Definition
A desktop app is a native application installed on Mac or Windows that runs outside the browser and can interact with OS-level features like global shortcuts, system-wide text injection, and background dictation.
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Desktop app
The Zahvox desktop app is a planned voice-to-writing client for Mac and Windows that will let you dictate into any application on your computer, not just web apps.
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In plain language
A Zahvox app that lives on your computer, so voice-to-writing works everywhere — not just in a browser tab.
Why it matters
The web tool covers browser-based writing. Native apps (Slack, Notion desktop, Word, code editors) need OS-level integration to accept dictated text — that's what the desktop app is for.
How this relates to Zahvox
The desktop app is on the Zahvox roadmap. It's after the browser extension in priority because the extension covers the most common writing surfaces (webmail, web docs, web chat).
Status: Planned for a later Zahvox release. Not scheduled.
Example
You're writing a long doc in Word on Windows. A global shortcut opens Zahvox, you dictate a paragraph, and it appears at your cursor.
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