diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 779b787..04b01cf 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ _SETTINGS_KEYS = {
     "faster_whisper_url", "whisper_cpp_url", "groq_api_key", "kokoro_url",
     "whisper_api_key", "tts_api_key", "voice_design_api_key", "elevenlabs_api_key",
     "tts_stability_enabled", "tts_extra_params", "tts_extra_params_by_backend",
+    # Captures settings
+    "stt_language", "stt_preferred_backend",
+    "auto_refine", "refine_model",
+    "refine_fillers", "refine_repetitions", "refine_corrections", "refine_punctuation",
+    "captures_default_voice",
 }
 
 
@@ -497,6 +502,16 @@ def _load_settings() -> dict:
         "tts_stability_enabled": True,
         "tts_extra_params": _TTS_STABILITY_DEFAULT,
         "tts_extra_params_by_backend": _TTS_STABILITY_BY_BACKEND_DEFAULT,
+        # Captures
+        "stt_language":           "",
+        "stt_preferred_backend":  "",
+        "auto_refine":            "off",
+        "refine_model":           "",
+        "refine_fillers":         True,
+        "refine_repetitions":     True,
+        "refine_corrections":     True,
+        "refine_punctuation":     True,
+        "captures_default_voice": "",
     }
     if CONFIG_FILE.exists():
         try:
diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index 0a5511f..8195934 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -1188,6 +1188,59 @@ curl -s "${proxyV1}/audio/speech" \\
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \\
   -d '{"model":"tts-1","voice":"${vdVoice}","input":"This line is generated through the VoiceDesign container.","response_format":"wav"}' \\
   --output voicedesign-virtual.wav`;
+
+  if ($('snippet-mcp-server')) $('snippet-mcp-server').textContent =
+`#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""MCP server — exposes TTS Voice Creator as tools for AI agents.
+Install: pip install mcp httpx
+Run:     python3 tts_mcp_server.py
+"""
+import base64, httpx
+from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
+
+BASE = "${proxyV1}"
+mcp = FastMCP("tts-voice-creator")
+
+@mcp.tool()
+async def list_voices() -> list:
+    """Return all active TTS voice IDs."""
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as c:
+        r = await c.get(f"{BASE}/models")
+        return [m["id"] for m in r.json().get("data", [])]
+
+@mcp.tool()
+async def speak(text: str, voice: str = "${voice}", format: str = "mp3") -> str:
+    """Synthesize text to speech. Returns base64-encoded audio bytes."""
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60) as c:
+        r = await c.post(f"{BASE}/audio/speech",
+            json={"model": "tts-1", "voice": voice,
+                  "input": text, "response_format": format})
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        return base64.b64encode(r.content).decode()
+
+@mcp.tool()
+async def transcribe(audio_b64: str, language: str = "") -> str:
+    """Transcribe base64-encoded audio to text via the configured STT endpoint."""
+    audio = base64.b64decode(audio_b64)
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60) as c:
+        files = {"file": ("audio.wav", audio, "audio/wav")}
+        data = {"language": language} if language else {}
+        r = await c.post(f"{BASE}/audio/transcriptions", files=files, data=data)
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        return r.json().get("text", "")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    mcp.run()`;
+
+  if ($('snippet-mcp-claude-config')) $('snippet-mcp-claude-config').textContent =
+`{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "tts-voice-creator": {
+      "command": "python3",
+      "args": ["/path/to/tts_mcp_server.py"]
+    }
+  }
+}`;
 }
 document.querySelectorAll('.copy-snippet').forEach(btn => btn.addEventListener('click', async () => {
   const el = $(btn.dataset.snippet);
@@ -1948,6 +2001,22 @@ async function loadSettings() {
   $('s-output-dir').value       = s.output_dir           || '';
   const themeEl = $('s-theme-select');
   if (themeEl) themeEl.value = document.documentElement.dataset.theme || 'dark';
+  // Captures settings
+  const sttLang = $('s-stt-language'); if (sttLang) sttLang.value = s.stt_language || '';
+  const sttPref = $('s-stt-preferred-backend'); if (sttPref) sttPref.value = s.stt_preferred_backend || '';
+  const autoRef = $('s-auto-refine'); if (autoRef) autoRef.value = s.auto_refine || 'off';
+  const refModel = $('s-refine-model'); if (refModel) refModel.value = s.refine_model || '';
+  const rfFill = $('s-refine-fillers'); if (rfFill) rfFill.checked = s.refine_fillers !== false;
+  const rfRep = $('s-refine-repetitions'); if (rfRep) rfRep.checked = s.refine_repetitions !== false;
+  const rfCorr = $('s-refine-corrections'); if (rfCorr) rfCorr.checked = s.refine_corrections !== false;
+  const rfPunc = $('s-refine-punctuation'); if (rfPunc) rfPunc.checked = s.refine_punctuation !== false;
+  // Default capture voice dropdown
+  const cvSel = $('s-captures-default-voice');
+  if (cvSel && window._voices) {
+    const cur = s.captures_default_voice || '';
+    cvSel.innerHTML = '<option value="">None — select manually</option>' +
+      (window._voices || []).map(v => `<option value="${escHtml(v.name)}" ${v.name === cur ? 'selected' : ''}>${escHtml(v.display_name || v.name)}</option>`).join('');
+  }
   await refreshTtsBackendAvailability();
   renderSettingsAbout();
 }
@@ -2023,6 +2092,15 @@ document.addEventListener('click', async e => { if (!e.target.closest('.s-save-b
       voice_design_api_key: $('s-vd-key').value,
       voices_scan_dir:      $('s-voices-scan-dir').value,
       output_dir:           $('s-output-dir').value,
+      stt_language:             $('s-stt-language')?.value || '',
+      stt_preferred_backend:    $('s-stt-preferred-backend')?.value || '',
+      auto_refine:              $('s-auto-refine')?.value || 'off',
+      refine_model:             $('s-refine-model')?.value || '',
+      refine_fillers:           $('s-refine-fillers')?.checked ?? true,
+      refine_repetitions:       $('s-refine-repetitions')?.checked ?? true,
+      refine_corrections:       $('s-refine-corrections')?.checked ?? true,
+      refine_punctuation:       $('s-refine-punctuation')?.checked ?? true,
+      captures_default_voice:   $('s-captures-default-voice')?.value || '',
     }) });
   _appSettings.tts_stream_url = $('s-tts-stream-url').value;
   _appSettings.customvoice_url = $('s-customvoice-url').value;
@@ -5784,6 +5862,35 @@ $('save-preview-btn').addEventListener('click', () => {
 
