Customizing Your Hotkey

Your hotkey is the key you hold or press to record, and you can change it to whatever suits your hands. EnviousWispr arrives set to the right Option key.

Changing it

You can assign any key combination to your recording hotkey in settings.

1. Open settings. Click the EnviousWispr icon in your menu bar, choose Settings, and go to Shortcuts.
2. Select the hotkey box. Click the Recording hotkey box.
3. Press your new keys. Press the keys you want to use.

The new combination saves immediately and appears in the box. Click into any text field and try it to confirm it works.

Available key combinations

You can choose almost any combination that fits how you work.

• A key with modifiers. Any key, with or without Command, Option, Control, or Shift.
• A modifier on its own. A modifier key by itself, such as Option alone or Control alone. This is worth considering, because your hand never has to leave the keys it already rests on.

One key for both modes

The recording hotkey stays the same whether you use push to talk or toggle mode. Switching between modes changes what a press does to your recording, but never which key you press.

The cancel key

Pressing Escape throws the current recording away without transcribing it. You can change this cancel key on the same Shortcuts page if you prefer a different one.

If your hotkey stops working

Another application or system feature is usually using the same key combination. macOS system shortcuts and other running apps take priority over EnviousWispr. Pick a different combination in Shortcuts to resolve the conflict.