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Re:Handy – Free open source speech-to-text app by jborichevskiy on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:27AM (#46629712)
Curious if you were using AirPods or other Bluetooth headphones for this?

If so, there should be "keep microphone on" or similar setting in the config that may help with this, alternatively, I set my microphone to my MacBook mic so that my headphones aren't involved at all and there is much less latency on activation

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Re:Handy – Free open source speech-to-text app by mrroryflint on Thursday January 15, 2026 @08:14AM (#46631990)
Airpods Max (is that the name?) - the big ones.
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Re:Handy – Free open source speech-to-text app by jborichevskiy on Saturday January 17, 2026 @08:19AM (#46657838)
Makes sense. If you enable the Debug menu (Shift+CMD+D), there is an option for "Always-On Microphone". Might be worth a try to remove that latency.
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