A Gemini key isn’t required for Wordiv to work — one Groq key is enough for that. But Gemini is the only engine that powers speaker separation and image analysis, and it’s also the strongest one for Hebrew transcription and text processing. This guide covers the whole thing, from the button in Settings to picking the engine.
Anything marked in pink in the screenshots is what you click or fill in. When a screenshot has more than one marker, the numbers show the order.
Click the Get a key button.
If your browser isn’t signed in to your Google account, you’ll need to sign in with it. If you’re already signed in, make sure the bottom-left corner shows your Google account, then click Create API Key.
Give the API key a name in English — wordiv, for example. Leave it on Default Gemini Project and click Create key.
In the window that opens, click Copy key to copy the API key you were given, then close the window.
The key you just made runs on the Free tier, and that is perfectly enough for dictation, translation and the text fixes. There are two reasons to attach a payment method anyway. First, the heavier features — the voice assistant, reading text off the screen, speaker separation, file transcription and image generation — stall on the free tier, which looks like the app has crashed. Second, and more important: Google’s own terms say that on the free tier it uses what you send to improve its products, that human reviewers may read it, and that you should not send it sensitive or personal information — and on the paid tier none of the three applies. Note that this is a switch, not a safety net: the moment billing is on, the project leaves the free tier and every request is billed, and you can turn it back off at any point. Click Set up billing. The same screen is also where you rename the key, or delete it.
The Set up your Google Cloud Billing account window opens. Check that the country shown is the right one and click Agree & continue. The email-updates box is optional — leave it unticked if you would rather not get them.
Now confirm the details: check that your contact information is up to date, and choose a payment method. If you have no card saved yet, Change opens the card window — the next step. Then click Submit.
In Add credit or debit card, enter the card number, the expiry date and security code, and the cardholder’s name — every field is required. Click Save card.
Finally, Google asks you to load some credit onto the account. The suggested amounts are fairly large, but Other amount lets you enter your own — the minimum right now is about ₪15 (roughly $4), which is plenty for normal use. Auto-reload can be left off, so the account never tops itself up on its own when the credit runs out. Click Continue, and that is it.
Go back to the Settings window and paste the Gemini API key into the matching field.
A window opens showing your API key for ten seconds, so you can check that you copied the right one. After 10 seconds it closes, and the key is never shown again.
Under AI engines you can pick Gemini as the model for Transcription (speech → text) — it’s the strongest one for Hebrew. You can pick it the same way in the Text AI menu right below it.
From now on Wordiv can use Gemini for transcription, text processing, speaker separation and image analysis. The key is stored on your own computer.
You can come back to this screen any time from Settings in the Wordiv menu.
