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It's built for the couch: speak the adjustment and it happens.",[26,1029,1031],{"id":1030},"how-to-use-it","How to use it",[16,1033,1034,1035,597,1037,1039],{},"Trigger voice input (default ",[114,1036,485],{},[114,1038,490],{}," on macOS) and say what you want in plain language:",[228,1041,1042,1045,1048],{},[151,1043,1044],{},"\"Make it bigger\"",[151,1046,1047],{},"\"Switch to upscale\"",[151,1049,1050],{},"\"Crop the black bars\"",[16,1052,1053],{},"UltraWideo interprets the command and applies the matching setting.",[26,1055,1057],{"id":1056},"microphone-permission","Microphone permission",[16,1059,1060,1061,1064],{},"The first time you use voice on a website, the browser asks for microphone permission. This is ",[41,1062,1063],{},"per-site",", so you'll see the prompt again on a new domain — granting it once per site is expected, not a glitch.",[26,1066,36],{"id":35},[16,1068,1069,1070,1073,1074,1077],{},"Voice maps onto the same controls you'd otherwise reach for by hand — ",[20,1071,1072],{"href":22},"modes",", scale, and ",[20,1075,1076],{"href":873},"letterbox cropping"," — so anything you can set in the panel, you can ask for out loud.",{"title":51,"searchDepth":52,"depth":52,"links":1079},[1080,1081,1082],{"id":1030,"depth":52,"text":1031},{"id":1056,"depth":52,"text":1057},{"id":35,"depth":52,"text":36},"Speak the setting and UltraWideo applies it – hands-free adjusting from across the room. AI-powered, and a Pro feature.","i-lucide-mic",{},10,{"title":1022,"description":1083},{"loc":555,"lastmod":66},"guides\u002Fvoice-control","Just say what you want – \"make it bigger\", \"crop the black bars\".","cv3s_OaWBMc4xcP99VmTUggZ6HkIWiODK1VnQdFTRC8",{"id":1093,"title":48,"body":1094,"description":1146,"extension":57,"icon":1147,"meta":1148,"navigation":60,"order":1149,"path":47,"schemaOrg":63,"seo":1150,"sitemap":1151,"stem":1152,"summary":1153,"tier":69,"updatedAt":66,"__hash__":1154},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fcloud-sync.md",{"type":13,"value":1095,"toc":1140},[1096,1099,1101,1104,1108,1115,1119,1130,1132],[16,1097,1098],{},"Cloud Sync (Pro) keeps your settings with you everywhere. Set things up once and they follow you across browsers and devices — no exporting, no redoing your config after a reinstall.",[26,1100,29],{"id":28},[16,1102,1103],{},"Change a setting in one browser and it appears in another browser signed in to the same license. Your modes, per-site configs, scale values, and preferences all travel with you.",[26,1105,1107],{"id":1106},"checking-the-status","Checking the status",[16,1109,1110,1111,1114],{},"The account row at the bottom of the panel shows the sync state. ",[41,1112,1113],{},"Synced"," (green) means everything is up to date and mirrored to your other devices.",[26,1116,1118],{"id":1117},"when-it-helps","When it helps",[228,1120,1121,1124,1127],{},[151,1122,1123],{},"Reinstalling the extension without losing your setup",[151,1125,1126],{},"Switching to a new machine",[151,1128,1129],{},"Moving between Chrome and Firefox and keeping one consistent configuration",[26,1131,36],{"id":35},[16,1133,1134,1135,302,1137,1139],{},"Cloud Sync is what makes ",[20,1136,714],{"href":810},[20,1138,11],{"href":62}," truly effortless — configure a site once and that config is waiting for you on every device you sign in on.",{"title":51,"searchDepth":52,"depth":52,"links":1141},[1142,1143,1144,1145],{"id":28,"depth":52,"text":29},{"id":1106,"depth":52,"text":1107},{"id":1117,"depth":52,"text":1118},{"id":35,"depth":52,"text":36},"Your settings follow you across browsers and devices – reinstall, switch machines, or move between Chrome and Firefox without redoing a thing. 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