> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.voqal.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Zero to natural speech programming in under 5 minutes

To use Voqal, you will need one key:

* A [Google API](https://ai.google.dev/pricing) access key (for multimodal inferencing)

Google is currently offering a free tier for Gemini 1.5 flash, which is the current recommended model to use with Voqal.

## Acquire Google API key

* Go to [Google AI Studio](https://ai.google.dev/pricing)
* Sign up for a free account or login to your existing account
* Click the "Get API key" button to create a new API key
* Copy the API key to your clipboard

## Install plugin

1. Navigate to your JetBrains IDE.
2. Press `CTRL+ALT+S` to open the `Settings` dialog and then go to `Plugins`.
3. Open the `Marketplace` tab.
4. Search for `Voqal`.
5. Press `Install`.
6. Click `OK` in the `Settings` dialog.

## Configure plugin

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/voqaldev/nuTETbQPgDUb__K_/images/configuration.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=nuTETbQPgDUb__K_&q=85&s=bbf4bdfee47b1a82f33fe83bd998bba8" width="1476" height="1141" data-path="images/configuration.png" />

Voqal can be configured in the IDE settings under:

* Settings -> Tools -> Voqal

## Speak up

That's all there is to it. Voqal doesn't use wake words or keywords, so you can start coding right away.
Go ahead and say hello!


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