Hotkeys

Glaido has four hotkeys, two for dictation and two for commands. They work in any app. Change them in Settings > Hotkeys, under Dictation, Commands, and App.

Dictation

DictationHold to speak. Glaido inserts what you say.

Fn

Hands-free dictationPress once to dictate hands-free. Press again to stop.

FnSpace

Commands

CommandsHold to tell Glaido what to write, rewrite, format, or answer

Right ⌥

Hands-free commandsPress once for hands-free commands. Press again to stop.

Right ⌥Space

App

Enter to stop and pasteWhile dictating hands-free, Enter stops the session and pastes the result

SettingsOpen the settings panel

⌘,

Command paletteQuick access to commands and navigation

⌘K

Default hotkeys

Esc always cancels a hands-free session, whatever your settings.

Enter to stop and paste

Enter to stop and paste is off by default. While it's off, Enter behaves normally as you dictate, and you stop a hands-free session by pressing its hotkey again.

Turn it on in Settings > Hotkeys under App. With it on, pressing Enter during a hands-free session stops the recording and pastes the result in one step. This covers both hands-free dictation and hands-free commands.

Changing a hotkey

1. Open Settings and go to the Hotkeys tab
2. Click the edit button next to the hotkey you want to change
3. A picker appears. Press the key or key combination you want to assign. Hold modifiers first, then press the final key.
4. Click Save

Clearing a hotkey

To leave a slot with no key at all, open its picker and click Unset. The slot stops responding until you assign a new key. Use this for a mode you never reach for, so its keys stay available to the rest of your system.

Double-tap activation

When your hotkey is a single key, you can enable double tap in the hotkey picker. A single press then does nothing, which stops accidental triggers. It works differently for the two kinds of hotkey.

For hold (push-to-talk) hotkeys, "Double tap and hold":

Tap the key once, then immediately tap and hold it a second time to start recording. Hold until you're done speaking, then release. A single tap or a single hold does nothing on its own.

For hands-free (toggle) hotkeys, "Double tap to start":

Tap the key twice quickly to start recording. Tap it twice again to stop. A single tap does nothing.

Supported keys

You can use any combination of:

• Modifier keys: Shift, Control, Option/Alt, Command/Win, Fn
• Regular keys: Any letter, number, or symbol key
• Special keys: Space, arrow keys, and function keys. Windows captures F1 through F12. macOS also handles the higher function keys above F12.

Modifier-only hotkeys are supported, such as the Fn key or Right Option on its own.

Both platforms tell left and right modifiers apart, so Left Ctrl and Right Ctrl are separate bindings, and the picker shows which side you pressed. Shift is the exception. It stays generic on macOS and Windows alike, so either Shift key works.

Other shortcuts

These are shown in Settings > Hotkeys for reference and are not remappable: