--- title: "Messages in the Action Bar" summary: "Every message the Action Bar can show after a dictation or an edit, with the cause and the fix." url: "https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/messages-in-the-dictation-bar" product: "MediSync Dictate" platforms: ["windows","macos"] access: "public" updated: "2026-11-11" version: "Dictate 0.4.0-beta.6" --- # Messages in the Action Bar Every message the Action Bar can show after a dictation or an edit, with the cause and the fix. After every dictation, the Action Bar at the bottom of the screen shows what happened. Here are all messages, sorted by topic. Some messages have a button next to them, for example **Copy** or **Retry**. If no fix helps, send us a [problem report](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/send-a-problem-report). ## Sign-in and access ```text Please sign in ``` Dictate has no sign-in and no licence key. Sign in with your MediSync account under **Settings › Account**. If the MediSync Local models are installed, you can also choose **Continue offline** at sign-in. ```text No access. Check your account. ``` Your account has no access to Dictate right now. **Settings › Plan** shows the reason: - **Your MediSync plan is not active.** Activate or renew the plan in the MediSync Dashboard. - **Your account is not yet enabled for MediSync Dictate.** Write to info@medisync.me. Then click **Check again**. ```text Licence covers Local only ``` You work with a licence key, but MediSync Cloud is selected. Choose **MediSync Local** under **Settings › General › Processing**. See [Licence keys](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/licence-keys). ```text Please sign in for MediSync Cloud ``` You work without an account on MediSync Local, but MediSync Cloud is selected. Sign in under **Settings › Account**, or choose **MediSync Local** under **Settings › General › Processing**. ```text Offline too long: use MediSync Local ``` Dictate could not check your access for 7 days. MediSync Cloud is blocked until the next check, MediSync Local goes on. Connect the computer to the internet, or choose **MediSync Local**. ## Plan and cloud minutes ```text Cloud not in your plan ``` Your access does not include MediSync Cloud. Choose **MediSync Local**, or change your plan. See [Plans](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/plans). ```text Free cloud minutes used up. Pro under Account. ``` The cloud minutes of the free plan are used up for this month. On other plans the message is **Cloud minutes used up**. You have three ways: - Choose **MediSync Local**. - Under **Settings › Status and models**, click **Download offline reserve**. Then Dictate keeps dictating locally, as long as **Continue locally when the cloud is down** is on. - Under **Settings › Plan**, click **Upgrade to Pro**. **Settings › Plan** also shows when new minutes come. ## Speech recognition and microphone ```text Speech model missing ``` MediSync Local is selected, but speech recognition is not installed. Download the models under **Settings › Status and models**. See [Model packages](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/local-model-packages). ```text Speech engine not ready ``` Speech recognition could not start. With MediSync Cloud, the cloud usually cannot be reached. Check the internet connection, or set up the **Offline reserve**. With MediSync Local, **Settings › Status and models** shows **Restart** next to **Speech recognition** when the engine has stopped. ```text No microphone. Check permission. ``` Dictate gets no signal from the microphone. Usually the system blocks access. See [Microphone blocked or silent](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/microphone-blocked). ```text No sound from the microphone ``` This message shows while you dictate. The microphone has sent only silence for 4 seconds. Usually it is muted. See [Microphone blocked or silent](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/microphone-blocked). ```text Nothing recognised ``` The recording held no speech Dictate could recognise. Check that the right microphone is selected and that it is not muted. Hold the key until you have finished speaking. ```text Could not start ``` The dictation could not start. Try again. If the message comes back, send a [problem report](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/send-a-problem-report). ```text Processing failed ``` An error happened after the recording, and Dictate inserted nothing. The text recognised so far is in the dictation history. **Copy** next to the message puts it on the clipboard. If the message comes back, send a problem report. ## Insertion ```text Inserted ``` Not an error: the text is in the program. In assistant mode the bar shows **Written** when Dictate wrote a text on your request, and **Text replaced** when it changed selected text. ```text Inserted locally ``` Not an error: MediSync Cloud could not be reached, and the offline reserve processed the dictation on your computer. ```text Copied. Ctrl+V to paste ``` No text field was active at the start. The text is on the clipboard. Click into the field and press `Ctrl` + `V`. On a Mac the message is "Copied. Command+V to paste". ```text Insert failed ``` The program did not accept the text. **Copy** next to the message puts the text on the clipboard. See [The text does not appear](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/text-does-not-appear). ```text No text field active ``` You wanted to change selected text by voice, but Dictate found no window with text. Click into the program, select the text and try again. ## Edit text by voice These messages come when you change selected text by voice. See [Edit text by voice](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/edit-text-by-voice). ```text Select text first ``` Dictate found no selected text. Select the text in the program, then speak. ```text Editing model missing ``` MediSync Local is selected, but the model for editing is not installed. Download it under **Settings › Status and models**, or choose MediSync Cloud. ```text Editing not available yet ``` Editing cannot be reached right now. With MediSync Cloud, check your sign-in, your plan and the internet connection. With MediSync Local, check under **Settings › Status and models** that the models are ready. ```text Quota used up ``` Your quota for editing is used up. **Plan** next to the message opens your plan. The selected text stays as it was. ```text Text too long ``` The selected text is too long for one edit. **In parts** edits it in pieces, first by paragraph, then by sentence. ```text Timed out ``` The answer did not come in time. Click **Retry**. ```text Server busy ``` The MediSync server could not be reached or was busy. Click **Retry**, or try again in a moment. ```text Edit not possible ``` The edit failed for another reason. The selected text stays as it was. Click **Retry**. ```text The text is fine as it is ``` Not an error: Dictate found nothing to change and inserted nothing. ```text Inserted without the AI change ``` A command that Dictate applies to your dictations automatically added words you did not say. Dictate dropped that change. Your dictation went in without it. If the bar shows **Inserted:** with the name of a command, Dictate applied the command. **View** shows what changed. ```text AI change undone ``` Not an error: Dictate took back the last AI change. In the same way, **Undone** and **Redone** confirm a voice command to undo or redo. **Nothing to undo** and **Nothing to redo** mean there was nothing to take back. ## Open documents These messages belong to [Smart Find](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/smart-find). ```text No matching document ``` No document in your folders matches your search. Check that the folder is listed under **Smart Find**, and say other words from the document. ```text Could not open ``` Dictate found the document but could not open it. Check that the file is still there and that a program for this file type is installed. ```text Document opened ``` Not an error: Dictate opened the document. With more than one match the bar shows, for example, **3 documents found** and the list of files.