I would like to keep BlahST local only and so far have avoided adding features that will break that rule, but in principle, the framework is sound and general enough to be extended beyond the local modality. Local LLMs are great in many ways but some users may not like the idea of setting up a local LLM, yet, would like to interact with one using BlahST.
Many online options are available, including Google's Gemini - accessible from any Chrome browser by using the already existing omnibox shortcut @gemini.

BlahST could become a speech-input gateway to Gemini by adding , for example, yet another wake word such as "Hey Gemini" followed by a question and simply pasting that in the address bar of Chrome, no extensions needed. The idea is to simply press the BlahST hotkey and speak something like:

Hey Gemini, what are the basic rules of the game of Go?

with the expectation that a running or a new instance of Chrome will be available to receive the formatted speech input.

In terms of the code that might provide such functionality in wsiAI it could look like this:

   elif [[ "$str" == Assistant*  ]]; then
       #existing code here....

   #ask gemini:
   elif [[ $str == *[Gg]emini* ]]; then 
       str=${str#*emini(, | |! )}
       chrome_gemini_ask "${str}"
       AUTOPASTE=0
  #existing code ...

where the function chrome_gemini_ask could be defined beforehand to be something like this:

chrome_gemini_ask() {
  local query="$1"
  if ! pidof -q chrome; then
    echo "Chrome Not Running" "Attempting to start Chrome..."
    /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --multi-profiles --user-data-dir=$HOME/.config/your_custom_profile &
    sleep 1
    if ! pidof -q chrome; then
      notify-send "Failed to Start" "Failed to start Chrome. Please check your installation."
      return 1
    fi
  fi  
  chromewid=$(xdotool search --maxdepth 2 --limit 1 --onlyvisible --class --classname --name "Chrome")
  if [[ -z "$chromewid" ]]; then
    notify-send "Not Found" "Could not find a Chrome window."
    return 1
  fi  
  xdotool windowactivate "$chromewid"
  sleep 0.2
  xdotool key ctrl+l
  echo -n "@gemini" | xsel -ib
  sleep 0.1
  xdotool key ctrl+V
  sleep 0.1
  xdotool key space
  sleep 0.1
  echo "$query" | xsel -ib
  xdotool key ctrl+V
  sleep 0.1 
  return 0
}

This should conveniently format the question and paste it in the address bar, ready to be inspected and sent to Gemini.

Just another idea to extend the functionality of BlahST.

Please, feel free to use this discussion to suggest other ways of using the universal speech input of BlahST for automating and enhancing the Linux user experience.