Text not inserting

Quick checks

Before diving into detailed troubleshooting, verify the basics:

• Is your cursor in a text field? Epilude inserts text wherever your cursor is. Click into a text field first.
• Did you see the dictation indicator? If the indicator didn't appear when you pressed your hotkey, Epilude may not be running. Check the menu bar for the Epilude icon.
• Did the transcription complete? If the indicator appeared but no text was inserted, the issue may be with transcription rather than insertion.

Check Accessibility permission

Epilude needs Accessibility access to insert text into other apps. This is the most common cause of insertion failures.

Re-grant after macOS update

macOS updates can silently reset Accessibility and Microphone permissions. If Epilude stopped working after an OS update:

1. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility
2. Remove Epilude from the list (select it and click the − button)
3. Quit Epilude from the menu bar
4. Re-add Epilude and relaunch the app

App compatibility

Some apps block programmatic text insertion for security reasons. This is rare but can happen with:

• Banking and financial apps
• DRM-protected input fields
• Some Electron-based apps with custom text handling

If text won't insert into a specific app but works everywhere else, try copying your dictation to the clipboard and pasting with ⌘V instead.

Restart Epilude

If none of the above helps:

1. Click the Epilude icon in the menu bar
2. Select Quit
3. Relaunch Epilude from Applications or Spotlight

Still not working?

If you've tried everything above and text still isn't inserting, reach out for help. Include your macOS version, Epilude version, and the name of the app where insertion fails.