const { app, BrowserWindow, globalShortcut, ipcMain, shell, systemPreferences } = require('electron'); const { spawn, spawnSync } = require('child_process'); const path = require('path'); const fs = require('fs'); // Voice dictation hotkey, user-rebindable (Settings > Interface > Dictation shortcut), two tiers: // // NATIVE (uiohook-napi event tap): sees real key-down AND key-up globally, in or out of focus, // immune to macOS's letter-keyup-under-Cmd suppression, so the keyboard gets TRUE hold-to-talk // exactly like the mic buttons. Listen-only (never swallows keys from other apps). // // FALLBACK (globalShortcut while unfocused + before-input relay while focused): press-to-toggle, // key-ups undetectable there. // // THE TRAP THIS FILE IS SHAPED AROUND: on macOS a listen-only keyboard tap needs the Input // Monitoring grant, which is SEPARATE from Accessibility, and a tap without it starts cleanly and // then delivers nothing (caught live on the packaged build). So "tap started" proves nothing; the // fallback stays armed until the tap delivers its first real key event. To keep the two paths from // double-firing on one press, fallback sends are deferred 90ms and skipped when the tap just // handled a key; a deaf tap never updates that timestamp, so the fallback always fires. // // F5 is deliberately NOT a default: macOS's media-key layer routes it to Siri before any app sees // it. It stays bindable for users who have remapped that key at the OS level. // Wispr grammar: the fn/Globe key IS the dictation key on Mac; Windows gets the same bottom-corner // hold as Ctrl+Win (a bare laptop Fn never reaches the OS there). The old chord stays as the legacy // fallback tier until the primary proves alive, so a missing grant never strands dictation keyless. const DEFAULT_COMBO = process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'Fn' : process.platform === 'win32' ? 'Ctrl+Meta' : 'Ctrl+Shift+d'; const LEGACY_COMBO = process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'Meta+Shift+d' : 'Ctrl+Shift+d'; const TAP_FRESH_MS = 200; // How long a tap may stay silent before we stop calling it "awaiting proof" and call it broken. const FN_PROOF_GRACE_MS = 60_000; // How often to re-ask "was the user typing while the watcher stayed silent?". const FN_DEAF_POLL_MS = 15_000; const FALLBACK_DEFER_MS = 90; // "Meta+Shift+d" (renderer parts format, same as new_agent_shortcut) -> matcher pieces. // "Fn" and "Ctrl+Meta" are special: modifier-only triggers no accelerator grammar can express. function parseCombo(str) { const raw = String(str || DEFAULT_COMBO); if (raw === 'Fn') return { special: 'fn', key: '', mods: { meta: false, ctrl: false, alt: false, shift: false }, accel: 'Fn' }; if (raw === 'Ctrl+Meta') return { special: 'ctrlmeta', key: '', mods: { meta: true, ctrl: true, alt: false, shift: false }, accel: 'Ctrl+Meta' }; const parts = raw.split('+').filter(Boolean); const key = parts[parts.length - 1] || 'd'; const mods = { meta: parts.includes('Meta'), ctrl: parts.includes('Ctrl') || parts.includes('Control'), alt: parts.includes('Alt'), shift: parts.includes('Shift'), }; const accel = [ mods.meta ? 'Meta' : null, mods.ctrl ? 'Control' : null, mods.alt ? 'Alt' : null, mods.shift ? 'Shift' : null, key.length === 1 ? key.toUpperCase() : key, ].filter(Boolean).join('+'); return { special: null, key, mods, accel }; } // Resolve (or dev-compile) the native fn watcher, then call back with a path or null (legacy tiers // stay primary on null). The dev compile is async: a first-boot swiftc must never freeze startup. function resolveFnWatcherBinary(cb) { if (process.platform !