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Settings Reference

liltype currently exposes 9 settings sections:

  • General
  • Dictation
  • Model
  • System
  • Meeting
  • Privacy
  • Account
  • Advanced
  • Observability

General

Use this for global interaction defaults.

  • Hotkey selection (default Ctrl+Shift+Space)
  • Dictation mode (Push to Hold / Toggle)
  • Auto-stop on silence behavior
  • Recording window style (Classic / Mini / None)
  • Language behavior (where available)

Dictation

Core dictation behavior controls.

  • Transcription flow defaults
  • Guardrails and quality-related defaults
  • Quick links to model configuration when dictation is blocked

Model

Model management for offline + cloud.

Offline model controls

  • Download models
  • Set active model for dictation
  • Delete/re-download models
  • See storage size / download status / active model
  • Optional warm-up and memory-impact related controls

Cloud provider controls

  • Select provider (Deepgram, OpenAI, Groq, AssemblyAI)
  • Enter BYO API key
  • Test connection
  • Save/remove key
  • Cloud mode data-handling notice
  • Daily cost cap — auto-switches to offline if exceeded

System

Hardware and OS integration.

  • Microphone input device selection
  • Input level verification
  • Fast Bluetooth microphone start
  • Shortcut to macOS Sound settings

Meeting

Session and meeting-capture behaviors.

  • System audio recording setup
  • Meeting detection behavior (ask / always / notify)
  • Silence prompt behavior
  • Monitored app controls (Zoom, Teams, FaceTime, WebEx, Discord, Slack)
  • Notes/session stop behavior
  • CLI rewrite engine selection (Claude CLI / Gemini CLI / Codex CLI / custom)
  • Speaker diarization confidence threshold
  • Embedded meeting chat availability (ACP-based; availability depends on companion)

Privacy

Sensitive behavior toggles.

  • Capture app context (requires Accessibility)
  • Auto-paste (requires Accessibility)
  • Save dictation audio locally (off by default)
  • Save meeting audio locally (on by default)
  • Analytics opt-in/out (PostHog; disabled by default)
  • Clear explanations of local vs provider processing paths

Account

Authentication/subscription controls when enabled.

  • Sign-in state
  • Entitlement/subscription visibility (Free / Plus / Pro)
  • Access gating for paid cloud features
  • Billing portal link

Advanced

Power-user and retention controls.

  • Clipboard history enable/disable
  • Retention policy and cleanup controls (disabled / 1 week / 1 month / 3 months / 1 year / forever)
  • Sequential paste hotkey + timeout behavior
  • Local debug artifact retention

Observability

Operational health and quality review.

  • Local dictation outcomes and latency
  • Failure reasons
  • Offline latency budget summaries
  • Cloud usage estimate visibility
  • Rewrite signal summaries
  • Paste test matrix tracking
  • CSV export for signal data

Notes on permissions

  • Microphone is required for dictation
  • Accessibility is required for context capture and auto-paste
  • Screen recording/system audio is needed for meeting/system audio capture flows
  • Notifications are used for meeting prompts