# Vowen

- [Introduction](https://docs.vowen.ai/introduction.md): The voice interface for your computer. Dictate anywhere, capture meetings, and run workflows. Fast, on-device, and free.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.vowen.ai/quickstart.md): Install Vowen, walk the setup flow, and get your first dictation pasted.
- [Installation](https://docs.vowen.ai/get-started/installation.md): Download and install Vowen on macOS or Windows.
- [Permissions](https://docs.vowen.ai/get-started/permissions.md): What each system permission is for, how to grant it, and what breaks without it.
- [Interface tour](https://docs.vowen.ai/get-started/interface-tour.md): Every window, pill, and overlay Vowen can put on your screen, and what each one is for.
- [Settings](https://docs.vowen.ai/get-started/settings.md): A map of the Vowen window, the Settings modal, and the menu bar menu.
- [Privacy and data](https://docs.vowen.ai/get-started/privacy.md): What stays on your machine, what leaves it, and where Vowen keeps your data.
- [How Transcription Works](https://docs.vowen.ai/transcription/how-it-works.md): The recording and transcription pipeline, from hotkey to text in your app.
- [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/shortcuts.md): Every global recording shortcut in Vowen and how to rebind it.
- [Shortcut Patterns](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/shortcut-patterns.md): Tips and tricks for getting more out of the shortcut system.
- [Recording indicator](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/recording-indicator.md): Control how the on-screen recording indicator looks, where it sits, and what the idle pill can do.
- [Recording behavior](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/recording-behavior.md): What Vowen does to the rest of your machine while you dictate: system audio, live preview, silence detection, and the clipboard.
- [Microphones](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/microphones.md): Choose an input device, rank your microphones so Vowen falls through to the next one, and give meetings their own order.
- [Tips for Better Accuracy](https://docs.vowen.ai/transcription/accuracy.md): Get the most accurate transcriptions from Vowen.
- [Languages](https://docs.vowen.ai/transcription/languages.md): Dictation languages, per-model coverage, English spelling and auto-translation.
- [Models & Engines](https://docs.vowen.ai/transcription/models.md): Choose the right speech-to-text model for your use case.
- [Model Download & Management](https://docs.vowen.ai/transcription/model-download.md): Download, manage and remove local speech models, and what Vowen downloads on your behalf.
- [Manual Transcription](https://docs.vowen.ai/transcription/manual-transcription.md): Transcribe audio and video files with Vowen.
- [Setting up AI](https://docs.vowen.ai/ai-features/ai-setup.md): Connect an AI provider to enable enhancement, Command Mode, and meeting summaries.
- [AI Enhancement](https://docs.vowen.ai/ai-features/ai-enhancement.md): Automatically polish your transcriptions with AI.
- [Command Mode](https://docs.vowen.ai/ai-features/command-mode.md): Speak instructions to AI: transform text, convert files, run real actions.
- [Custom Instructions](https://docs.vowen.ai/ai-features/custom-instructions.md): Customize how AI processes your transcriptions.
- [Ask AI](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/chat.md): Ask questions about a transcript in plain language, with the transcript as context.
- [Memory](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/memory.md): Give Command Mode persistent context about you, from your notes and files.
- [Tones & per-app profiles](https://docs.vowen.ai/ai-features/tones.md): Change writing style, models, and language automatically based on where you're typing.
- [Dictionary & Vocabulary](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/dictionary.md): Teach Vowen your specialized terminology, and the ways it gets misheard.
- [Threads (Snippets)](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/threads.md): Automatic text replacements triggered by voice.
- [Text Expander](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/text-expander.md): Type short triggers that expand into longer text snippets.
- [Workflows & Utilities](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/workflows.md): Voice-triggered automations and shortcut-triggered AI utilities.
- [Interface language](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/interface-language.md): Run the Vowen interface in any of 18 languages.
- [Meeting Notes Overview](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/overview.md): Record and summarize meetings without a bot joining the call.
- [Recording Meetings](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/recording.md): Every way to start a meeting recording, what gets captured, and how to control a session in progress.
- [Automatic meeting detection](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/meeting-detection.md): Let Vowen notice when a call starts and offer to take notes, and stop when the call ends.
- [The meeting panel](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/meeting-panel.md): A floating panel you can summon mid-meeting to ask questions, jot notes, and read the live transcript.
- [Summaries & Notes](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/summaries.md): How Vowen turns a meeting transcript into a summary, and everything you can do with the finished note.
- [Summary templates](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/templates.md): Shape every meeting summary with a ready-made or custom template.
