Features

Every voice.
Every approval.
One panel.

ai-talkie wraps your AI coding agents in a voice-first surface that lives in your Mac notch — push-to-talk dictation, one-tap approvals, sub-second streaming. All from a hotkey, all without breaking flow.

01 · Voice PTT

Push-to-talk, done right.

Hold a hotkey, speak the intent. Release to paste. Streaming recognition with hotwords for your codebase — no awkward dictation, no mis-routed commands, no mode confusion.

  • Sub-second streaming STT via Cloud relay (or local Apple Speech fallback)
  • Custom hotword dictionary — per-project terms, library names, domain jargon
  • Mode A (Accessibility paste) and Mode B (Clipboard) auto-fallback
  • Mid-utterance cancel with Esc — no lingering paste
02 · One-tap approval

Approvals in the notch.

When an agent asks for permission to run a tool or modify a file, the request lights up your notch. Accept or cancel without breaking flow — no modal interruption, no context switch.

  • Notch-native UI — lives where you already glance
  • Keyboard shortcuts — Enter to accept, Esc to cancel
  • Activity log on every approval — audit what you authorized
  • Multi-agent fan-out — one notch handles parallel sessions
03 · Cloud streaming STT

Fast, private, tuned.

Our own relay pushes audio to the best available model with sub-150 ms round trips. Voice clips are processed in memory and discarded; never archived, never sold.

  • Sub-150 ms partial transcripts — you see words as you speak
  • LLM post-processing for filler removal and structure
  • Multi-language — English, Mandarin, mixed dictation
  • Local Apple Speech fallback when offline
04 · Hotwords

Words it knows by name.

Add your project terms — codebase symbols, library names, domain jargon. The model picks them up so getCwd stays getCwd, not "get current".

  • Per-project hotword list — ~50 terms keep STT honest
  • Domain shortcuts — brand names, framework conventions, internal jargon
  • Live update — changes apply on the next utterance, no rebuild
05 · Multi-agent

One panel, every agent.

Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex CLI — same notch, same approvals, same activity log. No window juggling between coding agents. New agents wire in via the open adapter contract.

  • Claude Code (production) — full hook integration
  • OpenCode (production) — plugin-based event stream
  • Codex CLI (beta) — install ready, hooks pending upstream fix
  • Adapter contract — new agents wire in with one config file
06 · Mac native

Built for Apple Silicon.

Pure Swift. Sub-second cold start. Notch UI rendered natively. No Electron, no web view, no compromise. Apple-signed and notarized, with auto-updates via Sparkle.

  • Universal binary — Apple Silicon native, Intel supported
  • macOS 14 Sonoma or later
  • Apple-signed & Apple-notarized DMG
  • Auto-updates via Sparkle — no App Store dependency

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