diff --git a/VoiceInk/Whisper/LibWhisper.swift b/VoiceInk/Whisper/LibWhisper.swift
index 2657b7a..684a013 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Whisper/LibWhisper.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Whisper/LibWhisper.swift
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ actor WhisperContext {
             transcription += String(cString: whisper_full_get_segment_text(context, i))
         }
         // Apply hallucination filtering
-        return WhisperHallucinationFilter.filter(transcription)
+        let filteredTranscription = WhisperHallucinationFilter.filter(transcription)
+
+        // Always apply text formatting
+        return WhisperTextFormatter.format(filteredTranscription)
     }
 
     static func createContext(path: String) async throws -> WhisperContext {
diff --git a/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperTextFormatter.swift b/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperTextFormatter.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6576ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperTextFormatter.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import Foundation
+
+struct WhisperTextFormatter {
+    static func format(_ text: String) -> String {
+        var formattedText = text
+        
+        // First, replace commas with periods before new line/paragraph commands
+        let commaPatterns = [
+            // Replace comma before new paragraph
+            (pattern: ",\\s*new\\s+paragraph", replacement: ". new paragraph"),
+            // Replace comma before new line
+            (pattern: ",\\s*new\\s+line", replacement: ". new line")
+        ]
+        
+        for (pattern, replacement) in commaPatterns {
+            formattedText = formattedText.replacingOccurrences(
+                of: pattern,
+                with: replacement,
+                options: [.regularExpression, .caseInsensitive]
+            )
+        }
+        
+        // Then handle the new line/paragraph commands with any combination of spaces and punctuation
+        let patterns = [
+            // Handle "new paragraph" with any combination of spaces and punctuation
+            (pattern: "\\s*new\\s+paragraph\\s*[,.!?]?\\s*", replacement: "\n\n"),
+            // Handle "new line" with any combination of spaces and punctuation
+            (pattern: "\\s*new\\s+line\\s*[,.!?]?\\s*", replacement: "\n")
+        ]
+        
+        for (pattern, replacement) in patterns {
+            formattedText = formattedText.replacingOccurrences(
+                of: pattern,
+                with: replacement,
+                options: [.regularExpression, .caseInsensitive]
+            )
+        }
+        
+        // Clean up any multiple consecutive newlines (more than 2)
+        formattedText = formattedText.replacingOccurrences(
+            of: "\n{3,}",
+            with: "\n\n",
+            options: .regularExpression
+        )
+        
+        return formattedText
+    }
+} 
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