Recording History
Control saved dictation and voice-command transcripts in MachinesFluent.
Recording history helps you recover past dictated text and AI voice-command transcripts. It is useful for notes, drafts, and repeated work, but it should be configured carefully if you dictate sensitive material.
What History Saves
When history saving is enabled, MachinesFluent can save:
| History type | What it contains | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Dictation | Text produced from normal dictation sessions. | Recovering a note, draft, message, or paragraph you dictated earlier. |
| AI voice commands | Transcripts from spoken AI command sessions. | Reviewing the instruction you gave before an AI workflow ran. |
History stores text transcripts, not a guarantee of complete workflow context. If you used an AI provider after dictation, provider-side handling follows the provider and workflow you selected.
Use lower retention for sensitive work
Recording history is local, but local saved text can still be sensitive. Use a smaller retention limit or turn history off when dictating private, regulated, confidential, or customer material.
Turn History On Or Off
Open the History area in settings and use the save-history control. When history is off, dictation still works; MachinesFluent skips persistent history saving for new entries.
If you use history for normal writing but occasionally dictate sensitive content, turn history off before that session and turn it back on afterward.
Choose A History Limit
When history is enabled, use the history limit to decide how many entries MachinesFluent keeps.
| Limit style | Best for |
|---|---|
| Low limit | Sensitive work, shared computers, or users who only need short-term recovery. |
| Medium limit | Everyday drafting where recent recovery matters more than long-term archiving. |
| High or unlimited | Personal note capture where long-term recall matters and local storage risk is acceptable. |
Limits are enforced separately by history category. A limit for dictation does not necessarily mean the same total count across all saved history types.
Find And Reuse Past Text
Use the History area to:
- browse recent entries
- search by text or date
- copy an entry back to the clipboard
- delete entries you no longer need
- open the local history folder when you need to inspect files directly
If a history entry contains private text, delete it when it is no longer useful.
Privacy Checklist
Before enabling long retention, decide:
- Whether the dictated content is safe to keep on this Windows account.
- Whether anyone else can access this computer profile.
- Whether your workplace allows local transcript history.
- Whether the history limit should be low, high, or unlimited.
- Whether old entries should be deleted after export or copy.
Troubleshooting
If an expected entry is missing:
- confirm history saving was enabled before the session
- check whether the entry belongs to dictation or AI voice commands
- search for a distinctive word from the transcript
- confirm the history limit did not prune old entries
- restart MachinesFluent and check again
If history contains text you did not intend to save, delete that entry and lower the limit or turn history off for similar work.