Desktop widget

The widget is a small floating element that sits on top of every other window. Click it once to start a hands-free recording, click the stop icon to end it.

States

• Idle — a thin pill, 8 px tall. Click-through is disabled until you hover, so you won't trigger it by mistake.
• Hovered — expands so you can hit the click target.
• Recording (hands-free) — wider, with a 6-bar waveform that pulses with your voice and a red stop icon. Click the stop icon to end the recording.
• With notes shortcut — if the notes feature flag is on, hovering reveals a small notebook icon next to the main button. Click it to open the notes window.

Show or hide it

Settings → Preferences → Show widget while inactive controls whether the widget is on screen when you're not recording. On by default. Turn it off if you only want the widget visible during a recording — push-to-talk and the global shortcuts still work either way.

Notes

• The widget is draggable; macOS and Windows remember its position between launches.
• Clicking it triggers the same code path as your hands-free shortcut, so the 6-minute cap and the 5-second silence auto-stop apply here too.