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Requirements

  • Windows 10 or later
  • x64 architecture

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Installation

Download the .exe installer from the releases page and run it. No special permissions needed.

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Push-to-talk

Windows supports true push-to-talk — hold the hotkey to record, release to stop. This uses a native keyboard hook binary (windows-key-listener.exe) that ships with the app. Push-to-talk supports compound hotkeys like Ctrl+Shift+F11. If the native binary isn’t available, OpenWhispr falls back to tap-to-talk mode.

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Auto-paste

The native windows-fast-paste binary handles pasting using the Win32 SendInput API:
  • Normal apps — simulates Ctrl+V
  • Terminal emulators — detects the foreground window and uses Ctrl+Shift+V instead
  • Detected terminals — Windows Terminal, cmd, PowerShell, mintty, PuTTY, Alacritty, WezTerm, kitty, Hyper, MobaXterm, ConEmu
Falls back to PowerShell SendKeys or nircmd if the native binary fails.

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Uninstalling

Use the standard Windows uninstaller (Settings > Apps). The NSIS uninstaller automatically removes cached models from %USERPROFILE%\.cache\openwhispr\.