== 'darwin') { cb(null); return; } const bundled = path.join(process.resourcesPath || '', 'fn-watcher', 'fn-watcher'); if (fs.existsSync(bundled)) { cb(bundled); return; } const src = path.join(__dirname, 'native', 'fn-watcher.swift'); if (!fs.existsSync(src)) { cb(null); return; } const out = path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'fn-watcher-bin'); try { fs.mkdirSync(out, { recursive: true }); } catch (_) {} const bin = path.join(out, 'fn-watcher'); try { if (fs.existsSync(bin) && fs.statSync(bin).mtimeMs >= fs.statSync(src).mtimeMs) { cb(bin); return; } } catch (_) { /* fall through to compile */ } const cc = spawn('swiftc', ['-O', '-o', bin, src], { stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'pipe'] }); let err = ''; cc.stderr.on('data', (c) => { err = (err + String(c)).slice(-400); }); cc.on('error', () => cb(null)); cc.on('exit', (code) => { if (code !== 0) { console.log('[voice] fn watcher compile failed:', err.slice(0, 200)); cb(null); return; } cb(bin); }); } function uiohookKeycodeFor(key, UiohookKey) { if (key.length === 1 && /[a-z]/i.test(key)) return UiohookKey[key.toUpperCase()]; if (key.length === 1 && /[0-9]/.test(key)) return UiohookKey[key]; if (/^F([1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-4])$/.test(key)) return UiohookKey[key]; if (key === ' ' || key === 'Space') return UiohookKey.Space; return undefined; // unmappable for the tap; the fallback tiers still cover it } function installVoiceHotkey(getMainWindow) { // App-scoped by default (ENG-341): hotkeys act only while an OpenSwarm window is focused, unless // the user opts into dictate-anywhere in Settings. let worksAnywhere = false; const send = (channel) => { if (!worksAnywhere && BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow() === null) return; const win = getMainWindow(); if (win && !win.isDestroyed()) win.webContents.send(channel); }; let combo = parseCombo(DEFAULT_COMBO); // Special combos (Fn, Ctrl+Meta) have no accelerator; the LEGACY chord backs them until proven. let fallbackCombo = combo.special ? parseCombo(LEGACY_COMBO) : combo; let tapProven = false; let fnProven = false; // What the watcher TOLD us, as opposed to what we guessed from it still being alive. let fnPermission = 'unknown'; let fnWireAlive = false; // Proof the USER was at the keyboard, which is what makes a silent tap mean anything. let rendererSawKeys = false; let unusableNotified = false; let lastHotkeyIssue = null; let lastTapKeyMs = 0; let registeredAccel = null; const unregisterFallbackShortcut = () => { if (!registeredAccel) return; try { globalShortcut.unregister(registeredAccel); } catch (_) {} registeredAccel = null; }; // Fallback toggle, deferred so a live tap's hold-down wins the same press. The freshness guard // only applies when the tap can SERVE the primary: under an fn primary the tap sees every key yet // handles none, and ambient typing was suppressing the legacy chord entirely (caught live). const sendFallbackToggle = () => { setTimeout(() => { if (combo.special !== 'fn' && Date.now() - lastTapKeyMs < TAP_FRESH_MS) { console.log('[voice] fallback toggle suppressed (a live tap is serving the primary)'); return; } const focused = BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow() !== null; console.log(`[voice] fallback toggle -> voice:toggle (focused=${focused}, anywhere=${worksAnywhere})`); send('voice:toggle'); }, FALLBACK_DEFER_MS); }; // A dictation key that does nothing, forever, with nothing said, is the actual bug here: fn is // the default, only the native watcher can see it, and app-scoped mode registers no global // fallback, so a deaf tap left the user with no trigger AND no signal. Whenever the primary // cannot serve, say so once and name the chord that does work right now. const notifyPrimaryUnusable = (reason) => { if (unusableNotified || primaryProven()) return; unusableNotified = true; // Remembered, not just fired: arming happens at boot and the renderer subscribes later, so a // pure