Choose your Bark shortcuts

With press-to-toggle, a shortcut starts dictation and another press stops it. With hold-to-talk, hold your selected key while speaking, then release it to finish.

Choose the mode that suits your workflow. Use the shortcut displayed in your own Bark settings; it may differ from someone else’s configuration.

1. Open Settings → Bark and find the shortcut controls.
2. Use the shortcut recorder for the action you want to change.
3. Press the intended combination, then release the keys before saving.
4. Check the status beneath the shortcut. Resolve permission requests or conflicts before trying it in another app.
5. Test in an empty text field.

Hold-to-talk choices include modifier keys shown by the app. Avoid combinations that your usual apps already use.

Bark’s shortcut settings include actions for pasting or copying the last dictation. If text went into the wrong field, first check that field to avoid inserting the same words twice, then focus the intended destination and use the configured recovery action.

If a shortcut says it is unavailable, choose another combination. If it asks for Input Monitoring, follow the permissions instructions and relaunch when requested.