Dictation Hotkey

I was impressed by the mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-Realtime model and wanted to use it as a dictation app for Windows. Before downloading, you might want to try the online demo provided by Mistral.

Features

• Real-time transcription — text appears as you speak, not after you stop
• Multiple hotkey options — Win+H (replaces Windows dictation), Copilot key, or a custom shortcut
• On-screen overlay — shows recording status; click to stop
• Escape to cancel — press Esc at any time to stop recording
• Single-file exe — no installation required

Getting Started

Download DictationHotkey.exe from the latest release and run it.

Prerequisites

• A Mistral API key with access to the real-time transcription API

Build

See github workflow file. Beware: most of the code was AI-generated. The code quality is poor.