General Settings

Accessing settings

Click the Settings tab in the main app window. After making changes, click Save Settings to apply them. Changes take effect immediately without restarting the app.

Settings reference

OpenAI API Key

Your OpenAI API key. Required for transcription and AI features. See API Keys for setup instructions.

Anthropic API Key

Reserved for future Claude integration. Has no effect in the current release.

Transcription Language

The language hint passed to OpenAI Whisper. Select the language you will be speaking in for better accuracy.

• Default: English (en)
• See Supported Languages for the full list.

Setting this to the correct language before recording produces noticeably better results, especially for non-English speech.

Auto-Edit

When enabled, GPT-4 post-processes each dictation transcript to remove filler words, fix grammar, and add punctuation before the text is inserted.

• Default: Enabled
• Disable for raw transcripts or to reduce API usage.

See Auto-Editing for full details.

Dictation Hotkey

The global keyboard shortcut that starts and stops dictation mode. Click the field and press your desired key combination to change it.

• Default: Ctrl+Shift+Space
• Changes take effect immediately after saving.

See Keyboard Shortcuts for supported key formats and troubleshooting.

Theme

Controls the colour scheme of the app interface.

| Option | Behaviour | |--------|-----------| | Light | Always use light mode | | Dark | Always use dark mode | | System | Follow the operating system's dark/light preference |

• Default: System

Where settings are stored

Settings are stored in the local SQLite database:

| Platform | Path | |----------|------| | Windows | %APPDATA%\VoiceAssistant\app.db | | macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/VoiceAssistant/app.db | | Linux | ~/.config/VoiceAssistant/app.db |

Settings persist across app restarts and updates.