event is delivered to nobody and the warning goes silent again (caught live). lastHotkeyIssue = { ok: false, reason, fallback: fallbackCombo.accel }; console.log(`[voice] fn primary unusable (${reason}); dictation falls back to ${fallbackCombo.accel}`); const win = getMainWindow(); if (win && !win.isDestroyed()) { win.webContents.send('voice:primary-unusable', { reason, fallback: fallbackCombo.accel }); } }; // Only the tier that can actually SERVE the primary combo may retire the fallbacks: the uiohook // tap cannot see fn (keycode 63 is VC_UNDEFINED), so with an fn primary a proven tap must not // silence the legacy chord (caught live: focused Cmd+Shift+D went dead the moment any key flowed). const primaryProven = () => (combo.special === 'fn' ? fnProven : (tapProven || fnProven)); // Fallback shortcut stays registered while unfocused until the primary tier proves alive. const registerVoiceShortcut = () => { if (!worksAnywhere) return; if (primaryProven()) return; if (registeredAccel === fallbackCombo.accel) return; unregisterFallbackShortcut(); try { if (globalShortcut.register(fallbackCombo.accel, sendFallbackToggle)) registeredAccel = fallbackCombo.accel; } catch (_) { /* a taken shortcut just means no global hotkey; the pill still works */ } }; // ---- fn/Globe primary tier (macOS): the native watcher, since no JS tap can see keycode 63 ---- let fnProc = null; let quitReaperWired = false; // `asked` runs once the Input Monitoring request is actually in flight (or provably never will // be). Anything that touches Accessibility must wait for it; see rdar://7381305. const startFnWatcher = (noPrompt, asked) => { const done = () => { if (typeof asked === 'function') asked(); }; if (process.platform !== 'darwin' || combo.special !== 'fn' || fnProc) { done(); return; } resolveFnWatcherBinary((bin) => { if (!bin) { console.log('[voice] no fn watcher binary, legacy hotkey stays primary'); notifyPrimaryUnusable('no-watcher-binary'); done(); return; } if (combo.special !== 'fn' || fnProc) { done(); return; } startFnWatcherWith(bin, noPrompt === true); done(); }); }; // Kill fn-watchers left by a previous OpenSwarm that died badly. will-quit is the ONLY thing that // reaps ours, and it never runs on a crash or a force-quit, so each bad exit strands a process // holding a GLOBAL keyboard tap forever (one was found alive after 2h35m). They accumulate, and // every extra one re-sends fn, so dictation double-toggles. We are a single-instance app about to // spawn our own, which makes this the one moment any other fn-watcher is provably not ours. const sweepStrayFnWatchers = (bin) => { try { const out = spawnSync('ps', ['-eo', 'pid=,args='], { encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 4000 }); for (const pid of strayFnWatcherPids(String((out && out.stdout) || ''), bin, process.pid)) { try { process.kill(pid, 'SIGKILL'); console.log('[voice] reaped stray fn watcher', pid); } catch (_) {} } } catch (_) { /* a machine where ps is restricted must still arm the watcher */ } }; // Focus re-arms the watcher's tap: a tap another app registered after ours head-inserts AHEAD of // ours and can eat fn with no disable event delivered, so this is the only recovery (ENG-317). let lastFnPokeMs = 0; const pokeFnWatcher = () => { if (!fnProc || !fnProc.stdin || !fnProc.stdin.writable) return; const now = Date.now(); if (now - lastFnPokeMs < 1000) return; lastFnPokeMs = now; try { fnProc.stdin.write('r\n'); } catch (_) {} }; const startFnWatcherWith = (bin, noPrompt) => { sweepStrayFnWatchers(bin); try { // stdin stays open on purpose: "r\n" re-arms the tap, and EOF tells an orphaned watcher to die. fnProc = spawn(bin, noPrompt ? ['--no-prompt'] : [], { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'ignore'] }); } catch (e) { console.log('[voice] fn watcher spawn