# General Settings

### Where to find settings

Open **Settings** from the main toolbar or the **View** menu. Settings are organised into tabs across the top of the settings panel.

### AI Settings

* **Provider** – select OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, Mistral, or a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint
* **API key** – enter and save your key for the selected provider; keys are stored locally in your user data folder
* **Model** – choose which model to use for AI translation and the Chat assistant
* **Temperature** – controls how creative vs. literal the AI output is (lower = more consistent)
* **Max tokens** – upper limit on response length

See [Setting Up API Keys](/help/get-started-1/api-keys.md) for step-by-step instructions.

### Project settings

* **Default source language / target language** – pre-filled when creating new projects
* **Autosave interval** – how often the current segment is saved automatically (in seconds); set to 0 to disable

### Voice settings

The [🎤 Voice top tab](/help/voice/overview.md) contains all voice command and dictation settings (engine, model, sensitivity, push-to-talk mode). They are not duplicated here – open the Voice tab directly to configure them.

### Related pages

* [Setting Up API Keys](/help/get-started-1/api-keys.md)
* [AI Translation Overview](/help/ai-translation/overview.md)
* [Theme (Light/Dark Mode)](/help/settings-1/theme.md)
* [Keyboard Shortcuts](/help/settings-1/shortcuts.md)


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