SuperwhisperSuperwhisper
Nov 13

Pause Music when I start to talk

Hi, I don't know if this is technically feasible and how complex, but it will be great. It's very niche, but it's a super nice detail. I usually work with music. When I am about to speak to superwhisper, I need to pause the music, talk, and then resume the music. If I have the music while I talk I get distracted. It would be awesome if superwhisper can pause any music for Spotify and other music apps (or any source) when I start talking. And then, resume it again.
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Jan 22, 2026

+1. I am constantly listening to music and it's annoying to pause the music so that I can speak and then I have to play the music again after I finish speaking. It would be great if I can just recognize it.

Jul 24, 2025

+ 1 to resume music after dictation

Jul 17, 2025

+1

May 26, 2025

How do I activate this feature? I don't see it anywhere in the settings. Specifically, I want Spotify to mute when I am dictating.

Apr 11, 2025

Thank you for implementing this, can it also playback music when I stop dictating?

May 1, 2024

Shipped in v1.34 as mute during recording!

Dec 18, 2024

Neil Chudleigh This is awesome. One small issue I noticed is that when the audio is muted and then unmuted after recording, it only returns to about 50% of the previous volume. For example, if I have the volume set to 100%, it doesn't restore fully.

Apr 4, 2025

Neil, I see its under modes, is it a pro feature?

Apr 25, 2024

This is in progress but will take the form of muting output instead of pausing, as macOS does not make it easy to globally pause audio output.

Nov 13, 2023

Great idea, makes perfect sense.