diff --git a/app/src/components/terminal/SttButton.tsx b/app/src/components/terminal/SttButton.tsx
index 4e83e02..3997cdc 100644
--- a/app/src/components/terminal/SttButton.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/terminal/SttButton.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { useSTT } from "../../hooks/useSTT";
+import type { SttState } from "../../hooks/useSTT";
 import * as commands from "../../lib/tauri-commands";
 
 interface Props {
-  sessionId: string;
-  sendInput: (sessionId: string, data: string) => Promise<void>;
+  state: SttState;
+  error: string | null;
+  onToggle: () => Promise<void>;
+  onCancel: () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
-export default function SttButton({ sessionId, sendInput }: Props) {
-  const { state, error, toggle, cancelRecording } = useSTT(sessionId, sendInput);
+export default function SttButton({ state, error, onToggle, onCancel }: Props) {
   const [elapsed, setElapsed] = useState(0);
   const timerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null>(null);
 
@@ -40,17 +41,17 @@ export default function SttButton({ sessionId, sendInput }: Props) {
         // Container start failed, toggle will still attempt transcription
       }
     }
-    await toggle();
-  }, [state, toggle]);
+    await onToggle();
+  }, [state, onToggle]);
 
   const handleContextMenu = useCallback(
     (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
       e.preventDefault();
       if (state === "recording") {
-        cancelRecording();
+        onCancel();
       }
     },
-    [state, cancelRecording],
+    [state, onCancel],
   );
 
   const formatTime = (seconds: number) => {
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export default function SttButton({ sessionId, sendInput }: Props) {
       <button
         onClick={handleClick}
         onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}
+        onMouseDown={(e) => e.preventDefault()} // prevent stealing focus from terminal
         disabled={state === "transcribing"}
         className={`w-8 h-8 rounded-full flex items-center justify-center transition-all cursor-pointer ${
           state === "recording"
@@ -74,10 +76,10 @@ export default function SttButton({ sessionId, sendInput }: Props) {
         }`}
         title={
           state === "recording"
-            ? "Click to stop and transcribe (right-click to cancel)"
+            ? "Click or Ctrl+Shift+M to stop and transcribe"
             : state === "transcribing"
               ? "Transcribing..."
-              : "Speech to text"
+              : "Speech to text (Ctrl+Shift+M)"
         }
       >
         {state === "transcribing" ? (
diff --git a/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx b/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
index 7230561..f0dfc71 100644
--- a/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { openUrl } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-opener";
 import "@xterm/xterm/css/xterm.css";
 import { useTerminal } from "../../hooks/useTerminal";
 import { useAppState } from "../../store/appState";
+import { useSTT } from "../../hooks/useSTT";
 import SttButton from "./SttButton";
 import { awsSsoRefresh } from "../../lib/tauri-commands";
 import { UrlDetector } from "../../lib/urlDetector";
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ export default function TerminalView({ sessionId, active }: Props) {
   const { sendInput, pasteImage, resize, onOutput, onExit } = useTerminal();
   const setTerminalHasSelection = useAppState(s => s.setTerminalHasSelection);
   const sttEnabled = useAppState(s => s.appSettings?.stt?.enabled);
+  const stt = useSTT(sessionId, sendInput);
+  const sttToggleRef = useRef(stt.toggle);
+  sttToggleRef.current = stt.toggle;
 
   const ssoBufferRef = useRef("");
   const ssoTriggeredRef = useRef(false);
@@ -102,6 +106,11 @@ export default function TerminalView({ sessionId, active }: Props) {
         }
         return false; // prevent xterm from processing this key
       }
+      // Ctrl+Shift+M toggles speech-to-text recording
+      if (event.type === "keydown" && event.ctrlKey && event.shiftKey && event.key === "M") {
+        sttToggleRef.current();
+        return false;
+      }
       return true;
     });
 
@@ -427,7 +436,7 @@ export default function TerminalView({ sessionId, active }: Props) {
         {isAutoFollow ? "▼ Following" : "▽ Paused"}
       </button>
       {/* STT mic button - bottom left */}
-      {sttEnabled && <SttButton sessionId={sessionId} sendInput={sendInput} />}
+      {sttEnabled && <SttButton state={stt.state} error={stt.error} onToggle={stt.toggle} onCancel={stt.cancelRecording} />}
       {/* Jump to Current - bottom right, when scrolled up */}
       {!isAtBottom && (
         <button