Permissions: Microphone & Accessibility

On Mac, Voicefall needs two permissions: Microphone (to hear you) and Accessibility (to insert the transcribed text at your cursor). Add Voicefall under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility and allow Microphone when prompted. On Windows, no accessibility setup is required — the signed app just works.

macOS Accessibility

Voicefall types the transcribed text into whatever app you're using, which macOS treats as controlling your computer — so it requires Accessibility permission. To grant it:

  1. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.
  2. Click the "+" button and add Voicefall (or drag Voicefall.app from Applications).
  3. Enable the toggle next to Voicefall.

Why it's needed: without Accessibility, Voicefall can transcribe your speech but cannot insert the text at the cursor.

Microphone

The first time you dictate, macOS asks for Microphone access — click Allow. If you previously denied it, re-enable it under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone and turn on the toggle for Voicefall.

First open blocked (not yet notarized)

This beta build is not yet notarized by Apple, so the very first launch may be blocked. To open it: right-click the app → Open → Open again. After this first approval it opens normally.

Windows

On Windows there is no accessibility setup to configure. The executable is signed by HENGCHENG LLC, so it launches without warnings — just hold Right Alt and speak.

Next steps

  • Install — download, unzip, and open Voicefall.
  • Usage — the push-to-talk gesture and tips for dictating well.