Audio and app settings
Configure audio devices, shortcuts, translation, system-audio capture, Windows startup and other daily WhisperARC preferences.
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Choose audio devices
Menu is the daily dashboard. It shows the microphone, system-audio output and usage figures. Device lists refresh when opened, so a newly connected microphone or output can appear without restarting WhisperARC.
- Open Menu and choose a microphone or System default.
- Choose the Windows output used for system-audio capture.
- Make a short test recording after connecting or changing a device.
Customize shortcuts
Open Settings and click the dictation or system-audio shortcut field then press up to two modifiers, keys or supported mouse buttons. WhisperARC rejects duplicate combinations. The same dictation shortcut works in Hold or Activate / stop mode; choose the behavior in the Dictate section. The system-audio shortcut can be left empty.
| Action | New-install default |
|---|---|
| Dictation shortcut | Ctrl + Space |
| System-audio capture | Ctrl + W |
Other preferences
- Translation: choose one of 14 target languages or None for microphone dictation.
- Dictation sounds: enable or mute the sound cues during dictation.
- Start with Windows: register or remove WhisperARC from the current Windows account's startup list.
- Model page: switch between Local Mode and paid Cloud.
- Model page: select CPU or detected GPU and set CPU threads.
- Model page: download, activate or remove Whisper and Qwen models, check Cloud credits, or configure your own OpenAI key.
Interface language
The application interface language is selected during installation and is preserved by updates. Current interface languages are English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.