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🔧 Advanced

Configuration

2026-02-01 · 5 min

Accessing settings

Left-click the tray icon, or hover the widget and click the gear icon.

  • General: keyboard shortcut, languages, activation method
  • Writing: Raw or Auto mode
  • Audio: microphone selection, auto-stop, audio feedback
  • Advanced: cloud/local providers, Ollama address
  • Help: shortcuts, how it works, report a problem

Language

99 transcription languages via Whisper. The interface is translated into 15 languages. Two separate settings: dictation language (transcription) and interface language.

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Change the language in Settings > General. The transcription language and interface language are independent.

Microphone

Select your audio device in Settings > Audio. VoxWave lists all available microphones and lets you test the input level.

Ollama setup

For local cleanup, install Ollama and download the gemma3:4b model.

  1. 1Install Ollama from ollama.com
  2. 2Download the model with the command below
  3. 3VoxWave automatically detects Ollama on startup
ollama pull gemma3:4b
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VoxWave scans ports 11434, 11435 and 11433 automatically. No need to configure the address manually in most cases.