Every shortcut, grouped by what it does. All core relay, capture, voice and protection features run locally on your PC.
Connected means Browser Relay and SafeRelay Desktop can talk to each other. Armed means a specific app or tab was chosen as a destination. Being connected never pastes anything — only armed destinations receive a relay.
Ctrl+Shift+8 starts a relay in the browser; Ctrl+Shift+9 starts one on the Desktop. "Origin" is where the text comes from, not where it ends up — either can reach armed destinations on both sides.
First 7 days: full access. After the trial: basic features keep working, Pro capabilities are gated. A valid Pro license restores everything — verified fully offline.
The core of SafeRelay — highlight, press a key, and the protected text arrives in your armed targets.
Highlight text in a browser tab and press the shortcut — the extension protects the text and relays it to your armed browser tabs. With Desktop Integration ON and Desktop connected, the same protected text is also pasted into Desktop apps you armed with Ctrl+Alt+T. Change it at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.
Highlight text in any app (Word, Notepad, a terminal), press the hotkey — SafeRelay runs DLP redaction once and pastes the protected result into every app you armed with Ctrl+Alt+T. With Desktop Integration ON, browser tabs armed beforehand receive it too. If no Desktop app is armed, it falls back to Alt+Tab → paste. Terminals receive Shift+Insert automatically.
Sends whatever is already on your clipboard through DLP and pastes the redacted result into the previous window (Alt+Tab + paste) — no copy keystroke sent. Use it when you've already copied via a button or terminal selection. It never sends Enter.
Highlight text and relay it through the Smart Router — SafeRelay copies the current selection, redacts it, and routes it to an armed app or the clipboard depending on what's available.
Highlight any word or phrase in any app, then press this hotkey — SafeRelay adds it to your Custom Protected Terms (a local list in your settings). It's redacted in every relay flow immediately, no restart. Free: up to 3 terms. Trial & Pro: unlimited.
Ctrl+Shift+9 (not Ctrl+Shift+C) to avoid conflicting with Chromium DevTools. Ctrl+Shift+8 and Ctrl+Shift+9 are the two relay starting points: browser and Desktop.
Draw a rectangle on any screen, then choose an action: Safe OCR + Redact or Extract text only (both local), or an AI command (translate, summarize, explain code, custom prompt). Results are DLP-protected before they reach your clipboard. Available during the trial and with Pro.
Drag a screen region, then choose what to do with it. The image can be relayed directly into your armed Desktop target (no window switching), or saved. Redact + Save runs local OCR and writes a protected result.
Switch to the app you want to relay into, then press this hotkey to arm it. The tray shows "Armed: app.exe". Arming only makes the app eligible — it never pastes by itself. Armed apps are per-session.
Takes whatever is on your clipboard, runs it through DLP, and pastes the protected result once into the Desktop app you armed with Ctrl+Alt+T, then returns focus. It does not copy your selection — copy first. To relay a highlighted selection directly, use Ctrl+Alt+R. Terminals receive Shift+Insert automatically.
Opens a window picker. Ctrl+click to select multiple targets — relay to all of them at once with "Paste to selected".
Ctrl+Alt+T, then go to Tray → Targets → Add Named Target to save it permanently under a short name.
An optional mode you switch on from the tray. It's OFF every time SafeRelay Desktop starts. While OFF, Ctrl+C is an ordinary copy. While ON, a normal Ctrl+C copies as usual, then SafeRelay redacts the copied text, switches focus to your previous window and pastes — a focus-directed teleport. Separate from Ctrl+Shift+8/9, and SafeRelay's own internal copy steps never trigger it.
Ctrl+V is never intercepted by SafeRelay. Only the chords listed in this guide are SafeRelay hotkeys.Records your microphone. Press Stop when done — transcript lands on your clipboard. Transcribed locally; audio is never uploaded. The speech model downloads once (~74 MB), then works offline.
Captures your speaker output (WASAPI loopback) and transcribes it locally. Useful for calls, meetings, or video audio. Audio is never uploaded.
Continuous capture — records in rolling windows, transcribes locally, and saves the protected transcript to your Desktop. Toggle on/off. Available during the trial and with Pro.
Every hotkey at a glance. All processing is local unless noted.
| Hotkey | Action | Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Safe Capture palette (OCR, Extract, AI commands) | Local; AI commands use your provider |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Screenshot Relay | Local only |
| Ctrl+Shift+8 | Browser Relay — browser-origin | Local only |
| Ctrl+Shift+9 | Text Relay — desktop-origin | Local only |
| Ctrl+Shift+B | Paste Relay | Local only |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | SelectionRelay (current selection) | Local only |
| Ctrl+Alt+G | Protect Selection / Custom Term | Local only |
| Ctrl+C (Hyper-Drive ON) | Focus-directed teleport (OFF = ordinary copy) | Local only |
| Ctrl+Alt+W | Voice Transcription | Local only |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | System Audio | Local only |
| Ctrl+Alt+M | Meeting Notes | Local only |
| Ctrl+Alt+T | Arm Desktop app | Local only |
| Ctrl+Alt+V | AppRelay Paste (clipboard → armed app) | Local only |
| Ctrl+Alt+P | Choose Target | Local only |