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<h2>What is whis?</h2>
<p>A minimal CLI that pipes your voice straight to the clipboard.</p>
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<div><strong>One command</strong> Run whis. Speak. Done.</div>
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<div><strong>Whisper-powered</strong> OpenAI's Whisper API does the heavy lifting</div>
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<div><strong>Straight to clipboard</strong> Ready to paste wherever you need it</div>
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<div><strong>Hotkey mode</strong> Ctrl+Shift+R toggles recording from anywhere</div>
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<div><strong>X11 & Wayland</strong> Works where you work</div>
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<div><strong>Single binary</strong> No runtime dependencies. No bloat.</div>
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<h2>Quick Start</h2>
<pre><code><span data-slot="comment"># 1. Set your API key</span>
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