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My text is pasted twice
Dictated text arriving duplicated — what to do now, and where the fix stands.
Your dictation finishes and the same text lands twice in a row.
This is a known bug, not a setting you've got wrong. It's being worked on. What follows is how to stop it happening to you in the meantime.
Work around it now
Paste manually
The most reliable option, and it costs one keystroke.
Turn off automatic pasting
Settings → Preferences under App → Clipboard, then switch off Automatic pasting.
Keep the text on the clipboard
Switch on Keep transcription in clipboard in the same section so your dictated text stays there after each take.
Paste with Ctrl+V
Once, where you want it.
Change your hotkey
If your dictation hotkey is a modifier-only combination — the default is Ctrl + Win — try a combination containing a regular key, such as Ctrl+Alt+Space or Ctrl+Shift+K.
Set it in Settings → Hotkeys under App.
Worth trying because modifier-only shortcuts are handled by a different input path on Windows than ordinary combinations. If it makes a difference for you, tell us — that's a useful data point.
Help us fix it
If you're hitting this, a debug log is genuinely valuable — it records the paste path taken and how many times it ran, which is what separates a duplicated keystroke from a duplicated transcription.
Tell us as well:
- Your Windows version, and whether the target app runs as administrator.
- The exact hotkey you use, and whether Activation Mode is tap or hold.
- Whether it happens in every application or only some.
FAQ
Is it duplicating the transcription or the paste?
Check your history. If the entry appears once but the text landed twice, the paste ran twice. If there are two entries, the dictation itself ran twice — which usually means the hotkey fired twice, and changing it is the fix.
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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.