. If the AI service stops working, the panel closes and the switch turns off.
  • Each app remembers its formatEach app remembers the format you used last, so it is already picked the next time you speak there.

Your own format

Make a format of your own.

Make a format of your own

In AI rewrite → Rewrite formats, click Add format, name it and describe how to write. Set When to process to Per sentence or Whole (the default for your formats). No format adds details you did not say.

You can edit the built-in formats too, and click “Restore default” any time to bring them back.

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Meeting notesBuilt-in
EmailBuilt-in
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