URL: https://help.carbonvoice.app/desktop
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PhononX/carbon-voice-docs/main/docs/desktop.md

# Carbon Voice on desktop

"Desktop" here means a wide screen rather than a particular device. You get the desktop
layout in two places:

- **The Mac app.** [Download it](https://www.getcarbon.app/download) if you haven't yet.
  A Windows version is coming.
- **A browser on a desktop-sized window**, at
  [carbonvoice.app](https://carbonvoice.app).

Either way it's the same app and the same account as on your phone. What changes is the
layout, and a few things live somewhere else as a result.

![Carbon Voice on desktop, showing the navigation sidebar, the conversation list, and an open conversation](/img/getting-started/carbon-voice-desktop.webp)

## The wide-screen layout

On a window wider than about 1100 pixels you get three panels side by side:

1. **The navigation sidebar** — icons for each part of the app, with your profile picture
   at the bottom.
2. **The list panel** — the contents of whatever you've selected: your conversations, your
   voice memos, your notebook. Your unread count sits at the top of it.
3. **The main panel** — the conversation or item you're working in.

Search runs across the top, and **⌘K** puts your cursor in it from anywhere.

Narrow the window and it falls back to the mobile layout, which is also what you get on a
phone-sized browser window. So the same browser gives you either layout depending on how
wide you've made it.

## Where things are

| | Mobile | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Navigation | Bottom bar: Conversations, Notebook, record, Inbox, AI | Left sidebar: Conversations, Voice Memos, Playlists, Contacts, Notebook, AI Agents, Inbox |
| Profile menu | Your picture, top left of Home | Your picture, bottom of the sidebar |
| Search | Icon top right, or pull down | **⌘K**, or the search bar at the top |
| New conversation | The **"+"** on Home | **⌘N** |

## What behaves differently

- **Conversation settings open as a panel** beside the conversation, rather than as a sheet
  over it. Tap the conversation name again to close it.
- **Recording happens in place** in the main panel, instead of taking over the screen.
- **AI Chat has its own button** in the conversation's app bar, rather than living in the
  summarize menu.
- **You can select part of a transcript** and copy just that, which is useful for pulling a
  quote or an action item out of a message.

![Selecting part of a transcript on desktop](/img/whats-new/select-transcript-desktop.webp)

## Keyboard shortcuts

| Shortcut | Does |
|---|---|
| **⌘K** | Open search |
| **⌘N** | New conversation |
| **Space** | Pause or resume recording, or play/pause the player when you're not recording |
| **Enter** | Send the recording you're making |
| **Esc** | Close search, then the side panel, then the player |
| **⌘⇧⌃←** / **⌘⇧⌃→** | Move between the three panels |

Once a panel has focus, the arrow keys move through it and **Enter** opens what's selected.

## Global shortcuts, from anywhere

On macOS there's a second set that works even when Carbon Voice isn't the app you're in, so
you can record a message without switching windows, or send to a conversation from a
keystroke. That's covered separately in
[Keyboard shortcuts](https://help.carbonvoice.app/quick-capture/keyboard-shortcuts).

## Related

- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://help.carbonvoice.app/quick-capture/keyboard-shortcuts) — the global ones, which work
  from any app on your Mac.
- [Speed Dial](https://help.carbonvoice.app/quick-capture/speed-dial)
- [A tour of the app](https://help.carbonvoice.app/a-tour-of-the-app)