failed:', e && e.message); fnProc = null; return; } let buf = ''; fnProc.stdout.on('data', (c) => { buf += String(c); let nl; while ((nl = buf.indexOf('\n')) >= 0) { const line = buf.slice(0, nl).trim(); buf = buf.slice(nl + 1); if (line === 'p granted' || line === 'p denied') { fnPermission = line.slice(2); console.log(`[voice] fn watcher Input Monitoring: ${fnPermission}`); if (fnPermission === 'denied') notifyPrimaryUnusable('input-monitoring-denied'); } else if (line === 't ok') { console.log('[voice] fn watcher tap created'); } else if (line === 'w') { fnWireAlive = true; console.log('[voice] fn watcher wire alive (tap is receiving key events)'); } else if (line === 'd' || line === 'u') { if (!fnProven) { fnProven = true; unregisterFallbackShortcut(); console.log('[voice] fn watcher PROVEN (events flowing), fn hold-to-talk enabled'); // Withdraw the fallback notice, or a key that started working keeps telling the user it is broken. lastHotkeyIssue = null; if (unusableNotified) { unusableNotified = false; const w = getMainWindow(); if (w && !w.isDestroyed()) w.webContents.send('voice:primary-usable'); } } if (combo.special === 'fn') send(line === 'd' ? 'voice:hold-down' : 'voice:hold-up'); } else if (line.startsWith('e')) { console.log('[voice] fn watcher error:', line); // The watcher deliberately stays alive when denied (it keeps the app listed in the // Input Monitoring pane), so liveness proves nothing and this line is the signal. if (line.includes('no-permission')) notifyPrimaryUnusable('input-monitoring-denied'); } } }); fnProc.on('exit', (code) => { console.log(`[voice] fn watcher exited code=${code}; legacy hotkey resumes`); notifyPrimaryUnusable(`watcher-exit-${code}`); fnProc = null; fnProven = false; registerVoiceShortcut(); }); if (!quitReaperWired) { quitReaperWired = true; app.on('will-quit', () => { try { fnProc && fnProc.kill('SIGKILL'); } catch (_) {} }); } console.log('[voice] fn watcher armed (awaiting first event to prove Input Monitoring)'); // Armed is not working. If the tap is still deaf after a spell of real use, that is a dead key, // not a shy one, and the user deserves to hear it rather than keep pressing a key that no // longer does anything (it regressed silently once already). // "No fn events yet" is NOT evidence of a deaf tap. The watcher only taps flagsChanged, so // wireAlive needs a MODIFIER press; a user who reads the screen, clicks around, or types a // lowercase prompt produces none. The old fixed timer therefore told anyone who was merely // quiet for a minute that their fn key was broken, which is a lying status, and it pushed them // onto the fallback chord for a key that worked fine (observed 2026-08-30 on a packaged build: // "granted" then "tap-deaf" on a tap that was never touched). // // Deafness is only a fact when the user WAS at the keyboard and the watcher still heard nothing, // so wait for that pairing instead of for the clock, and keep waiting rather than giving up. const deafPoll = setInterval(() => { if (unusableNotified || primaryProven() || !fnProc) { clearInterval(deafPoll); return; } if (fnWireAlive) { clearInterval(deafPoll); return; } if (!rendererSawKeys) return; clearInterval(deafPoll); notifyPrimaryUnusable('tap-deaf'); }, FN_DEAF_POLL_MS); if (typeof deafPoll.unref === 'function') deafPoll.unref(); // macOS's own Globe-key action (emoji picker by default) fires on a quick fn tap alongside us; // tell the renderer once so it can point the user at "Press Globe key to: Do Nothing". require('child_process').exec('defaults read com.apple.HIToolbox AppleFnUsageType', (err, out) => { const usage = err ? '2' : String(out).trim(); if (usage !