Installation

System requirements#

• Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit)
• x64 processor
• Enough free disk space for your selected local models
• Optional: NVIDIA CUDA, Vulkan, or AMD ROCm acceleration for supported local models
• Internet access for installation, model and add-on downloads, and cloud engines

1. Install the app#

Recommended: Microsoft Store#

The Store selects the correct architecture, manages updates, and avoids the known SmartScreen warning shown for the direct installer.

Alternative: GitHub installer#

If the Store is unavailable, download the installer for your PC from the latest stable release:

• TypeWhisper-win-x64-Setup.exe
• All releases

Get-FileHash .\TypeWhisper-win-x64-Setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

For organizations#

From version 1.2, an MSI installs TypeWhisper for all users of a device. Silent installation, Intune packages, and central settings are described on the Deployment page.

2. Four-step onboarding#

1. Models and extensions

   Install a transcription engine, choose a model, and decide whether TypeWhisper starts with Windows.

2. Test microphone

   Select the input device, grant Windows microphone permission if needed, and check the input level.

3. Configure hotkeys

   Set the global shortcuts for Hybrid, Toggle, or Hold mode.

4. Try it out

   Run a short test dictation and confirm that text appears in the target field.

Startup and updates#

For a new installation, Start with Windows is enabled by default. Change it during onboarding or later in Settings > General. Store installations update through the Microsoft Store; direct installations use the built-in updater.

Data location and uninstall#

Settings, models, history, plugins, and recordings are stored in your profile folder. For the direct download, this is %LOCALAPPDATA%\TypeWhisper-WinUI. This user data remains after a normal app uninstall.

The Microsoft Store edition keeps the same folder inside the app's package folder, because Windows redirects its writes there: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\TypeWhisper.TypeWhisper_51tqb5623pxja\LocalCache\Local\TypeWhisper-WinUI. Windows deletes this folder when you uninstall the Store app. The public Store beta, TypeWhisper Beta, has its own profile, TypeWhisper-WinUI-StoreBeta, in the package folder TypeWhisper.TypeWhisperBeta_51tqb5623pxja.

If you used TypeWhisper 1.0, TypeWhisper 1.1 or later imports your data once from the old folder, %LOCALAPPDATA%\TypeWhisper-UserData or %LOCALAPPDATA%\TypeWhisper, when it first starts without a profile, and leaves that folder unchanged. The Store beta does not import data from TypeWhisper 1.0.

1. Quit TypeWhisper from the tray menu.
2. Open Windows Settings > Apps > Installed apps and uninstall TypeWhisper.
3. For a clean removal, back up anything important, then delete the profile folder and any folder left over from TypeWhisper 1.0.