diff --git a/Sources/VimAssistant/SpeechRecognizer/SpeechRecognizer.swift b/Sources/VimAssistant/SpeechRecognizer/SpeechRecognizer.swift
index 5d2870d..4cca357 100644
--- a/Sources/VimAssistant/SpeechRecognizer/SpeechRecognizer.swift
+++ b/Sources/VimAssistant/SpeechRecognizer/SpeechRecognizer.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import Foundation
 import Speech
 import SwiftUI
 
+private let bus: AVAudioNodeBus = 0
+private let bufferSize: AVAudioFrameCount = 1024
+
 public actor SpeechRecognizer: ObservableObject {
 
     enum RecognizerError: Error {
@@ -30,9 +33,22 @@ public actor SpeechRecognizer: ObservableObject {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The speech recognition transcript result.
     @MainActor
     public var transcript: String = .empty
 
+    @MainActor
+    public var run: Bool = false {
+        didSet {
+            if run {
+                resetTranscript()
+                startTranscribing()
+            } else {
+                stopTranscribing()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private var audioEngine: AVAudioEngine?
     private var request: SFSpeechAudioBufferRecognitionRequest?
     private var task: SFSpeechRecognitionTask?
@@ -92,13 +108,18 @@ public actor SpeechRecognizer: ObservableObject {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Handles speech recognition results.
+    /// - Parameters:
+    ///   - audioEngine: the audio engine that processed the task
+    ///   - result: the speech recognition result
+    ///   - error: errors that could have occurred during recognition
     nonisolated private func recognitionHandler(audioEngine: AVAudioEngine, result: SFSpeechRecognitionResult?, error: Error?) {
         let receivedFinalResult = result?.isFinal ?? false
         let receivedError = error != nil
 
         if receivedFinalResult || receivedError {
             audioEngine.stop()
-            audioEngine.inputNode.removeTap(onBus: 0)
+            audioEngine.inputNode.removeTap(onBus: bus)
         }
 
         if let result {
@@ -130,12 +151,14 @@ public actor SpeechRecognizer: ObservableObject {
         #endif
 
         let inputNode = audioEngine.inputNode
+        let recordingFormat = inputNode.outputFormat(forBus: bus)
+        let inputFormat = inputNode.inputFormat(forBus: bus)
 
-        let recordingFormat = inputNode.outputFormat(forBus: 0)
-        inputNode.installTap(onBus: 0, bufferSize: 1024, format: recordingFormat) { (buffer: AVAudioPCMBuffer, when: AVAudioTime) in
+        inputNode.installTap(onBus: bus, bufferSize: bufferSize, format: recordingFormat) { (buffer: AVAudioPCMBuffer, when: AVAudioTime) in
             request.append(buffer)
         }
         audioEngine.prepare()
+
         try audioEngine.start()
 
         return (audioEngine, request)
diff --git a/Sources/VimAssistant/Views/VimAssistantView.swift b/Sources/VimAssistant/Views/VimAssistantView.swift
index 27459a1..3b28ad1 100644
--- a/Sources/VimAssistant/Views/VimAssistantView.swift
+++ b/Sources/VimAssistant/Views/VimAssistantView.swift
@@ -18,17 +18,40 @@ public struct VimAssistantView: View {
     @State
     var inputText: String = .empty
 
+    @State
+    private var animateGradient = false
+
+    private var displayResponse: Bool {
+        speechRecognizer.transcript.isNotEmpty
+    }
+
+    private var animation: Animation {
+        if animateGradient {
+            .easeOut(duration: 2).repeatForever()
+        } else {
+            .easeOut(duration: 2)
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Initializer.
     /// - Parameter enabled: flag indicating if the assistant should be enabled or not
-    init?(vim: Vim, _ enabled: Bool = false) {
+    public init?(vim: Vim, _ enabled: Bool = false) {
         if !enabled { return nil }
         self.vim = vim
     }
 
     public var body: some View {
+        VStack {
+            inputView
+            responseView
+        }
+    }
+
+    var inputView: some View {
 
         HStack {
             Image(systemName: "apple.intelligence")
+                .padding()
                 .symbolRenderingMode(.palette)
                 .foregroundStyle(
                     .angularGradient(
@@ -36,25 +59,95 @@ public struct VimAssistantView: View {
                         center: .center, startAngle: .zero, endAngle: .degrees(360)
                     )
                 )
+                .font(.title)
 
-            TextField(text: $inputText, prompt: Text("Type here to use the assistant.")) {
+            TextField(text: $inputText, prompt: Text("Type or tap microphone to use the AI assistant.")) {
                 Image(systemName: "microphone")
-
             }
-            .textFieldStyle(.plain)
-            microPhoneButton
+                .textFieldStyle(.plain)
+
+            microphoneButton
+                .padding()
         }
-        .padding()
+        .background(Color.black.opacity(0.65))
+        .cornerRadius(8)
+        .overlay {
+            overlayView
+        }
+        .padding([.leading, .top, .trailing])
     }
 
-    var microPhoneButton: some View {
-        Button(action: {
 
+    // The stroke gradient
+    private var gradient: Gradient {
+        .init(colors: animateGradient ? [.red, .orange] : [.teal, .purple])
+    }
+
+    // The gradient style
+    private var gradientStyle: some ShapeStyle {
+        LinearGradient(
+            gradient: gradient,
+            startPoint: .leading,
+            endPoint: .trailing
+        )
+    }
+
+    // The overlay view of the text box that animates the stroke
+    private var overlayView: some View {
+        RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8)
+            .stroke(gradientStyle, lineWidth: 4)
+            .hueRotation(.degrees(animateGradient ? 90 : 0))
+            .animation(animation, value: animateGradient)
+    }
+
+    private var microphoneButton: some View {
+        Button(action: {
+            animateGradient.toggle()
+            speechRecognizer.run.toggle()
         }) {
             Image(systemName: "microphone")
+                .font(.title)
         }
         .buttonStyle(.plain)
+    }
+
+    var responseView: some View {
+
+        VStack(spacing: 4) {
+            if displayResponse {
+                Text(speechRecognizer.transcript)
+                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+                        .font(.title2)
+                        .padding()
+                HStack {
+                    Spacer()
+                    goodResponseButton
+                    badResponseButton
+                }
+                .padding([.bottom, .trailing])
+            }
+        }
+        .background(Color.black.opacity(0.65))
+        .cornerRadius(8)
+        .padding([.leading, .bottom, .trailing])
+
+    }
 
+    var goodResponseButton: some View {
+        Button(action: {
+            // TODO: Report a good response
+        }) {
+            Image(systemName: "hand.thumbsup")
+                .buttonStyle(.plain)
+        }
+    }
+
+    var badResponseButton: some View {
+        Button(action: {
+            // TODO: Report a bad response
+        }) {
+            Image(systemName: "hand.thumbsdown")
+        }
     }
 }