Appearance

Appearance & Overlay

The Appearance page controls how TypeWhisper looks and how the dictation overlay is laid out while you record.

📸 Screenshot needed: The Appearance page in full, showing the theme/appearance options and the dictation-overlay widget selectors (Indicator, Waveform, Text).

Theme and appearance

📸 Screenshot needed: The theme/appearance options on the Appearance page.

Choose the theme and appearance options for the TypeWhisper UI here.

Dictation overlay

The dictation overlay is configurable. You select which widgets appear while you dictate:

Widget	What it shows
Indicator	A recording indicator while dictation is active.
Waveform	A live audio-level waveform visualization driven by your microphone input.
Text	Transcribed text, including live partial-transcript text when a streaming-capable engine is active.

📸 Screenshot needed: The dictation overlay during an active recording, showing the Indicator, the live audio-level Waveform, and the Text widget together.

The live audio-level waveform reacts to your speech as you record, so you can confirm the microphone is picking you up.

For how these widgets behave during a recording — including live partial transcripts and token-by-token LLM streaming — see Dictation.

Related pages

• Dictation — activation modes, the recording overlay, and dictation settings.

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Changelog

Date	Change
2026-06-17	Initial version.