diff --git a/transcribe.py b/transcribe.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Transcribe a WAV file using faster-whisper (base model, CPU, int8)."""
+
+import sys
+from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <wav_file>", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    model = WhisperModel("base", device="cpu", compute_type="int8")
+    segments, _ = model.transcribe(sys.argv[1], beam_size=5)
+    text = " ".join(seg.text.strip() for seg in segments)
+    print(text)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/voice-to-text b/voice-to-text
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# voice-to-text — push-to-talk toggle for Wayland
+# 1st press: start recording   2nd press: stop, transcribe, type into terminal
+#
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+PID_FILE="/tmp/voice-to-text.pid"
+WAV_FILE="/tmp/voice-to-text.wav"
+LOG_FILE="/tmp/voice-to-text.log"
+TRANSCRIBE="$HOME/scripts/transcribe.py"
+VENV_PYTHON="$HOME/venvs/voice-to-text/bin/python"
+HINT="string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:voice-to-text"
+
+notify() {
+    local timeout="${1:--1}"; shift
+    notify-send -a "Voice Recorder" -t "$timeout" -h "$HINT" "$@"
+}
+
+# ── Stop recording & transcribe ──────────────────────────────────────
+if [[ -f "$PID_FILE" ]]; then
+    pid=$(cat "$PID_FILE")
+    rm -f "$PID_FILE"
+
+    if kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+        kill -INT "$pid"
+        # Poll until ffmpeg exits (can't use wait — different shell)
+        for _ in $(seq 1 50); do
+            kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null || break
+            sleep 0.1
+        done
+    fi
+
+    if [[ ! -s "$WAV_FILE" ]]; then
+        notify 5000 "Error" "Recording is empty — nothing to transcribe."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    notify -1 "Transcribing..."
+
+    text=$("$VENV_PYTHON" "$TRANSCRIBE" "$WAV_FILE" 2>"$LOG_FILE") || true
+
+    if [[ -z "$text" ]]; then
+        err=$(cat "$LOG_FILE" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown error")
+        notify 5000 "Error" "Transcription failed: $err"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    printf '%s' "$text" | wl-copy
+    wtype -- "$text"
+
+    notify 5000 "Transcribed" "$text"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# ── Start recording ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! pactl info &>/dev/null; then
+    notify 5000 "Error" "PulseAudio/PipeWire not available."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+rm -f "$WAV_FILE"
+
+ffmpeg -y -f pulse -i default -ac 1 -ar 16000 "$WAV_FILE" &>/dev/null &
+echo $! > "$PID_FILE"
+
+notify 0 "Recording..." "Press ALT+R again to stop."