NovaHUD documentation
- What is NovaHUD? — NovaHUD is a Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch app that lets you talk to your Claude Code sessions, dictate into any app, record meetings, and control your Mac from a notch — with speech and AI running on your own devices.
- How do I install and set up NovaHUD? — Step-by-step setup for NovaHUD on Mac — download, permissions (microphone, Accessibility, Automation), Ollama, and connecting Claude Code.
- How do I control Claude Code with my voice? — Voice commands for Claude Code and Codex with NovaHUD — addressing sessions by name, "tell Claude to…", read-back and stop, status questions, and follow-ups.
- How do I dictate into any app on my Mac with NovaHUD? — NovaHUD dictation for Mac — the shortcut, hold-to-talk on right Option or fn, tap to keep dictating, the dictation bar in the notch, and fixes when text doesn't appear.
- What does the NovaHUD notch do? — The NovaHUD notch on Mac — now playing with Spotify and Music controls, sessions, meetings, a drag-and-drop shelf, clipboard history, 18 shortcuts, and how to customise it.
- How does NovaHUD record meetings and write notes? — Record meetings on Mac or iPhone with NovaHUD — automatic detection for Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex, Slack huddles and FaceTime, local transcription, summaries and action items.
- What does Nova for iPhone do? — Nova for iPhone — record meetings and voice notes, import call recordings, on-device transcription and notes, calendar, Claude instructions, and what iOS doesn't allow.
- How do I use the Nova keyboard on iPhone? — The Nova keyboard for iPhone — setup, the intent space bar that turns text into locations and invites, smart replies, rewrites, and dictation.
- What does the NovaHUD Apple Watch app show? — The Nova Apple Watch app — Today, Meetings, To do, Claude instructions and Sync, synced from your iPhone and Mac through iCloud.
- How do I use my Mac as the AI engine for Nova on iPhone? — Pair Nova on iPhone with NovaHUD on your Mac so notes are written by the Mac's model and Claude instructions are delivered straight to your sessions over your local network.
- Is NovaHUD private? What runs locally? — What NovaHUD processes on your devices, what syncs through iCloud, what goes over the network, and which permissions it asks for and why.
- NovaHUD troubleshooting — Fixes for common NovaHUD problems — Nova not responding, instructions not reaching Claude, dictation not typing, the notch not appearing, iPhone pairing, the keyboard missing, and iCloud sync.
- NovaHUD frequently asked questions — Short answers about NovaHUD — voice control for Claude Code, Mac dictation, the notch, meeting notes, the iPhone app and keyboard, privacy, and pricing.
- What's in the NovaHUD Mac app? — A tour of the NovaHUD Mac app — Home search, Sessions, Meetings, To do, History, Calendar, the New menu, and Settings.
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