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AI cleanup tidies what you say before Pipit pastes it. In the app’s words, it Drops filler words and fixes punctuation, and it can match the tone of where you’re typing. It’s optional and off by default. Without it, Pipit still transcribes everything on your Mac.

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Turn it on

1

Open Enhance

Open Pipit and go to the Enhance tab.
2

Switch it on

Turn on Clean up with AI.
3

Choose where it runs

Under Runs on, pick ChatGPT, OpenRouter, or Your own, and finish that option’s setup below.
Until the option you picked is set up, your dictations paste without cleanup.

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When cleanup runs

With no Enhance or Draft key set, every dictation is cleaned up. Once you set either key in Home > Shortcuts, your Dictate key pastes your words without AI cleanup, and only the Enhance key cleans up. See Shortcuts.

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Runs on

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ChatGPT

Uses your ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan. There’s no key to paste.
  1. Choose ChatGPT and click Continue with ChatGPT.
  2. Sign in to ChatGPT in your browser and allow Pipit to use your plan.
  3. Back in Pipit, the status reads Using ChatGPT plan.
Manage usage opens your ChatGPT usage page. If the status reads Plan use not allowed, click Allow plan use and approve it in your browser. To disconnect, click Sign out.

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OpenRouter

Uses your own OpenRouter key, and you pay OpenRouter as you go.
  1. Choose OpenRouter and click Get a key. This opens OpenRouter, where you can create a key and add credits.
  2. Paste the key into the field that reads Paste a key that starts with sk-or-.
  3. The status changes to Connected. Your key is kept in your Keychain.
To use a different key later, click Change key. Speed lets you choose the trade-off. Balanced is the default. If the status reads Limited, click Manage key, allow the models Pipit asks for in OpenRouter, then click Check again.

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Your own server

Use a model running on your Mac, or any service with an OpenAI-compatible URL. Choose Your own, then fill in Base URL and Model. Add a key in API key, if the server needs one only if your server asks for one. Next to Fill in, click a preset to fill in the base URL for you. Presets cover Ollama, LM Studio, Groq, Gemini, and OpenAI. Groq, Gemini, and OpenAI need an API key from that service. When both fields are filled in, click Test. The status changes to Connected when the model answers.
  1. Install Ollama from ollama.com and download a model, for example ollama pull llama3.2.
  2. Make sure Ollama is running.
  3. In Pipit, click Fill in > Ollama. The base URL becomes http://localhost:11434/v1.
  4. Type the model’s name in Model, for example llama3.2, and click Test.
  1. Install LM Studio from lmstudio.ai, download a model, and load it.
  2. Start LM Studio’s local server.
  3. In Pipit, click Fill in > LM Studio. The base URL becomes http://localhost:1234/v1.
  4. Type the name of the loaded model in Model and click Test.

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Writing style

Once cleanup is set up, Writing style lets you pick a tone for each place you type. Click Personalize (or Edit) to open Customize Your Voice. Pipit switches tone on its own as you move between apps. The styles are Standard (standard caps and punctuation), Casual (lowercase and light punctuation), Excited (more exclamations), and Formal. Use Defaults puts back the table above.

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Custom instructions

Add your own rules under Custom instructions. Click Add and type them, for example: “Use British spelling. Never add emoji.” To remove them, click Clear, then Confirm.

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When cleanup fails

If the AI provider fails or can’t be reached, Pipit still pastes your dictation without cleanup. A card says what went wrong, often with a button to fix it. If you press the Enhance key before a provider is set up, nothing is cleaned and the card reads “Enhance needs an AI provider.” Click Set up.

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Privacy

AI cleanup sends text, never audio, to the provider you chose: your dictation, plus some context: the app and window you’re in, text around your cursor, and names it should spell right. With Your own server on your Mac, the text stays on your Mac. See Privacy.