Wispr Flow Voice-to-Text Error Guide

v20260423

wispr-common-errors

This guide provides comprehensive troubleshooting and error handling documentation for integrating the Wispr Flow voice-to-text API. It covers common issues across WebSocket streaming, REST API calls, and general dictation workflows. Users will learn how to address errors like 'Unauthorized' keys, network disconnections, and poor accuracy by utilizing best practices for context setting and API reconnection strategies.

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Overview

Wispr Flow Common Errors

Overview

Guidance for common errors with Wispr Flow voice-to-text API.

Instructions

Key Wispr Flow Concepts

WebSocket API: wss://api.wisprflow.ai/api/v1/ws (recommended, low latency)
REST API: POST /api/v1/transcribe (simpler, higher latency)
Auth: API key (backend) or access token (client-side)
Audio format: 16kHz mono PCM preferred
Context awareness: Understands code, CLI commands, dev jargon
Platforms: Mac, Windows, iOS, browser API

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
`401 Unauthorized`	Invalid key	Check at wisprflow.ai/developers
WebSocket closed	Network issue	Reconnect with backoff
Poor accuracy	Wrong context	Set context to 'programming' for code

Resources

Next Steps

See related Wispr Flow skills for more patterns.

Info

Category Development

Name wispr-common-errors

Version v20260423

Size 1.5KB

Source jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills

Updated At 2026-04-28