What this usually means

If VoiceTypr launches but does not hear you, the issue is usually one of these:

• Windows microphone permission is off
• the wrong input device is selected
• another app is using the microphone
• desktop app microphone access is disabled

Step 1: Check Windows microphone permissions

Windows 11

1. Open Settings → Privacy & security → Microphone
2. Turn on Microphone access
3. Turn on Let apps access your microphone
4. Turn on Let desktop apps access your microphone

Windows 10

1. Open Settings → Privacy → Microphone
2. Turn on Allow apps to access your microphone
3. Turn on desktop app microphone access if shown

Step 2: Check the selected input device

1. Right-click the speaker icon in the taskbar
2. Open Sound settings
3. Confirm the correct microphone is selected
4. Speak and verify the input level moves

Step 3: Close conflicting apps

Common conflicts:

• Zoom
• Teams
• OBS
• browser tabs using Meet or voice recording
• other dictation or transcription apps

Close them fully, then test VoiceTypr again.

Step 4: Relaunch VoiceTypr

If you changed privacy settings while VoiceTypr was open:

1. Quit VoiceTypr
2. Reopen it
3. Trigger a short dictation test

Step 5: Test in a simple app first

Before testing in Cursor or a browser:

1. Open Notepad
2. Start VoiceTypr
3. Speak one short sentence
4. Release and see if the app responds

If it works there but not elsewhere, the real issue is likely hotkeys or paste permissions, not the microphone itself.

If it still does not work

Next pages:

• Install VoiceTypr on Windows 10 and 11 →
• Install VoiceTypr on Windows 11 →
• Install VoiceTypr on Windows 10 →
• Troubleshooting common issues →