History & sync

Every dictation you make is saved so you can find it, copy it again, or re‑run it through a different style. This page covers the history window, what's stored, how long audio is kept, and what syncs across your devices.

The history window

Open View History from the menu‑bar icon. It's a two‑pane window: a list of your transcriptions on the left, and the selected one's detail on the right.

Each entry keeps both the original transcription and the processed (AI‑polished) version, along with its date, detected language, and which prompt was used. From a list row you can Copy the processed text, Copy Original, or Delete.

Searching and filtering

Finding an old dictation is quick:

• Search — full‑text search across all your transcriptions.
• Date filter — presets plus a specific date or a custom date range.
• Prompt filter — show only transcriptions made with a particular AI prompt.

A result count keeps you oriented, and you can clear all filters in one click.

Re-transcribe and re-polish

Open any entry's detail view and you can re‑process it without recording again:

• Re‑Transcribe — run the saved audio through transcription again (handy after you've added a vocabulary word).
• Re‑Polish — apply a different AI prompt to the same transcription.
• Download audio — save the original recording.

Re‑transcribing needs the audio to still be on disk, which depends on your retention setting below.

Audio retention

THOHT can keep the audio of each recording so you can re‑transcribe later. You control how long, in Settings → General → Audio Storage:

Audio is stored only on your Mac. Choosing Don't Store disables re‑transcription, since there's no audio to re‑run.

iCloud sync

THOHT keeps your custom prompts, custom vocabulary, and Personal Context in sync across your devices through your own private iCloud account — not through THOHT's servers. Delete a prompt on your Mac and it disappears on your other devices too.

Your transcription history itself stays local to each device and isn't synced (it can grow large, and lives in a local database on your Mac). For more on what does and doesn't leave your device, see Privacy & security.