- [Ask AI](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/ask-ai.md): Ask questions about a meeting note, edit its summary by asking, and ask live while the meeting is still running.
- [Speaker Diarization](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/diarization.md): Identify who said what, on-device on macOS and Windows or through a cloud model.
- [Watch folders](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/watch-folders.md): Point Vowen at a folder and every file dropped into it is transcribed or turned into a meeting note.
- [Share links](https://docs.vowen.ai/meeting-notes/sharing.md): Publish a meeting note as a public link anyone can open.
- [Home & Stats](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/home.md): Your Vowen dashboard: words dictated, streaks, time saved, and a shareable stats card.
- [Voice Log](https://docs.vowen.ai/transcription/voice-log.md): Your transcription history: search it, retry it, and see what the AI changed.
- [Command palette](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/command-palette.md): Jump to any page and search everything you have ever dictated with one keystroke.
- [In-app shortcuts](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/app-shortcuts.md): Keyboard shortcuts for moving around inside the Vowen window.
- [Connectors](https://docs.vowen.ai/integrations/connectors.md): Let Vowen's AI look things up in your apps and on your Mac.
- [Obsidian](https://docs.vowen.ai/integrations/obsidian.md): Write meeting notes into your Obsidian vault as Markdown, with frontmatter.
- [Webhooks](https://docs.vowen.ai/integrations/webhooks.md): Post meeting note summaries to any HTTP endpoint, with optional HMAC signing.
- [Cloud Sync](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/cloud-sync.md): Keep your Vowen data in step across devices, through your own cloud storage.
- [Import & Export Data](https://docs.vowen.ai/features/import-data.md): Move your dictionary, threads, workflows, expansions, and custom utilities in and out of Vowen using a single JSON file.
- [macOS guide](https://docs.vowen.ai/platforms/macos.md): macOS-only features, permissions, and the settings that only exist on a Mac.
- [Windows guide](https://docs.vowen.ai/platforms/windows.md): Windows-specific features, installation, permissions, and known limits.
- [FAQ](https://docs.vowen.ai/faq.md): Answers to the most commonly asked questions about Vowen.
- [Plans & pricing](https://docs.vowen.ai/pricing.md): Vowen is free to use, and Pro is a one-time $49 lifetime licence.
- [Common Issues](https://docs.vowen.ai/troubleshooting/common-issues.md): Quick fixes for the most frequently reported problems.
- [Permissions Problems](https://docs.vowen.ai/troubleshooting/permissions.md): Fixing permission-related issues on macOS and Windows.
- [Shortcut Problems](https://docs.vowen.ai/troubleshooting/shortcut-issues.md): Fixing keyboard, mouse, and keyboard-layout shortcut issues.
- [Transcription Quality](https://docs.vowen.ai/troubleshooting/transcription-quality.md): Fixing accuracy issues with speech-to-text.
- [AI & API Issues](https://docs.vowen.ai/troubleshooting/ai-issues.md): Troubleshooting AI enhancement, Command Mode, and API connection problems.
- [Manual Model Installation](https://docs.vowen.ai/troubleshooting/manual-model-install.md): Install transcription models manually when in-app downloads fail on corporate or restricted networks.
- [Performance](https://docs.vowen.ai/troubleshooting/performance.md): Fixing CPU, memory, and speed issues.
- [Vowen CLI](https://docs.vowen.ai/cli/overview.md): Drive the Vowen desktop app from your terminal, your scripts, and your coding agent.
- [Installing the CLI](https://docs.vowen.ai/cli/installation.md): Install, update, and remove the vowen command line tool.
- [CLI command reference](https://docs.vowen.ai/cli/commands.md): Every vowen command, flag, and example.
- [MCP server](https://docs.vowen.ai/cli/mcp-server.md): Expose your dictation history, notes, and transcripts to Claude Code and other MCP clients.
- [Settings reference](https://docs.vowen.ai/reference/settings.md): Every setting in Vowen, what it does, its default, and which plan it needs.
- [Shortcuts reference](https://docs.vowen.ai/reference/shortcuts.md): Every global recording shortcut, in-app shortcut, and bindable key or mouse button.
- [Plan limits](https://docs.vowen.ai/reference/plan-limits.md): What the Free plan includes, what Pro unlocks, and the limits you will actually run into.
- [Languages reference](https://docs.vowen.ai/reference/languages.md): Interface, dictation and summary languages, with the full list for each.
- [Updates](https://docs.vowen.ai/updates.md): How Vowen ships updates and how to give us feedback.
- [Changelog](https://docs.vowen.ai/changelog.md): What's new and changed in Vowen.