Sonari

Troubleshooting ​

Paste isn't working ​

Sonari pastes into other apps using Accessibility permission. If it isn't granted, Sonari can't paste, so it copies the text to your clipboard instead and you press ⌘V.

To enable automatic pasting: Settings → Permissions → enable Accessibility (this opens System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility). Toggle Sonari on.

Nothing is recorded ​

Sonari needs Microphone access to record. If you denied it, enable it in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone, then toggle Sonari on.

The fn key doesn't fire ​

Set your trigger to the 🌐 (fn) key in Settings → General, but nothing happens when you press fn? Two usual causes:

  • Accessibility isn't granted. The fn trigger needs it to fire while you're in another app. Settings → Permissions → enable Accessibility.
  • macOS is catching the key first. System Settings → Keyboard → set "Press 🌐 to" to "Do Nothing".

AI transforms don't seem to run ​

AI transforms need Apple Intelligence (Apple's on-device Foundation Models), which require macOS 26. On earlier macOS, or if Apple Intelligence isn't enabled, Sonari inserts your transcript unchanged, with dictionary corrections still applied. This is expected: there's no cloud fallback. Your custom dictionary still works regardless.

An app isn't in the "Add app" list ​

The picker shows apps that are running right now. Open the app you want to map to a transform, then click Add app again and it'll be there. Once it's mapped it stays mapped, even after you quit the app.

Accuracy is lower than expected ​

  • Try a bigger model. Parakeet v2 is the most accurate.
  • Teach Sonari the words it keeps missing with the custom dictionary.
  • You can re-transcribe a saved recording with a different model without re-recording.