Super mode
Super mode is a built-in macOS mode that reads the app around you to clean up dictation, and when you select text first, your speech becomes an instruction on it.
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Super mode is a fixed, built-in mode on macOS, always in slot two, with no setup. It is dictation that understands the app around you, so the text it inserts already fits the context.
What Super mode does
As you dictate, Super mode reads context from the active app: the window text, the field you are focused in, the app name and your freshly copied clipboard. It uses that to clean up the transcript, so names, spellings and terms from what is on screen come out right instead of being guessed.
Use Super mode
- Switch to Super (slot two) from the tray, the mode switcher or the header dropdown.
- Make sure an LLM is ready, a cloud key or a local model; the mode is blocked otherwise.
- Dictate as usual. Super mode cleans up the text using the app around you and inserts it.
- To act on existing text, select it first, then dictate your instruction.
Talk to your selection
If text is selected when you start recording, your dictation becomes an instruction on that text rather than plain dictation. In an editable field, wispa replaces the selection with the result. For a selection you cannot edit, like text on a web page, wispa shows a small answer panel at the pill with a copy button instead of changing anything.
Not a full assistant
Super mode is a smarter cleanup, not a chatbot. With no selection it never invents content; it only tidies what you actually said, using the context for spellings and tone. It will not answer general questions out of nowhere or write something you did not dictate.
FAQ
Questions and answers
Does Super mode send my screen somewhere?
It sends the small context it reads (app name, focused field, nearby window text, clipboard) to the LLM you chose, along with your transcript. Pick a local model through Ollama or LM Studio to keep all of that on your device.
Why is Super mode greyed out?
Because no LLM is ready. Super mode always cleans up with a model, so add a cloud provider key or run a local model with Ollama or LM Studio, and it becomes available.
What happens if I do not select any text?
It behaves as context-aware dictation: it cleans up what you said using the surrounding app, and inserts it. Selecting text first is what turns your speech into an instruction on that text.