VoicePad Orb vs VoicePad Direct — which do I use?

The most-confused pair of features. Here's the difference in one sentence each: - **VoicePad Orb** → Tap orb, speak, stop. Text lands on your clipboard. You paste manually. - **VoicePad Direct** → Tap orb, click a text field, speak. Text types directly there in real time. **When to use VoicePad Orb (clipboard):** - You want to review text in VoicePad before pasting - You're dictating something long that needs editing - You want to paste the same text into multiple places - Your target app doesn't support direct injection (PDFs, image viewers, some menus) - You prefer the safety of "see it, then paste it" **When to use VoicePad Direct (live typing):** - Email replies — Gmail, Outlook, Mail - Messaging — WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, Signal - AI chats — ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor - Long-form writing — Word, Docs, Notion - Anywhere you'd normally type with a keyboard **The clever fallback:** VoicePad Direct uses your click within 8 seconds of pressing the Orb to know where text should appear. **Don't click within 8 seconds?** Direct automatically falls back to clipboard mode. Your text is still copied — you just paste manually. Best of both worlds. **Where to enable each:** - Windows: Settings → Dictation → VoicePad Orb (enables Orb). Then sub-toggle: VoicePad Direct. - Android: Settings → VoicePad Orb (enables Orb). Then sub-toggle: VoicePad Direct (requires Accessibility permission). - macOS: Settings → Float Orb. Then enable VoicePad Direct (requires Accessibility permission). For the full feature documentation, see [VoicePad Orb](https://voicepad.tech/help/#voicepad-orb) and [VoicePad Direct](https://voicepad.tech/help/#voicepad-direct).