Fact · Dictation software
The hns documentation says transcribed text is copied to the clipboard, ready to be pasted anywhere, so it does not type into other apps.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“The transcribed text will be printed to your terminal and copied directly to your clipboard, ready to be pasted anywhere”
Welcome to hns Documentation, primaprashant, hns project (hns-cli.dev), 2026, Usage, Speech to Clipboard highlight.
Open the original- What it measures
- The documentation describes hns as a command that prints the result to the terminal and copies it to the clipboard.
- What it does not show
- The page says the text is ready to paste, not that hns types it. The row says 0 for typing into the active app only.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as hns: types into any app: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- hns
- Feature
- Types into any app
- Detail
- copies to clipboard, you paste
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not