== '0') { const win = getMainWindow(); if (win && !win.isDestroyed()) win.webContents.send('voice:globe-conflict'); console.log(`[voice] Globe key system action is active (AppleFnUsageType=${usage}); quick fn taps also trigger it`); } }); }; let tapKeycode; let UiohookKeyRef = null; const tryStartNativeTap = () => { try { if (process.platform === 'darwin' && !systemPreferences.isTrustedAccessibilityClient(false)) { console.log('[voice] no Accessibility grant, keyboard stays press-to-toggle'); return false; } const { uIOhook, UiohookKey } = require('uiohook-napi'); UiohookKeyRef = UiohookKey; tapKeycode = uiohookKeycodeFor(combo.key, UiohookKey); const MOD_KEYS = new Set([ UiohookKey.Ctrl, UiohookKey.CtrlRight, UiohookKey.Shift, UiohookKey.ShiftRight, UiohookKey.Meta, UiohookKey.MetaRight, UiohookKey.Alt, UiohookKey.AltRight, ]); let held = false; const markAlive = () => { lastTapKeyMs = Date.now(); if (!tapProven) { tapProven = true; if (primaryProven()) unregisterFallbackShortcut(); console.log('[voice] native key tap PROVEN (events flowing), hold-to-talk enabled'); } }; const modsMatch = (e) => (!combo.mods.meta || e.metaKey) && (!combo.mods.ctrl || e.ctrlKey) && (!combo.mods.alt || e.altKey) && (!combo.mods.shift || e.shiftKey); uIOhook.on('keydown', (e) => { markAlive(); if (held) return; // Ctrl+Win chord (the Windows fn-equivalent): either modifier landing second completes it. if (combo.special === 'ctrlmeta') { const isMeta = e.keycode === UiohookKey.Meta || e.keycode === UiohookKey.MetaRight; const isCtrl = e.keycode === UiohookKey.Ctrl || e.keycode === UiohookKey.CtrlRight; if ((isMeta && e.ctrlKey) || (isCtrl && e.metaKey)) { held = true; send('voice:hold-down'); } return; } if (tapKeycode === undefined) return; if (e.keycode === tapKeycode && modsMatch(e)) { held = true; send('voice:hold-down'); } }); uIOhook.on('keyup', (e) => { markAlive(); if (!held) return; if (e.keycode === tapKeycode || MOD_KEYS.has(e.keycode)) { held = false; send('voice:hold-up'); } }); uIOhook.start(); app.on('will-quit', () => { try { uIOhook.stop(); } catch (_) {} }); console.log('[voice] native key tap armed (awaiting first event to prove Input Monitoring)'); return true; } catch (e) { console.log('[voice] native key tap unavailable (continuing with toggle):', e && e.message); return false; } }; // Arming the native tiers is what raises macOS's Input Monitoring prompt, so a fresh install must // NOT arm at boot (ENG-341): the prompt fires at first dictation use instead, with context. let tiersArmed = false; const armNativeTiers = () => { if (tiersArmed) return; tiersArmed = true; // ORDER IS LOAD-BEARING (rdar://7381305 / FB7381305): once AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions has // been called, IOHIDRequestAccess stops raising the Input Monitoring dialog entirely. Electron's // isTrustedAccessibilityClient IS that call, and tryStartNativeTap makes it, so asking for the // tap first is what silently ate the fn prompt. Ask for Input Monitoring FIRST, always. // It has to be a CALLBACK: the dev path compiles the watcher first, so a plain statement order // still let the Accessibility check win on wall-clock and the prompt stayed dead. const armTapTier = () => { const tapOk = tryStartNativeTap(); // Ctrl+Win is the Windows fn-equivalent and ONLY this tap can see it, so a tap that never // loads is the same dead key as a deaf fn watcher. Off macOS there is no TCC to blame, which // is exactly why it would otherwise fail with nothing said at all. if (tapOk === false && combo.special === 'ctrlmeta') notifyPrimaryUnusable('native-tap-unavailable'); registerVoiceShortcut(); }; let tapArmed = false; const armTapOnce = () => { if (!tapArmed) { tapArmed = true; armTapTier(); } }; startFnWatcher(false, armTapOnce); // A wedged swiftc must never cost the user their chord tier. setTimeout(armTapOnce, 8000); }; try { if (fs.existsSync(path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'dictation-used'))) armNativeTiers(); // No