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The user configuration is TOML at ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/voice-input/config.toml. The installed public sample is ~/.local/share/voice-input/config.toml.

Inspect the effective deserialized configuration without credentials:

voice-input config
voice-input config --format json

After editing TOML, restart the daemon:

systemctl --user restart voice-input.service

The GTK Settings application exposes the common subset and rewrites a complete config. Manual editing is needed for fields it fixes to defaults or does not display.

Top level and hotkey

Field	Default	Meaning
state_file	"auto"	auto uses the runtime state file. A custom path receives an additional copy. disabled suppresses that optional copy; the daemon still maintains $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/voice-input/state.json for status/HUD.
hotkey.accelerator	"SUPER CTRL, X"	Hyprland accelerator text used when generating bindings and when deciding output settle behavior. The daemon does not register a global shortcut itself.
hotkey.mode	"hold"	hold or toggle. Determines generated bindings. In toggle mode, an accelerator containing a modifier forces at least 500 ms of pre-output settling.

The installed static Hyprland snippet uses toggle mode even though the TOML sample says hold; use voice-input setup hyprland to generate bindings from the current config.

[audio]

Field	Default	Meaning
device	"default"	PipeWire target. default omits pw-record --target; any other value is passed as the target.
sample_rate	16000	Capture sample rate and WAV/ASR rate in Hz. Qwen receives this rate in session metadata.
max_duration_secs	90	Maximum for the per-session dedicated capture reader. The current shared pre-roll capture path does not apply this timer.
partial_interval_ms	1500	Sleep interval for repeated local-CLI partial transcription. Realtime Qwen partials are event-driven.
pre_roll_enabled	false	Keeps pw-record open while the daemon runs and seeds a new session from a ring buffer. This has microphone-privacy implications.
pre_roll_ms	500	Requested pre-roll window. The ring also retains at least the 320 ms capture warm-up.

[asr]

Field	Default	Values / behavior
provider	"local-cli"	local-cli or alibaba-qwen-realtime.
backend_command	"/usr/bin/voxtype"	Executable for local final/partial ASR and remote fallback. It receives optional --engine, optional --model, --language CODE transcribe WAV.
engine	"sensevoice"	Local backend engine. An empty value omits --engine.
model	""	Local backend model. Empty means backend default and omits --model.
language	"simplified-chinese"	english, simplified-chinese, traditional-chinese, japanese, or korean. ASR codes are en, zh, ja, and ko; Chinese variants then use OpenCC.
connect_timeout_ms	5000	Realtime TCP/WebSocket connection timeout (minimum 1,000 ms); also the final-pass HTTP connect timeout.
finalize_timeout_ms	8000	Deadline after requesting realtime finish (minimum 1,000 ms).
fallback_to_local	true	Allows Qwen failure/empty output to call the local backend. A successful realtime transcript can still be used if another realtime worker error occurs.

backend_command defaults explicitly to /usr/bin/voxtype. Keep the absolute path to avoid invoking Voice Input recursively.

[asr.alibaba]

Field	Default	Meaning
endpoint	"wss://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/api-ws/v1/realtime"	Realtime WebSocket endpoint. The model query parameter is appended if absent.
model	"qwen3-asr-flash-realtime-2026-02-10"	Realtime Qwen model ID.
turn_mode	"server-vad"	server-vad sends VAD settings; manual disables server turn detection and commits on stop.
vad_threshold	0.2	Server VAD threshold passed unchanged to Qwen.
silence_duration_ms	400	Server VAD silence duration passed to Qwen.
final_pass_enabled	false	Re-recognizes the complete WAV through the compatible HTTP chat-completions endpoint.
final_pass_base_url	""	Base URL without /chat/completions. Empty derives the compatible-mode URL for known China, international, or US DashScope realtime hosts. Custom realtime hosts require an explicit value.
final_pass_model	"qwen3-asr-flash-2026-02-10"	Full-audio final model ID.
final_pass_timeout_ms	20000	Overall HTTP request timeout for the final pass.
final_pass_enable_itn	false	Sends Alibaba asr_options.enable_itn; ITN means inverse text normalization.

