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Overview dashboard

Overview is your home screen after you open Kalam. It summarizes the last week of dictation — time saved, speaking pace, words, where you dictated, and how consistently you used capture — then lists your latest transcripts and any notes due today. Use it to see progress at a glance, not to manage settings.

What you see​

The page opens with a time-of-day greeting and the subtitle Here's what's happening today. Below that is the dashboard of tiles and charts, then Recent history and Due today reminders.

KPI tiles​

TileWhat it means
Time savedEstimated minutes (or hours) you would have spent typing at a 40 WPM baseline, minus time spent dictating. A percent chip compares this week to last week. When you are signed in with stats across devices, the headline can show account-wide savings; a subline may note this device’s share.
Speaking paceYour average dictation speed in WPM for the week, compared to the 40 WPM typing baseline.
Words this weekTotal words dictated in the last 7 days, with a rough page estimate (~250 words per page).

If you have not dictated yet this week, a banner appears: Ready to boost your productivity? with a reminder to press your hotkey.

Charts and secondary tiles​

SectionWhat it shows
Time saved trendEstimated minutes saved each day this week (solid area) versus last week (dashed line).
Top destinationsDonut of dictation captures by app over 7 days. Center total is labeled Captures.
Words this week (chart tile)Day-by-day word bars for the week; may also show an all-time word total.
Capture consistencyCurrent day streak plus a 14-day activity strip (green when you dictated that day).
Response latencyAverage speech-to-text response time over the last 7 days, in milliseconds.

Show secondary insights reveals two more tiles:

  • Activity patterns — heatmap of captures by weekday and time of day (Night, Morning, Afternoon, Evening) for 7 days.
  • Typical capture length — average session length in seconds, and average words per dictation when available.

A link at the bottom of the dashboard area opens Dictation pill — position & appearance so you can adjust the on-screen pill without leaving Overview.

Recent and Due today​

SectionContents
RecentUp to a few of your latest dictations. Each row shows the transcript, a dictation or capture chip, recognition path (for example Groq (Cloud)), language, time, duration, and a Copy control. See all opens History.
Due todayNotes with a reminder due on today’s calendar date. Empty state: Nothing due today. Notes opens the Notes list.
Reading the chips

dictation means normal typing into the focused app. capture means a command-style session (for example a voice action). Recognition chips show the speech provider and path (Cloud, Local, Hybrid, or Auto). See Speech-to-text modes.

How to read the numbers​

  1. Treat Time saved as an estimate against typing at 40 WPM — useful for trends, not a stopwatch.
  2. Prefer week-over-week deltas and the Time saved trend chart when judging whether you are dictating more.
  3. Use Top destinations to see which apps you dictate into most.
  4. Use Capture consistency and the streak when you want a habit signal rather than volume.
  5. Open a Recent row to review the full transcript, or a Due today row to open that note.
Stats across devices

If you are signed in and Kalam can load an account stats summary, Time saved may reflect savings across your devices for the week. Local-only installs show device-week estimates only. Syncing workspace data is a paid feature — see Sync across devices and Account.

Plan notes​

CapabilityFreePro / TrialMax
Overview stats and chartsYes (this device)YesYes
Account-wide time-saved summary when signed inYes, when stats are availableYesYes
Cross-device workspace sync (notes, dictionary, modes)NoYesYes