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FeaturesScreen Agent
Hold Right ⌘ and ask about the window in front of you: when a contract is due, what an error means, who a message is from. With Pro, Screen Agent also speaks up on its own when something on screen needs you, and otherwise stays quiet. It reads only the apps you allow, and never your password manager.
Both need Screen Context, which you turn on in Settings.
“What does this error mean?” The build can’t find the signing certificate. Check the team in your project settings.
Hold Right ⌘ for half a second and ask out loud. MetaChat answers with what is on screen in mind, so you never copy anything into a chat.
At most 10 hints a day, at least an hour apart.
Up to 20 a day, at least half an hour apart.
Up to 60 a day, a few minutes apart.
Screen Agent watches for moments that need you and says something only when it has a specific reason. You set how often; what it holds back waits in the Inbox.
Screen Agent is MetaWhisp’s help for what is on your Mac’s screen. It starts with Screen Context, which is off until you turn it on and grant macOS Screen Recording; MetaWhisp then reads the text of the windows you allow with Apple’s on-device text recognition, without saving screenshots. With that on, hold Right ⌘ for half a second and ask about the window in front of you, on whichever AI you set up: the local model, your key, or Pro. With Pro, Screen Agent also offers hints on its own: at a pace you choose, never during meetings, and each hint shows which app and what time it read from. Hints it holds back wait in an Inbox you open with ⌘⌥O. Four apps stay off limits whatever you set: Apple Passwords, Keychain Access, 1Password and Bitwarden.
You decide what it may read. Some things it never reads.
Switch apps on or off. The lock does not move.
No. Screen Context stays off until you switch it on in Settings, and macOS then asks for the Screen Recording permission. Without it MetaWhisp does not look at your screen at all.
Asking about your screen works with whichever AI you set up, the free local model included. The hints Screen Agent offers on its own are part of Pro.
The ones you allow. Choose a blocklist, where everything except the apps you name is read, or an allowlist, where only the apps you name are; an empty allowlist reads nothing. Four apps are never read, whatever you set: Apple Passwords, Keychain Access, 1Password and Bitwarden. AI assistant windows are skipped too.
It reads the text in a window with Apple’s on-device text recognition and saves no screenshots. An optional Visual mode, off by default, can send one image of the window, at most 1280 pixels, kept only in memory. Screen text is kept on your Mac for 30 days by default, and you can delete it in Settings.
You set the pace. Quiet allows up to 10 hints a day, at least an hour apart; Balanced up to 20, half an hour apart; Frequent up to 60, minutes apart. Hints it holds back wait in the Inbox, and it stays silent during meetings.
Yes. Every hint shows which app and what time it read from, and it may only point to text MetaWhisp actually captured. If a hint is not useful, mark it as Not helpful.
Free for Mac. Screen Agent hints come with Pro.
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