Global hotkeys
Invoke supported capture actions directly from the desktop.
Capture the screen, video, audio, or text you need. Altace uses that context to answer in Telegram, so you can focus on the question instead of rebuilding the situation from scratch.
The Altace workflow
Deliberate by design
Use the dedicated hotkey for the screen, audio, queue, or text you need.
Ask your question and submit only the context relevant to that request.
Receive the answer in Telegram and ask a relevant follow-up there.
Less manual copying and reconstruction before you can ask for help.
Where Altace runs
macOS 13 Ventura or later
Windows 10 or later
Product demonstration
Capture an unfamiliar error from the desktop, ask about it, receive practical guidance in Telegram, then continue with a follow-up when relevant recent context is available.
Desktop / Error console
POST /api/checkout 200
Error: WebSocket is already in CLOSING or CLOSED state
retry scheduled in 1000ms
Screenshot captured deliberately
“What is causing this?”
Altace
@altace_bot
The request finishes, but its retry timer remains active. When it fires, it tries to reuse a socket that is already closing.
Explanation + next step
Where should I clear the timer?
Clear it when the request settles, then release the socket before scheduling another retry.
Illustrative workflow. Interface and conversation shown as an example.
Rolling audio buffer
Altace keeps a rolling audio buffer on your machine, replaced as it fills. When something worth asking about was just said, press the audio hotkey and Altace uses that recent window to answer in Telegram. You choose the window length in settings: 30, 60, 90, or 120 seconds.
The buffer moves with time. The shaded window is the recent audio Altace can use when you press the hotkey.
Set the window to 30, 60, 90, or 120 seconds in settings.
Rolling video buffer
Altace keeps a rolling video buffer with system audio on your machine. When something worth asking about just happened, press the video hotkey and use that recent window to get an answer in Telegram.
Video frames and system audio move together. The shaded window is the recent clip available when you press the video hotkey.
Set the window to 30 or 60 seconds in settings.
01 / Capabilities
Each supported action has its own shortcut. Nothing here implies that every source is automatically combined into one request.
Invoke supported capture actions directly from the desktop.
Capture a specific desktop view and ask about what is displayed.
Collect related screenshots, then submit them together for one answer.
Capture a configurable recent audio window using its dedicated hotkey.
Capture a configurable recent video window with system audio using its dedicated hotkey.
Continue with relevant recent interaction context when appropriate.
Capture highlighted text and ask about it without retyping it.
02 / Telegram
Altace sends answers to Telegram, so you read them and keep asking where you already talk. In a selected group it responds when you tag @altace_bot or reply directly to one of its messages, and ignores ordinary group conversation. You choose where each answer lands.
Answers arrive in your own chat.
Choose the team groups where answers should appear.
Route answers to team groups and keep your personal chat muted.
Altace
@altace_bot
Growth Team
5 members · replies when mentioned
The frame you captured from the dashboard.
Signups held steady, then dropped. The steepest decline starts after the trial reminder changed.
Reminder copy changed on the 12th.
New onboarding shipped that day too.
↩ Altace
The steepest decline starts after the trial reminder changed.
Can you compare this with last month?
Using the chart you captured earlier: this month is running below last month, and the reminder change is still the clearest difference.
Where it fits
Altace is not limited to one profession or task. These are examples of what you can ask about after deliberately capturing the relevant context.
Make unfamiliar material easier to work with.
Work through problems using the context in front of you.
Develop ideas and continue useful lines of inquiry.
Illustrative examples, not a fixed list of supported uses.
Invite-only desktop release
Start in Telegram, then use the short access form to share your request. It does not create an account or start a checkout.
Already have a key? Get Altace
Request access
Open Altace in Telegram first, then share the requested details through the short form. We'll reach out when an invitation opens up.
Open the access formNo account. No checkout. Invite-only access.
Capture modes are invoked deliberately.
Held on your machine and replaced as it fills.
Never stored in your browser or a page address.