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Keyboard shortcuts

Hold Right ⌥ to dictate anywhere. Inside Sloth, ⌘N starts a new note and ⌘J shows or hides the sidebar.

Global shortcuts

These work in any app. Change them in Settings › Shortcuts; Reset to Defaults puts them back.

Action	Default	On by default
Dictate (push to talk): hold, speak, release	`Right ⌥`	Yes
Dictate hands-free: double-tap to start, tap to stop	`Right ⌥` twice	Yes
Cancel dictation or Highlight and Edit	`Esc`	Yes
Highlight and Edit: highlight text, tap, say how to change it, tap again (or hold while you speak). Replaces the selection, or writes at the cursor when nothing is highlighted. More	`⌥E`	Yes
Annotate: highlight text, tap, say your note, tap again (or hold while you speak). Saves the URL, quote, note and a screenshot to a batch	`⌥A`	Yes
Talk to Claude: tap, speak, tap again (or hold while you speak). Sends your request and any annotations to the Claude app or Claude Code in your terminal	`⌥C`	Yes
Quote and reply: highlight text, press. Pastes it as a quote into the app's reply box	`⌥Q`	Yes
Start or stop meeting recording	`⌘⇧R`	No. Turn on Meeting Recording.

Sloth listens for global shortcuts in every app, so pick keys other apps don't use. It warns you if the meeting shortcut is one many apps already use.

In the Sloth window

Action	Shortcut	Menu
New note (starts recording a meeting)	`⌘N`	File
Find	`⌘F`	Edit
Show Dictations	`⌘1`	View
Show Meetings	`⌘2`	View
Toggle Sidebar	`⌘J`	View
Settings	`⌘,`	Sloth
Close window	`⌘W`	Window
Minimize	`⌘M`	Window
Hide Sloth	`⌘H`	Sloth
Hide others	`⌥⌘H`	Sloth
Quit Sloth	`⌘Q`	Sloth

Standard editing keys work as usual: ⌘Z undo, ⇧⌘Z redo, ⌘X, ⌘C, ⌘V and ⌘A.

Mouse shortcuts on the floating indicator

While a meeting records	Action
Click the control at the left	Pause or resume
Click the rest of the pill	Stop
Option-click or right-click	Discard the recording (Sloth asks first)
Drag	Move the indicator