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Settings

Open settings from the gear icon in the main window. Settings are organized into the following sections.

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Language

Choose the UI language. Currently supported: English and Traditional Chinese.

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Account

View your email, linked providers (Google, email), and current plan tier. You can enter a license key, link additional sign-in providers, or sign out.

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Voice Model

View and change the active transcription model. Shows your GPU/device info, current model name, size, and quality rating. Click Change to browse and download other models.
Available models depend on your tier. See the beta page for a comparison.

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GPU Acceleration

Echophrase auto-detects the fastest available execution provider at runtime. The Auto (Recommended) option picks the best device for your hardware: DirectML on any Windows DirectX 12 GPU, CoreML on Apple Silicon (in testing), or NPU on Copilot+ PCs. CPU is the fallback when nothing else is available. You can force a specific provider if you need to:
  • Auto (Recommended): Let Echophrase pick the fastest device at session start
  • DirectML: Force Windows DirectML (any DirectX 12 GPU)
  • CoreML: Force Apple Metal (macOS 13.3+ on Apple Silicon — in testing)
  • CPU: Force CPU — useful for battery savings or when the GPU is busy elsewhere
CUDA support was removed; DirectML covers NVIDIA GPUs on Windows with no driver/toolkit version juggling. See GPU Acceleration for the rationale.
Changing the active provider requires restarting Echophrase to take effect. The settings UI shows a “Restart to apply” banner when a change needs a relaunch.

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Transform Model

Enable an optional post-processing step that applies grammar correction to transcriptions. Uses a lightweight T5 model (~35 MB). You can write custom transformation rules or use the default grammar correction.

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Output

Control what happens after a transcription completes.
  • Format: Plain Text (all tiers), Markdown (authenticated), JSON with custom metadata template Pro
  • Post-record actions (choose one or more):
    • Copy to Clipboard (default)
    • Paste at Cursor Pro
    • Save as File Pro - configure an auto-save directory

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Audio Input

Select your microphone input device and adjust the voice threshold (0–100%) that determines when speech is detected. Use the Test button to see a live audio meter.

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Recording

  • Max duration: 5–60 seconds per recording (tier-dependent)
  • Remove filler words: Filter out “umm”, “uh”, “like”, etc. Pro
  • Normalize numbers to digits: Convert “three” → “3” Pro

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Hotkeys

Set the global hotkey for toggling recording. Default: Ctrl+Shift+R. Click the binding to enter capture mode, then press your desired key combination. ESC cancels.
ESC and Spacebar also work as recording toggles when the app window is focused.

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Customize

Toggle visibility of UI elements Pro:
  • Hotkey changer
  • Transcription preview
  • Output confirmations (toast notifications)
  • Copy last button
  • Input (mic) selector
  • Model switcher
  • Transcription speed display

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Data

  • Telemetry: Toggle anonymous crash reports and usage stats (no audio or text is ever collected)
  • Get Data: GDPR data export (once per 30 days)
  • Delete Account: Anonymizes your account data and signs you out
  • Legal: Links to Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

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