The Alibaba key is not a public TOML field in assets/config.toml. Store credential ID alibaba-api-key as described in Security and Privacy.

[output]

Field	Default	Meaning
mode	"type"	type: direct wtype; clipboard: copy only; paste: copy, send a paste chord, then restore. Text over 120 characters changes effective type to paste.
fallback_to_clipboard	true	If direct wtype fails, attempt the paste path. It does not affect an explicitly selected clipboard/paste mode.
type_delay_ms	0	Passed to wtype -d as per-character delay.
pre_type_delay_ms	140	Delay before output. Passed to wtype -s for direct typing; used as a sleep before clipboard actions. Toggle+modifier shortcuts raise it to at least 500 ms.
paste_keys	"shift+Insert"	Wayland paste chord. Components are split on +; modifiers are held/released through wtype.
prefer_paste_for_xwayland	true	Changes effective type to paste for an XWayland target.
xwayland_paste_keys	"shift+Insert"	XWayland chord sent to xdotool; empty falls back to paste_keys.

Paste backup/restoration is best effort when no readable clipboard content exists. clipboard mode intentionally leaves the recognized text in the clipboard and sends no paste chord.

[ime]

Field	Default	Meaning
manage_fcitx5	true	Enables the Fcitx5 guard.
force_ascii_before_output	true	If both flags are true and fcitx5-remote reports state 2, run fcitx5-remote -c before output and -o afterward.

[llm]

Field	Default	Meaning
enabled	false	Enables conservative transcript refinement. Failure always keeps the ASR text.
api_base_url	"https://api.openai.com/v1"	OpenAI-compatible base URL; /chat/completions is appended.
model	""	Required model ID when enabled.
timeout_ms	5000	Shared refinement budget, clamped to 1,000–5,000 ms. Contextual and transcript-only attempts do not receive separate budgets.
provider_sort	""	If non-empty and the URL host is openrouter.ai or a subdomain, sends provider.sort. Ignored for other hosts.
agent_context_enabled	false	Enables focused Pi/Codex terminology context. It has no effect when LLM refinement is disabled.
agent_context_max_chars	6000	Context character cap; runtime clamps it to 500–12,000 and keeps both the head and tail when truncating.

The LLM credential uses ID openrouter-api-key, including when api_base_url points to another OpenAI-compatible provider. No key appears in voice-input config output.

[hud]

Field	Default	Meaning
enabled	true	Controls the daemon-spawned Python fallback HUD. The separately enabled voice-input-hud.service is controlled by systemd, not this flag.
margin_bottom	72	Bottom margin for the Python fallback HUD. The current Quickshell surface uses 72 px directly.
height	56	Base height for the Python fallback HUD. The current Quickshell surface uses a 56 px minimum directly.
position	"bottom-center"	bottom-center, bottom-left, or bottom-right; reflected in state and used by Quickshell/Python HUD.
offset_x	0	Horizontal offset in logical pixels. Positive moves right.
offset_y	0	Vertical offset added to the bottom margin. Positive moves upward.
nudge_step	24	Default amount for voice-input hud move …; runtime forces at least 1.

Move commands update TOML and runtime state immediately:

voice-input hud move left
voice-input hud move up 10
voice-input hud position bottom-right
voice-input hud center   # bottom-center and x=0; preserves y
voice-input hud reset    # bottom-center and x=y=0

Credentials and environment fallback

At daemon startup, each secret resolves in this order:

1. systemd credential from $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY (alibaba-api-key or openrouter-api-key);
2. VOICE_INPUT_ALIBABA_API_KEY or VOICE_INPUT_OPENROUTER_API_KEY;
3. a legacy in-memory TOML value, if present in an older config.

Use encrypted systemd credentials for the supplied service. Environment variables are mainly useful for a manually launched daemon and may be exposed to same-user process inspection.

See also: Security and Privacy · Troubleshooting