Ask

Ask

The Ask pipeline in dIKta.me is designed for one-way voice queries where you need an answer from an AI, but you do not want it to type over whatever you are currently working on.

It is particularly useful for quick questions, fact-checking, or generating code snippets in the background.

How to use Ask

  1. Press and hold the Ask hotkey (Default: Ctrl + Alt + A).
  2. Ask your question (e.g., "What is the capital of Australia?", or "Give me a regular expression that matches email addresses.").
  3. Release the hotkey.

dIKta.me will transcribe your voice, pass the question to the LLM (using your configured Ask profile), and retrieve the answer.

Output Modes

Because Ask is designed to be non-intrusive, the answer is handled based on your Ask Output Mode.

You can configure what happens to the answer by navigating to the General tab in the Settings window. The options are:

  1. Clipboard & Toast (Default): The AI's answer is silently copied to your clipboard so you can paste it (Ctrl + V) wherever you like. A small Windows Toast notification will also pop up showing you the answer.
  2. Clipboard Only: The answer is silently copied to your clipboard. No notification is shown.
  3. Toast Only: The answer is shown in a Windows summary notification. Your clipboard is untouched.
  4. Inject Only: The answer behaves exactly like Dictation and is injected at your cursor position immediately.

Customizing the Ask Prompt

By default, the Ask pipeline has a system prompt optimized for answering questions concisely.

If you want the Ask pipeline to behave differently (for example, if you want it to always output JSON, or always answer in the format of a haiku), you can modify its system prompt:

  1. Open the Control Panel and click the Settings gear.
  2. Navigate to the Modes tab.
  3. Select the Ask pipeline.
  4. Modify the System Prompt for either your Cloud or Local profile.