VAVUS

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Settings tab

Application preferences — theme, interface language, startup behaviour, tray, notifications, history sync, data export, account deletion.

Settings is one long page (not tabs) grouped into four sections: Account shortcuts, Application preferences, Data, and Privacy. Hotkeys are not rebound here — they use their default chords. Languages live on their own tab.

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    Email row

    Read-only — shows the email tied to your Vavus account.

  2. 2
    Subscription shortcut

    Opens the Billing tab. Shows your current plan label on the right.

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    Security & recovery shortcut

    Opens the Security tab — zero-knowledge encryption mode and recovery phrase live there.

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    Languages shortcut

    Opens the Languages tab.

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    Support shortcut

    Opens the Support tab — live chat, email, docs, and bug reports.

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    Theme

    Light, Dark, or System (follow your OS appearance setting).

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    Interface language

    The language the Vavus app itself displays in. Defaults to "System default" — your OS locale. Separate from the source/target language used for dictation and translation.

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    App version & updates

    Shows the current version, lets you check for new releases, and (on macOS / Windows / AppImage Linux) downloads and installs them. On .deb installs it links to the AppImage build instead, since .deb cannot auto-update itself.

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    Start on login

    Launch Vavus Keyboard automatically when you sign in to your computer. Honored as a per-user system setting on all three platforms.

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    Minimize to tray

    Closing the window hides the app to the tray instead of quitting it. The hotkeys keep working in the background.

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    Notifications

    Toggle the OS-level notifications that confirm dictation, translation, and reverse-translation results.

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    History — Off / Local / Cloud

    Off: don't store results at all. Local: keep on this device only (default). Cloud: mirror encrypted history across your other Vavus devices.

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    Clear history

    Wipes all entries on this device. Asks for confirmation.

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    Reset settings

    Restores every preference on this page to its default. Asks for confirmation. Does not log you out or delete history.

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    Export data

    GDPR Article 15/20 download — a JSON copy of your account data, including encrypted history (decrypted on this device first if a password is supplied). Requires your password.

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    Delete account

    Permanently deletes your Vavus account and all associated encrypted data. Cannot be undone. Requires your password.

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    Log out

    Signs you out of this device. Hotkeys stop responding until you sign back in.

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