URL: https://help.carbonvoice.app/quick-capture/keyboard-shortcuts
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# Keyboard shortcuts

On macOS, Carbon Voice registers **global** shortcuts. They work whatever app you're in, so
you can capture a thought without breaking out of what you were doing.

Set them up in **Profile Menu → Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts**.

## The three shortcuts

| Default | Does |
|---|---|
| **⌥V** | **Record Voice Memo** — record and send a voice message from anywhere |
| **⌥C** | **Quick Send** — send a Carbon Voice message from anywhere |
| **⌥`** | **Speed Dial Panel** — open the floating panel with all ten destination slots |

![The Option and V keys](/img/whats-new/option-v.webp)

![The Quick Send panel, with a search field, favourite destinations, and a message box](/img/whats-new/mac-desktop.webp)

Each one can be changed: pick from the presets, or choose **Record shortcut…** and press
the combination you want. A shortcut needs at least one modifier key (⌥ ⌘ ⌃ ⇧). Any
shortcut can be reset to its default.

## While recording

The recording panel has the same controls as the app, including pause, restart, delete and
send. You
can also **hold the spacebar** to record and release to stop.

## Other settings on this screen

- **Voice memo workspace** — which workspace memos recorded by shortcut are filed in.
- **Auto-copy** — automatically copy the transcript to your clipboard when a recording
  finishes, so you can paste it straight into whatever you were writing.
- **Link prefix** — the prefix used for links Carbon Voice copies.

> Keyboard shortcuts are macOS only. The settings screen doesn't appear on other platforms.

## Related

- [Speed Dial](https://help.carbonvoice.app/quick-capture/speed-dial)
- [The menu bar app](https://help.carbonvoice.app/quick-capture/menu-bar)
- [Carbon Voice on desktop](https://help.carbonvoice.app/desktop) — the in-app shortcuts, which are separate.