Closed beta
Skald is in a closed beta.
The public download isn't open yet. We're polishing the first builds with a small group of testers — join the waitlist and you get the download link first.
Tip
You can change the hotkey in Settings. The Mac default is Fn — Apple reserves that key on recent keyboards for exactly this purpose.
Four steps to a working setup
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Open the installer and drag Skald to Applications (Mac), run the setup (Win), or launch the AppImage / install via AUR (Linux).
Skald runs as a menu-bar app on macOS, a tray app on Windows, and an AppIndicator on Linux.
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Grant permissions on first launch.
Microphone, Accessibility, Input Monitoring (macOS) — microphone + tray permissions (Windows) — microphone + xdg-portal hotkey (Linux). Skald walks you through each pane.
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Pair the device via browser login.
Skald opens a browser tab to heyskald.com. Log in once; the machine remembers itself — from that point your device is permanently paired with your account.
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Hold Fn (Mac) or your chosen key (Win), speak, release.
Text appears where your cursor is. In any application.