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title: Installation
description: Install Goldfish, sign in, and grant the permissions it needs.
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## Install and sign in

Open the app after installing. Goldfish asks you to sign in with Google or
with an email and password. A free account works out of the box.

## Permissions

- **macOS**: Goldfish asks for the Accessibility permission. This is how it
  reads on-screen text and writes into text fields, so the app cannot work
  without it. Grant it in System Settings, Privacy and Security,
  Accessibility.
- **Microphone**: only needed if you turn on voice dictation.
- **Windows**: no special permission is required.

:::note
Curious what the Accessibility permission gives Goldfish access to, and what
happens with that data? The [Privacy](/privacy) page covers the whole flow.
:::

## Next step

Take [the tutorial](/get-started/tutorial): it teaches the Goldfish key in
two minutes, on a real text box.