Skip to content

Larkyn 0.2.2

Choose a tag to compare

View all tags
@dodaniel351 dodaniel351 released this 10 Jun 14:41
v0.2.2
562c822

Performance and clarity update.

Improved

  • First dictation is now fast. The speech model used to load on first use, costing 5–8 seconds on the first dictation of every session. Larkyn now warms it up in the background at launch — first-dictation transcription dropped to under one second in testing.
  • Raw mode explained in the UI. The Home screen now notes that Raw mode pastes exactly what you said, skipping the AI cleanup.

🚀 First-time setup (about 10 minutes, mostly downloads)

Larkyn needs one companion program: Ollama, which runs the AI rewriting model locally on your PC. Everything stays on your machine — nothing goes to the cloud.

Step 1 — Install Ollama

  1. Go to https://ollama.com/download and click Download for Windows
  2. Run OllamaSetup.exe. When it finishes, Ollama runs quietly in the background (a llama icon appears in your system tray). Nothing else to configure.

Step 2 — Download the AI model (one time, ~4.3 GB)

  1. Open PowerShell: press the Windows key, type powershell, press Enter
  2. Copy-paste this and press Enter: 
    ollama pull gemma4:e2b-it-qat
  3. Wait for the download to finish, then confirm it's installed: 
    ollama list
    You should see gemma4:e2b-it-qat in the list. ✅

Step 3 — Install Larkyn

  1. Download LarkynSetup.exe from the Assets section below
  2. Run it. If Windows SmartScreen warns (the installer isn't code-signed yet), click More info → Run anyway
  3. Follow the wizard — no admin rights needed. Optional: desktop shortcut and start-at-sign-in.

Step 4 — Dictate

  1. Launch Larkyn from the Start menu. Your very first dictation downloads the speech-recognition model (~1.6 GB, one time) — give it a few minutes; after that it's instant.
  2. Click into any text box (email, document, chat…), hold Ctrl+Alt+Space, speak naturally, release. Polished text appears where your cursor is.
  3. Make it yours: Settings → Global hotkey to pick a different combo (e.g. Ctrl+Win), Settings → AI model → Test connection to verify your setup, and the Home screen to switch writing profiles.

Upgrading from 0.2.x

Just run the new LarkynSetup.exe — it installs in place; your settings and history are kept. (Already did steps 1–2? Skip them.)

Verify your download (optional)

Get-FileHash .\LarkynSetup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

The hash must match the value in SHA256SUMS.txt.

Something not working?

Larkyn tells you what's wrong in plain English (e.g. "Ollama doesn't appear to be running" or "the model isn't installed") — and Settings → AI model → Test connection diagnoses the AI setup in one click.

Assets 4
Loading