Shortcuts
Every key Keebye responds to. There are only a few.
Keebye is driven by one push-to-talk key plus Esc. Everything else lives in the tray menu.
Keys
- Start dictating (press and hold)
- Right ⌘ / Right Win (hold)
- Stop and insert (release after 400 ms or more)
- Release
- Hands-free: tap to start, tap again to stop and insert
- Right ⌘ / Right Win (tap)
- Cancel the current recording; nothing is inserted
- Esc
Choosing the key
Right ⌘ is the default on a Mac and the Right Windows key on Windows. The alternatives are Fn / Globe, Left ⌘, Left ⌥, and Right ⌥ — on Windows, Right Ctrl, the Left Windows key, Left Alt, and Right Alt — chosen in onboarding or Settings › Push-to-talk hotkey. A recording stops on its own after 5 minutes.
Tray-only actions
Copy Last Dictation, Dictation History…, Dictation Language, Settings…, Enable Dictation, and Quit Keebye are reached only from the menu bar icon on a Mac or the system tray icon on Windows. They have no keyboard shortcuts, and no other shortcuts exist.