Customizing Your Keybind

Your keybind 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 keybind in settings.

1. Open settings. Click the EnviousWispr icon in your menu bar, choose Settings, and go to Keybinds.
2. Select the keybind box. Click the Recording keybind 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.
• The Globe key on its own. The 🌐 Globe key, labelled Fn on some keyboards, can be your recording keybind. Choose it on its own rather than as part of a combination: press Globe by itself, not Globe together with another key. Picking Globe is optional. The right Option key is still the default, and whatever you have already chosen stays as it is.

macOS may already use the Globe key to switch keyboard languages, open the emoji picker, or start its own dictation. If that happens while you dictate, open System Settings, go to Keyboard, click the Press 🌐 key to menu, and choose Do Nothing. Your Globe key stays set as your dictation keybind either way. This only stops macOS doing its own thing at the same time.

One key for both modes

The recording keybind 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.

If holding a key down is uncomfortable, toggle mode asks less of your hand: one press starts recording and the next press stops it, so nothing has to be held.

The cancel key

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

The same page carries an optional setting called Escape Recovery. It is off unless you turn it on. With it on, your cancel keybind keeps the recording and offers to paste it back rather than discarding it, which is worth knowing before you reassign the key. See Escape Recovery.

If your keybind 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 Keybinds to resolve the conflict.