Voice triggers
Voice triggers: run apps, shortcuts and scripts by voice
Triggers turn spoken phrases into actions. In TapWisper you can map a phrase to an AI chat, a web search, launching an app, a keyboard shortcut, a terminal command, an Apple Shortcut or window management. Fuzzy matching tolerates transcription errors, and prefix triggers pass the rest of your sentence along.
How it works
Three steps. That’s it.
01.
Create a trigger
Pick a phrase and an action type in the Triggers page.
02.
Choose a mode
Exact runs on the phrase alone; Prefix runs on the phrase plus whatever you say after it.
03.
Say it
“google best coffee shops”, “open spotify”, “left half”.
Details
What you should know.
- Action types
- AI Chat, Web Search (Google, DuckDuckGo or a custom URL), Launch App, Keyboard, Terminal, Apple Shortcut and Window (halves, quarters, center, maximize, fullscreen).
- Terminal with your words
- Terminal triggers can use $SPEECH_INPUT to pass what you said into a command.
- AI answers where you want
- AI Chat responses can be typed in, copied to the clipboard or shown in a panel.
FAQ
Good questions.
Can I open apps by voice with TapWisper?
Yes. Create a Launch App trigger such as “open spotify”.
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