THE PAD FOR CODEX / PORCELAIN

Your Codex tasks.
Within reach.

Nine lanes for the work already in motion.
Hold to talk. Let your Mac answer back.

MADE FOR iPAD · CONNECTED TO YOUR MAC

FROM PHYSICAL TO POSSIBLE

A familiar feeling.
A whole new surface.

The idea of a dedicated controller. The possibilities of an iPad.

01 — THE TACTILE IDEASCROLL TO TRANSFORM ↓
MICRO CONTROLLERTHE iPAD APP

A concept inspired by Work Louder’s Codex Micro ↗. Reimagined for SpeakEasy.

09A place for every taskOne Codex task per lane
A direct line to your MacHold to speak, release to send
Keep the conversation goingReplies read back to you
WHAT IT'S FOR

Every running task
gets its own key.
All nine on one screen.

ONE LANE PER TASK — NINE ON THE PAD, TWELVE ON THE MICRO DECK.

YOUR TASKS, WITHIN REACH

One key for each
Codex task.

Choose a task. See where it left off. Hold to speak when you’re ready to move it forward.

Your message goes to the task you selected, and its reply comes back here. Switch keys to pick up another conversation.

Explore the Deck · Select a channel to see its conversation. Example tasks shown.

Pick up where you left off.The selected task’s latest reply is right in front of you.

Talk to the right task.Each key keeps its assignment until you change it.

Room for more.Micro Deck offers twelve task keys plus playback controls.

KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING

Your next instruction.
Just say it.

A task needs your direction. Choose its channel, hold the speak bar, and tell it what to do next. Release to send your words to that same Codex conversation—without reaching for the keyboard.

FOR EXAMPLE

“Make the sidebar warmer, then show me the updated preview.”

01 · CHOOSE

Pick the task.

The selected channel is where your message will go.

02 · HOLD & TALK

Say what’s next.

Keep the bar pressed while you speak. Your Mac turns your voice into text.

03 · RELEASE

Continue the conversation.

Let go to send. The task’s reply comes back to its channel, ready to read or hear.

Voice input works in the connected app. The preview above uses example conversations.

ANATOMY

What the controls do.

1 2 3 4 5 6
BRG
MIC
QUE
LN 1
speakeasy
LIVE
LN 2
scout
IDLE
LN 3
LN 4
dewey
IDLE
LN 5
speakeasy
QUEUED
LN 6
LN 7
landing
IDLE
LN 8
LN 9
HOLD TO SPEAKLANE 01
RPLY
AUTO
ACTV
  1. 01
    Encoder

    Narration volume. Press it to pause playback; the task keeps running.

  2. 02
    Speaker grille

    Status voice for binds, confirmations, and errors. Playback goes to your speakers or headphones.

  3. 03
    Status LEDs

    Bridge, mic, and queue depth. If the bridge LED is dark, the Mac isn't connected and sends won't go through.

  4. 04
    Lane pads ×9

    One exact Codex task each, with its project, branch, last exchange, and state.

  5. 05
    Transport

    REPLAY the last answer, STOP narration, AUTO-narrate completions, ACTIVITY inbox.

  6. 06
    Hold to speak

    Momentary button, on-device Parakeet ASR. Releasing it sends the transcript once, to the bound task.

ONE TURN, END TO END

The signal path.

Dictation and narration both attach to the same Codex task, so there's no second conversation to merge back in later.

HOLDLANE 01 · MOMENTARY
TRANSCRIBEPARAKEET · ON YOUR MAC
ROUTEEXACT TASK ID
CODEX REPLIESTHREAD f89f1953
NARRATENATIVE PLAYER · 1.25×
SAME CONVERSATION

Your dictation and Codex's reply stay in the same task. SpeakEasy handles voice and playback; it doesn't run a conversation of its own.

ROUTED BY TASK ID

Sends are addressed by exact task ID, not by title, recency, folder, or window focus. If the binding can't be verified, the send stops.

DURABLE QUEUE

The queue is on disk, so it survives a relaunch. What you said arrives once, in order, even if the iPad slept in between.

PLAYBACK

Answers come back
as audio you can scrub.

Scrub the reply, change the speed, replay the last exchange with RPLY, or turn on AUTO to have completions narrated as tasks finish. The full text is still in Codex; this is for when you'd rather listen than read.

SCRUB · 0.5–2× SPEED · VOLUME ON THE ENCODER · DURABLE QUEUE

LANE 01 · spk-web · THREAD f89f1953
0:18 / 1:42CODEX REPLIED
RPLY 1.25× 0.5× READ TRANSCRIPT
FIVE FINISHES

Five themes,
same layout.

Tap one to repaint this page. It's the same CSS token set the deck itself uses.

PAPERWARM CREAM
FLIGHTCOOL STEEL
OBSIDIANTRUE BLACK
EMBERWARM DARK
PORCELAINSHOWN

WHAT YOU NEED

THE PAD is an iPadOS app, and it does not work alone. It needs SpeakEasy and Codex Desktop running on an Apple silicon Mac. That Mac holds the Parakeet model, the narration voices, and the bridge the nine lanes bind to.

Put both on the same Wi-Fi and choose your Mac in the app. Complete the connection and permission steps shown in Settings → Deck.

INTEGRATION BOUNDARY — THE CODEX BRIDGE USES PRIVATE, VERSION-CHECKED CODEX DESKTOP IPC AND FAILS CLOSED ON INCOMPATIBILITY. IT IS NOT PRESENTED AS A SUPPORTED PUBLIC CODEX API. SPEECH IS TRANSCRIBED BY THE PAIRED MAC; NO ARACH SPEECH SERVER SITS IN THE PATH.

GET THE PAD

Start with your Mac.

Download SpeakEasy for Mac, then choose your companion. Use the browser Deck today; the native iPad beta is awaiting Apple approval.

STEP 01 · ON YOUR MAC

Download SpeakEasy for Mac.

Open the DMG, drag SpeakEasy to Applications, and launch it. Settings → Deck walks you through connecting your agents and devices. No source build required.

DOWNLOAD DMG · 0.3.0

PASTE INTO CODEX

Install SpeakEasy 0.3.0 on this Mac. Download and inspect https://github.com/arach/SpeakEasy/releases/download/v0.3.0/install-speakeasy.sh, then run it. Do not build from source or bypass Gatekeeper. Use the installer’s checksum, Developer ID, notarization, and exact-version checks. When SpeakEasy opens Settings → Deck, tell me which human-only permissions or setup steps remain.

Signed and notarized. Release notes and checksums. Prefer agent-assisted setup? Copy the prompt above.

MACOS 14+ APPLE SILICON · CODEX DESKTOP

STEP 02 · ON YOUR IPAD

Your iPad beta, next.

The native SpeakEasy Deck beta is awaiting Apple approval; public installs open after review. The TestFlight invitation is ready to view.

VIEW TESTFLIGHT BETA ↗

A native iPad companion. The Mac app is a separate download. Leave your email below if you would like to hear when the beta opens.

IPADOS 26+ · IPAD · HOW WE HANDLE YOUR EMAIL