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Wave K — SoA research, 10 net-new features

Date: 2026 · Tier: design/ — public engineering research · Author: Mohsen Seyedkazemi Ardebili Companion: fed adr-v2-085 through adr-v2-094. See the waves index.

A snapshot of the field, kept as the research record behind the ADRs it fed. Feature status should be checked against yazses features and the linked ADRs, not this note.

All on-device, off by default, distinct from the 82 features existing before this wave (v2 + Waves D-J). Ranked strongest-first; anchors web-verified at the time (2025-2026). Prioritized for accessibility and "needs local keyboard/window/selection/clipboard state" — the class of feature a cloud tool can't reach.

  1. Chorded Shortcut Synthesis — parse an arbitrary spoken modifier+key chord on the fly ("press control shift P", "escape twice", "hit F5") and inject it — not a pre-registered macro. Anchor: Apple Vocal Shortcuts (iOS 18, on-device), Talon chords, Apple Voice Control. Pure: parse_chord(text) → KeyChords, reuses the existing key-sequence injector. The biggest motor win in the set. → adr-v2-085.
  2. Focus-Class Auto-Profile Switching — the daemon watches the focused window's app class and auto-activates the matching profile (grammar/vocab/cleanup/verbatim/injector). Anchor: Talon app-context, wlrctl/GNOME Window Calls/KWin/AT-SPI. Pure: resolve_profile(window_class, map); focus-poller deferred to the platform layer. Distinct from manual per-app modes (automatic). → adr-v2-094.
  3. Voice Undo/Redo Timeline — a ring of the daemon's own injection events so you can undo/redo its output across bursts by voice ("undo the last sentence", "go back before I said X"), even where Ctrl+Z is unreliable. Anchor: VoiceRev / Commanding-and-Re-Dictation TOCHI. Pure: InjectionTimeline (append + undo(scope)/redo → backspace/retype deltas). The highest-leverage core in the set (also unlocks #8). → adr-v2-089.
  4. Voice Case & Identifier Transform on Selection — "make this snake_case / Title Case / camelCase" over the clipboard selection. Anchor: Cursorless format actions, Serenade. Pure: transform_case(text, style); uses the existing clipboard. Distinct from Spoken Code Mode (dictates new vs transforms existing). → adr-v2-087.
  5. Auto-Pairing & Wrap-Selection for Code — balance () [] {} "" '' ``, "wrap this in parens". Anchor: Serenade enclosure handling, Cursorless wrap. Pure:balance_delimiters+wrap`. Balancing/wrapping semantics literal dictation lacks. → adr-v2-088.
  6. Inline Compute — "what's 15% of 240" → types 36; date math. Anchor: Apple Math Notes (iOS 18). Pure: evaluate(expr) safe arithmetic/percent grammar (ast); sympy/date-math deferred. Distinct from unit conversion/LaTeX/temporal (evaluates vs converts/formats). → adr-v2-086.
  7. Spoken Table → CSV / Field Data Entry — "row: Ada, 1815, London" → tab/comma cells + cadence (cell→Tab, row→Enter). Anchor: Vocal Forms (IJSREM 2025), VaaniSevak offline. Pure: rows_to_delimited + cadence machine. Distinct from Spreadsheet (nav vs bulk entry). → adr-v2-091.
  8. Session Bookmarks & Resume — "bookmark here", "jump to my last bookmark"; anchors map to timeline positions (builds on #3). Anchor: VoiceRev / Just-Speak-It UIST. Pure: BookmarkStore. Distinct from Spoken Recall (positions vs content). → adr-v2-090.
  9. Word-Count & Writing-Goal Tracker — "how many words so far?", spoken goal progress via read-back. Anchor: eyes-free editing (UIST). Pure: WordGoalTracker. Eyes-free utility. → adr-v2-092.
  10. Local Voice Timer / Break Reminder — "remind me in 20 minutes to stretch", pomodoro; local notification. Anchor: Stretchly microbreaks, MTD/RSI vocal-rest literature. Pure: parse_duration(text) + TimerScheduler; notification backend deferred. Distinct from Vocal-Strain Guard (user-set timer vs strain signal). → adr-v2-093.

Ship-now pure (do first)

1 parse_chord, #6 evaluate, #4 transform_case, #5 balance_delimiters/wrap — cleanest

dependency-free cores; #3 InjectionTimeline is the highest-leverage slightly-larger core (unlocks #8). Caveats from the original sweep: #2's auto-switch is anchored to Talon app-context (an ongoing product, not one paper); #8/#9 lean on established eyes-free-editing literature rather than a single result.

Citations here have not been re-verified against research/verify_refs.py.