marker yet: fn is the DEFAULT hotkey, and the watcher is the only thing that can see it, // so probe it in --no-prompt mode. Machines with Input Monitoring already granted get a working // fn immediately; ungranted machines exit silently and never see a boot-time TCC prompt (ENG-341). else if (combo.special === 'fn') startFnWatcher(true); } catch (_) {} // Coming back from System Settings is the moment a denial most likely just became a grant, and a // NEW child process gets a fresh TCC verdict, so retry there instead of demanding a relaunch. let lastGrantRetryMs = 0; // Gated on the user having actually gone to the pane. Retrying on EVERY focus re-raised the // notice the user had just dismissed, which is its own small betrayal, and spawned a doomed // watcher each time for a grant nobody was changing. let sentToGrantPane = false; const retryFnAfterGrant = () => { if (!sentToGrantPane) return; if (process.platform !== 'darwin' || combo.special !== 'fn' || fnProc) return; const now = Date.now(); if (now - lastGrantRetryMs < 5000) return; lastGrantRetryMs = now; sentToGrantPane = false; unusableNotified = false; lastHotkeyIssue = null; startFnWatcher(true); }; app.on('browser-window-focus', () => { unregisterFallbackShortcut(); pokeFnWatcher(); retryFnAfterGrant(); }); app.on('browser-window-blur', registerVoiceShortcut); // The focused-window relay matches the FALLBACK chord: special primaries (fn, Ctrl+Win) are // invisible to renderer key events, their tiers prove themselves through native taps instead. const inputMatchesCombo = (input) => { const c = fallbackCombo; const k = c.key; const keyHit = k.length === 1 ? (input.code === `Key${k.toUpperCase()}` || (input.key || '').toLowerCase() === k.toLowerCase()) : (input.code === k || input.key === k); return keyHit && (!c.mods.meta || input.meta) && (!c.mods.ctrl || input.control) && (!c.mods.alt || input.alt) && (!c.mods.shift || input.shift); }; const relayProven = new Set(); const installVoiceHoldRelay = (contents) => { contents.on('before-input-event', (event, input) => { if (input.type !== 'keyDown' || input.isAutoRepeat) return; // The relay is the ONLY path a chord has while app-scoped, so knowing it is actually wired // beats inferring it from an absence of complaints. rendererSawKeys = true; if (!relayProven.has(contents.id)) { relayProven.add(contents.id); console.log(`[voice] relay live on webContents ${contents.id} (${contents.getType()}), first key=${input.key}`); } // A bare Fn keydown Chromium happens to deliver while focused is both dictation intent // (full-arm the tiers, prompt lands with context) and a press that must WORK right now. if (input.key === 'Fn' || input.code === 'Fn') { // Whether Chromium delivers a bare Fn at all decides if a permission-free fn is even // possible; on most Macs it never arrives, which is why the native watcher exists. console.log('[voice] Chromium delivered a bare Fn key event to the focused window'); } if (combo.special === 'fn' && !primaryProven() && (input.key === 'Fn' || input.code === 'Fn')) { armNativeTiers(); sendFallbackToggle(); event.preventDefault(); return; } if (inputMatchesCombo(input)) { console.log(`[voice] fallback chord seen in focused window (${fallbackCombo.accel}), primaryProven=${primaryProven()}`); if (!primaryProven()) sendFallbackToggle(); event.preventDefault(); } }); }; // Installed via web-contents-created: the main window is born later in the whenReady sequence, and // webview guests swallow keys when a page has focus, so every window/guest gets the relay. app.on('web-contents-created', (event, contents) => { const t = contents.getType(); if (t === 'window' || t === 'webview') installVoiceHoldRelay(contents); }); // Renderer pushes the user's saved combo on boot and whenever Settings changes