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First launch and first dictation

The first run opens a wizard of five short steps. Each can be skipped, and none of them asks for anything beyond what the program needs to work.

First launch

1. Interface language — eight are available, or it follows Windows.
2. Dictation language — the model for it is chosen and downloaded here, with a progress bar.
3. Shortcut and microphone — a live level bar shows the microphone is actually heard.
4. A field to try it in — a real dictation, into the wizard itself.
5. Start with Windows — off unless you say otherwise.

Windows will ask once for microphone permission. If it was refused, the Microphone section says so and links to the system setting.

Your first dictation

1. Put the caret where text can be typed — an editor, a browser field, a terminal.
2. Hold ctrl + win. A plate appears with a recording dot, a clock and a level bar.
3. Say a sentence. Speak normally; there is no need to dictate punctuation if the model adds it.
4. Let go. The plate shows recognition, then insertion.
5. The text lands at the caret, and your clipboard is restored to what it held before.

If the plate does not appear or the level stays flat, the troubleshooting page names the usual causes.