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HyperWhisper plays a short chime when you begin recording and a different chime when you stop. This audio feedback lets you know exactly when the app is capturing your voice without having to look at the screen.

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Enabling or disabling sound effects

1

Open Settings

Click the HyperWhisper menu bar icon, then open Settings.
2

Go to Sound

Select the Sound section.
3

Toggle Sound Effects

Turn Sound Effects on or off. When disabled, no audio feedback plays during recording.

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What you’ll hear

Two distinct chimes play during normal use:
  • Start recording — A chime plays as soon as you press your recording hotkey and the app begins capturing audio.
  • Stop recording — A different chime plays when you release the hotkey or click stop.
The sounds are pre-loaded at startup so playback is immediate with no perceptible delay.

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Sound themes (macOS only)

Two sound themes are available:
The theme selector is stored internally but is not yet exposed in the Settings UI. Theme switching will be added in a future release.

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Sound effects volume (macOS only)

Sound effects volume can be adjusted independently from your system volume on a 0.0–1.0 scale. The volume control is fully implemented but does not yet have a slider in the Settings UI — it defaults to 0.5 (half volume). A volume slider will be added in an upcoming release.
Windows plays sounds at a fixed volume. Independent volume control for sound effects is not yet available on Windows.