it. ipcMain.on('voice:set-hotkey', (_e, comboStr) => { const next = parseCombo(comboStr); if (next.accel === combo.accel) return; combo = next; fallbackCombo = combo.special ? parseCombo(LEGACY_COMBO) : combo; if (UiohookKeyRef && !combo.special) tapKeycode = uiohookKeycodeFor(combo.key, UiohookKeyRef); if (tiersArmed) startFnWatcher(); else if (combo.special === 'fn') startFnWatcher(true); unregisterFallbackShortcut(); registerVoiceShortcut(); console.log('[voice] hotkey set to', combo.accel); }); // Renderer pushes the dictate-anywhere setting on boot and on change. ipcMain.on('voice:set-scope', (_e, anywhere) => { worksAnywhere = anywhere === true; if (!worksAnywhere) unregisterFallbackShortcut(); else if (tiersArmed && BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow() === null) registerVoiceShortcut(); }); // The grant is the ONLY thing that fixes a denied fn key, and macOS will not re-prompt once the // user has said no, so hand them the exact pane instead of a dead key and a shrug. ipcMain.handle('voice:open-input-monitoring', () => { if (process.platform !== 'darwin') return false; try { shell.openExternal('x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_ListenEvent'); sentToGrantPane = true; return true; } catch (_) { return false; } }); // Pull, so a renderer that mounts (or reloads) after arming still learns the truth. ipcMain.handle('voice:hotkey-issue', () => lastHotkeyIssue); ipcMain.handle('voice:hold-capable', () => tapProven || fnProven); // Settings' "Hold to talk" fires the Accessibility prompt; Input Monitoring has no Electron API, // but a running tap makes macOS list the app in that pane for the user to flip. ipcMain.handle('voice:request-hold-permission', () => { armNativeTiers(); askForFnPermission(); if (process.platform === 'darwin' && !tapProven) { try { systemPreferences.isTrustedAccessibilityClient(true); } catch (_) {} } return tapProven; }); // Deliberately re-asked on every dictation attempt, not once per launch: armNativeTiers is // one-shot, so a user who was denied (or dismissed the prompt) could never be asked again, which // is how a permission you are willing to grant turns into a key that just never works. let lastFnAskMs = 0; const askForFnPermission = () => { if (process.platform !== 'darwin' || combo.special !== 'fn' || fnProc) return; const now = Date.now(); if (now - lastFnAskMs < 10_000) return; lastFnAskMs = now; unusableNotified = false; startFnWatcher(); }; // Fires the real TCC mic prompt BEFORE the first capture: with the entitlement present but no // prior grant, getUserMedia would still fail once and burn the user's first dictation attempt. ipcMain.handle('voice:request-mic-access', async () => { armNativeTiers(); // Using dictation IS the intent that earns the fn prompt, every time, not just the first. askForFnPermission(); if (process.platform !== 'darwin') return true; try { if (systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus('microphone') === 'granted') return true; return await systemPreferences.askForMediaAccess('microphone'); } catch (_) { return false; } }); } /** * PIDs of fn-watcher processes that are NOT this app's, given `ps -eo pid=,args=` output. * * Matched on the absolute binary path so an unrelated program never matches, and our own pid is * excluded. Pure so the selection can be tested; the killing stays at the call site. */ function strayFnWatcherPids(psOutput, binPath, selfPid) { const pids = []; if (!binPath) return pids; for (const line of String(psOutput || '').split('\n')) { if (line.indexOf(binPath) < 0) continue; const pid = parseInt(line.trim().split(/\s+/)[0], 10); if (!Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 1 || pid === selfPid) continue; pids.push(pid); } return pids; } module.exports = { installVoiceHotkey, strayFnWatcherPids };