TalkTastic replaces your keyboard with your voice. It needs your permission to do so.

TalkTastic must be able to hear you, recognize your speech, understand the context in which you are speaking, and paste your words into any app you choose.
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To achieve this, TalkTastic requires a few permissions.
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We'll guide you through the necessary permissions available on your computer for TalkTastic to work effectively.

TalkTastic is a voice-first speech companion, so we need an active microphone at all times for the app to work.

The first step is to Allow TalkTastic to access the microphone. Select Allow and when a pop-up show for granting permissions, select Allow. This will allow TalkTastic to access any microphone chosen by you (later in this process).​

Instant transcription requires speech recognition enabled so that Apple can process your speech as quickly as possible.

You will be presented with a modal explaining how Apple Speech Recognition works and the option to Allow or Don't Allow Apple Speech Recognition.

​Choose Allow to continue and to use TalkTastic.

TalkTastic takes a one-time Snapshot of your app to correctly spell your friends’ names and accurately format your note for the application where you are inserting your message. You will be able to have fine-tuned controls over what is recorded and when.

This unique feature is core to the experience of TalkTastic, and it is highly recommended that you toggle on this permission to try it out. You will have access to controls via the menu bar to turn it off while using TalkTastic, or you can return to the System Settings.

Once you have toggled the Screen Recording Permission to on, your system should offer you the prompt to Quit & Reopen. This restarts TalkTastic and begins the personalization process.

You've already allowed microphone access, speech recognition, and screen capture for context. Now, enable the necessary accessibility feature to finalize the process. ​

To complete the setup, please grant TalkTastic permission to paste your spoken words into any app.

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You will select Open System Preferences, and a modal will appear to Open System Preferences or Deny. Choose Open System Preferences.

Toggle the Accessibility Setting to on and a pop-up will ask to Quit & Restart. Choose Quit & Restart and you'll be on your way!

If things are working fine for you from here, go to the Next Step: Personalize Your Workspace. If you're having problems, please see Troubleshooting Permissions you can always contact help.

If you are going through onboarding and selecting Opening System Preferences↗ but it doesn't open system settings, we can help! This can happen for many reasons but especially upon update or reinstallation.
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That said, the permissions that need to be enabled are Screen Capture and Accessibility (for pasting). ​

For Screen Capture: Choose  Apple menu (upper left corner of your screen)> System Settings, then click Privacy & Security in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) Click Screen & System Audio Recording on the right menu.
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Find TalkTastic, you may need to scroll through the list, toggle on (or off later should you decide) to

For Accessibility Permissions that allow you to paste your content into applications: Choose  Apple menu (upper left corner of your screen) > System Settings, then click Privacy & Security in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) Click Accessibility on the right menu. (You may need to scroll down.)

Find TalkTastic, turn the permission on (or off) for any app in the list. If you don’t see the app you want to grant permissions for, click the Add button at the bottom of the list of apps, search for the app, select it, then click Open.
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Then, you should be prompted to Quit & Reopen. If it doesn't prompt you, you can do that manually and you should be good to go!