Wispr Flow snippets and dictionary: how to set them up, the limits, and triggers that work

By Ryleigh Newman · Published October 10, 2026

Wispr Flow has two ways to stop repeating yourself. A snippet replaces a spoken trigger, such as my email signature, with text you saved. The dictionary teaches Flow how to spell names, technical terms and jargon, and can correct a wrong spelling that keeps coming back. Personal snippets and the dictionary work on every plan, including the free one.

I built YapToText, a different dictation app for the Mac, so read what I say about Wispr Flow with that in mind. Every fact about Wispr Flow here comes from its own help center, read on October 10, 2026. The articles are Create and use snippets and Teach Flow your words with the dictionary.

This app is completely free. You don't have to make an account. There are no subscriptions, no difficult downloads, and nothing is locked. Made for Apple silicon Macs. Source on GitHub.

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Create a snippet

1. Open Snippets from Flow's sidebar on Mac or Windows, or its tab on a phone.
2. Choose Add new.
3. Enter the spoken trigger in Snippet.
4. Enter the saved text in Expansion.
5. Select Add snippet.

Then dictate as usual and say the trigger, alone or inside a sentence. The expansion replaces it.

Triggers that work

• Make it distinctive. The article's own example: my email signature and not thanks. A trigger that is also an ordinary word will fire when you do not want it.
• Good candidates. A signature, a postal address, a booking link, a standard reply, a disclaimer, a block of boilerplate.
• Longest wins. If two triggers overlap, the longer one expands. A personal trigger beats an identically worded shared one.
• Avoid near twins. Triggers that differ only in capitalization, punctuation or spacing can conflict. Change the wording.

Snippet limits

From Wispr Flow's help article, read October 10, 2026.

Add a word to the dictionary

1. Open Wispr Flow and select Dictionary.
2. Select Add new.
3. Enter the word or phrase, up to 60 characters.
4. Select Add word, then dictate a phrase that contains it and check the result.

If the same wrong spelling still appears, add a correction: turn on Correct a misspelling in a new entry and type the wrong spelling Flow produces. Each entry holds one correction. On Android, corrections sync from the other platforms but cannot be created.

Words it learns by itself

When you fix dictated text, Flow can add the corrected word to your personal dictionary automatically. The article lists what it learns and what it skips.

• Learned. Proper nouns, trade terms, field-specific acronyms, uncommon or variant name spellings, foreign-language terms and complete email addresses.
• Skipped. File paths, web addresses, code symbols, numbers, dates, emoji, everyday words, very common names and everyday acronyms such as PDF.

You can edit or delete a learned entry like any other. The dictionary applies to dictated text. The article says free-form and custom prompt requests run without it.

The same tools in YapToText

Wispr Flow from its help center, read October 10, 2026. YapToText from its own settings.

The fast path: select a word that is spelled right, tap the Quick Edit key, and say add this to my dictionary. The custom vocabulary guide covers names and jargon in any Mac dictation app, and the dictionaries help page covers mine.

This app is completely free. You don't have to make an account. There are no subscriptions, no difficult downloads, and nothing is locked. Made for Apple silicon Macs. Source on GitHub.

The short version

• Snippet. A spoken trigger that expands to saved text.
• Trigger. Distinctive, up to 60 characters.
• Expansion. Up to 4,000 characters, static.
• Dictionary. Names and jargon, plus one correction per entry.
• Plan. Both work on the free plan.

If Wispr changes these limits, open an issue on GitHub and I will update this page. Every one gets read.

This app is completely free. You don't have to make an account. There are no subscriptions, no difficult downloads, and nothing is locked. Made for Apple silicon Macs. Source on GitHub.

About the author. Ryleigh Newman is a developer whose hands make typing difficult and who dictates every day with YapToText, the app this site describes. Facts about other apps come from their own sites, with the date they were read. More about the project.

Related

• Wispr Flow guides: every page on this site about Wispr Flow, by topic
• Wispr Flow sync across devices: what follows your account and what stays on each device
• Wispr Flow Styles, Smart Formatting and Auto Cleanup: control how much it changes your words
• The VoiceInk Dictionary: vocabulary, word replacements, Auto Learn and filler words
• How to use Wispr Flow on a Mac: the shortcuts, modes and settings
• Wispr Flow Command Mode and Transforms: how to edit and rewrite text, and the shortcuts
• Wispr Flow hands-free mode: start and stop without holding a key
• Wispr Flow's free plan: what you get, where it stops, and what Pro adds
• Teach Mac dictation new words: names, jargon, brands
• Dictionaries: teach YapToText your names and jargon

Sources

• https://docs.wisprflow.ai/articles/5784437944-create-and-use-snippets (checked 2026-10-10)
• https://docs.wisprflow.ai/articles/4052411709-teach-flow-your-words-with-the-dictionary (checked 2026-10-10)
• https://github.com/ryleighnewman/YapToText (checked 2026-10-10)
• https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yaptotext/id6786382289 (checked 2026-10-10)

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