From 4706a4a8a6f75af1ab50a520b3c67adcfe6ebb95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rnentjes <info@nentjes.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:18:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add Alt key support for toggling transcription language
 dynamically

---
 speech2text-keyed.py | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/speech2text-keyed.py b/speech2text-keyed.py
index e1adbad..ebc38f8 100755
--- a/speech2text-keyed.py
+++ b/speech2text-keyed.py
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ class SpeechApp(Gtk.Window):
         self.audio = []
         self.hotkey_pressed = set()
         self.hotkey_active = False
+        self.lang_modifier_active = False
+        self.default_language = "en"
+        self.alt_language = "nl"
 
         # Global hotkey listener for Right-Shift + Right-Ctrl
         self.listener = keyboard.Listener(
@@ -115,7 +118,8 @@ class SpeechApp(Gtk.Window):
         self.record_thread.join()
         # Update status bar
         self.update_status("Transcribing...")
-        threading.Thread(target=self.transcribe_and_type).start()
+        language = self.alt_language if self.lang_modifier_active else self.default_language
+        threading.Thread(target=self.transcribe_and_type, args=(language,)).start()
 
     def record_audio(self):
         def callback(indata, frames, time_info, status):
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ class SpeechApp(Gtk.Window):
         self.status_bar.set_text(f"Status: {status}")
         return False  # Return False to prevent being called again
 
-    def transcribe_and_type(self):
+    def transcribe_and_type(self, language):
         if not self.audio:
             # Update status back to Ready if no audio was recorded
             GLib.idle_add(self.update_status, "Ready")
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ class SpeechApp(Gtk.Window):
 
             # In the transcribe_and_type method, modify the transcribe call:
             # Replace "en" with your desired language code
-            result = model.transcribe(tmpfile.name, language="en")
+            result = model.transcribe(tmpfile.name, language=language)
             text = result["text"].strip()
 
             # Display the text in the text area
@@ -208,8 +212,14 @@ class SpeechApp(Gtk.Window):
             self.hotkey_pressed.add("shift_r")
         elif key == keyboard.Key.ctrl_r:
             self.hotkey_pressed.add("ctrl_r")
+        elif key == keyboard.Key.alt_r:
+            self.hotkey_pressed.add("alt_r")
 
-        if not self.hotkey_active and self.hotkey_pressed == {"shift_r", "ctrl_r"}:
+        self.lang_modifier_active = (
+            "alt_r" in self.hotkey_pressed
+        )
+
+        if not self.hotkey_active and (self.hotkey_pressed == {"shift_r", "ctrl_r"} or self.hotkey_pressed == {"shift_r", "alt_r"}):
             self.hotkey_active = True
             GLib.idle_add(self.start_recording)
 
@@ -218,11 +228,23 @@ class SpeechApp(Gtk.Window):
             self.hotkey_pressed.discard("shift_r")
         elif key == keyboard.Key.ctrl_r:
             self.hotkey_pressed.discard("ctrl_r")
+        elif key == keyboard.Key.alt_r:
+            self.hotkey_pressed.discard("alt_r")
 
-        if self.hotkey_active and self.hotkey_pressed != {"shift_r", "ctrl_r"}:
+        self.lang_modifier_active = (
+            "alt_r" in self.hotkey_pressed
+        )
+
+        if self.hotkey_active and (self.hotkey_pressed != {"shift_r", "ctrl_r"} and self.hotkey_pressed != {"shift_r", "alt_r"}):
             self.hotkey_active = False
             GLib.idle_add(self.stop_recording)
 
+    def is_shift_key(self, key):
+        return key in (keyboard.Key.shift, keyboard.Key.shift_l, keyboard.Key.shift_r)
+
+    def is_alt_key(self, key):
+        return key in (keyboard.Key.alt, keyboard.Key.alt_l, keyboard.Key.alt_r, keyboard.Key.alt_gr)
+
     def on_destroy(self, widget):
         try:
             self.listener.stop()