Keys & remote
Key assignment with tap and hold, scroll wheel, Bluetooth remotes such as the Desview remote.
Tap and hold
Under Settings → Keys, every action has two fields: Tap and Hold. Click a field, press a key, a combination or an extra mouse button, done. Duplicates and reserved combinations are caught, and Escape stays reserved.
- Tap fires on key down. If the same key also has a hold assignment, tap fires on release instead.
- Hold fires after half a second.
- Held key repeats speed, lines and 15-second jumps keeps them running for as long as you hold.
Out of the box: Space start/pause, S stop, Home beginning, ←/→ chapter, ↑/↓ line. In the editor, keys stay text input.
Actions
Start/pause · Stop · To the beginning · Chapter back/forward · One line back/forward · Faster/slower · 15 seconds back/forward · Voice tracking · Prompter text on/off · Ring light on/off · Start/stop recording · Pause/resume recording · Full screen · Scripts · Inspector · Notch bar
Bluetooth remotes
Off-the-shelf teleprompter remotes (the Desview remote, for example) register as a Bluetooth keyboard and send normal keys: Return, arrows, Tab. Pair it in the macOS Bluetooth settings, then fill in the fields in TalkPatch. A layout that works well on six keys:
| Key on the remote | Tap | Hold |
|---|---|---|
| Return | Pause / resume recording | Start / stop recording |
| ↑ / ↓ | One line back / forward | (repeats) |
| ← / → | Chapter back / forward | – |
| Tab | Prompter text on/off | – |
Start/pause stays on the space bar or on a Stream Deck key.
Mouse wheel and mouse buttons
Settings → Mouse Wheel: function (scroll text, speed, chapter), smoothing, sensitivity and direction. Option + scroll switches between scrolling and speed. With voice tracking on, the wheel always scrolls the text and tracking carries on from the new spot (the “Chapter” function stays chapters). Side mouse buttons change the chapter by default and are assigned like keys.