Manual Fix a problem
The text doesn't paste
Transcription works but nothing appears in the app you're typing into — the automatic pasting setting, apps that refuse simulated input, and the clipboard fallback.
Your words were transcribed — you can see them in the app — but nothing landed where you were typing.
Your text isn't lost. Neato Echo puts it on the clipboard, so Ctrl+V pastes it right now while you work out the rest.
The fix
Windows needs no special permission for automatic pasting — the app says so itself when you check permissions. So if text isn't pasting, it's one of these:
Check automatic pasting is on
Settings → Preferences under App → Clipboard. Make sure Automatic pasting is switched on.
Try a plain text field
Paste into Notepad. Some applications — particularly ones running as administrator, remote desktop sessions, and games — refuse simulated input from a normal-privilege app.
If Notepad works and your app doesn't
That app is the constraint, and the clipboard is your route into it. Press Ctrl+V after each dictation, or switch to manual pasting as below.
If you'd rather paste manually
Turn Automatic pasting off and keep the text on the clipboard instead: Settings → Preferences under App → Clipboard. Switch on Keep transcription in clipboard so your dictated text stays there until you paste it.
This is also the workaround if you're hitting text pasted twice.
FAQ
It pastes into some apps but not others.
That's the target application refusing simulated input rather than a problem with Neato Echo. Elevated applications, remote desktop clients and some games all do this. Use the clipboard for those.
It says 'Clipboard Paste Failed'.
Paste manually with Ctrl+V — the text is on the clipboard. Then work through the steps above.
It overwrites whatever I had copied.
Turn off Keep transcription in clipboard and Neato Echo restores your previous clipboard contents after pasting.
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Still need help?
Write to [email protected] with your Windows version, your Neato Echo version (Settings → System), and what you were doing. A person reads every message.