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I bought wired USB-C EarPods and wanted to dictate AI prompts using the button on the cable. Then I realized the two volume buttons could help with editing, too. That became EarPods AI Keys, a small native macOS menu-bar app. The defaults are: • Center: macOS Dictation. • Minus: Backspace. • Plus: Enter. For AI workflows, the useful part is being able to talk through an idea, correct a character from the remote and keep going. Enter retains the focused app’s normal behavior, so it may insert a newline, send a message or execute a terminal command. The most surprising issue appeared when I moved the setup to a second Mac: the center button opened Siri. Turning Siri off made Dictation work. Siri needs to stay off for the setup I’ve tested; the app doesn’t change that preference itself. You can change the button assignments, record shortcuts such as Command-Z, switch the remapping off, enable launch at login and uninstall from the menu. Reconnection uses device notifications rather than periodic polling. It’s free and open source under MIT. I tested build 3’s basic input on two Macs running macOS 27.0.1, including reconnect and reboot scenarios on the second Mac. The current download is an Apple silicon preview, ad-hoc signed and not notarized. The public package was re-signed after removing private build paths; its runtime sections match the tested build. The README explains first-launch approval and permissions for custom shortcuts. Speech recognition comes from macOS, so this doesn’t require an AI API key or subscription. It also doesn’t guarantee offline transcription. Source and download: https://github.com/metalebedenko/earpods-ai-keys If you have USB-C EarPods, I’d appreciate feedback on your Mac model, macOS version and what each button does.   submitted by   /u/Defiant-Poetry4977 [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/19 21:06:17