 // ── Performance benchmark ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+const PERF_HISTORY_KEY = 'vcf-perf-history';
+const PERF_HISTORY_MAX = 50;
+
+function perfHistoryLoad() {
+  try { return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(PERF_HISTORY_KEY) || '[]'); } catch(_) { return []; }
+}
+function perfHistorySave(entries) {
+  try { localStorage.setItem(PERF_HISTORY_KEY, JSON.stringify(entries.slice(-PERF_HISTORY_MAX))); } catch(_) {}
+}
+function perfHistoryAdd(entry) {
+  const h = perfHistoryLoad();
+  h.push(entry);
+  perfHistorySave(h);
+}
+
+function perfSparklineSvg(rtfValues) {
+  if (!rtfValues.length) return '';
+  const W = 120, H = 32, PAD = 2, barW = Math.max(4, Math.floor((W - PAD * 2) / rtfValues.length) - 1);
+  const maxV = Math.max(...rtfValues, 1);
+  const bars = rtfValues.map((v, i) => {
+    const bh = Math.max(3, Math.round((v / maxV) * (H - PAD * 2)));
+    const x  = PAD + i * (barW + 1);
+    const y  = H - PAD - bh;
+    const col = v < 1 ? 'var(--green)' : 'var(--yellow)';
+    return `<rect x="${x}" y="${y}" width="${barW}" height="${bh}" rx="1" fill="${col}" opacity=".8"/>`;
+  }).join('');
+  return `<svg viewBox="0 0 ${W} ${H}" class="perf-sparkline" aria-hidden="true">${bars}</svg>`;
+}
+
 (function initPerfBenchmark() {
   const perfBackendSel  = $('perf-backend-select');
   const perfVoiceSel    = $('perf-voice-select');
@@ -5824,7 +5931,70 @@ $('save-preview-btn').addEventListener('click', () => {
     finally { perfFetchBtn.disabled = false; }
   });
 
-  function renderPerfTable() {
+  function updateTrendDisplay(backend, voice, currentAvgRtf) {
+    const trendRow  = $('perf-trend-row');
+    const trendBadge = $('perf-trend-badge');
+    const sparkWrap  = $('perf-sparkline-wrap') || trendRow?.querySelector('.perf-sparkline-wrap');
+    if (!trendRow) return;
+    const history = perfHistoryLoad().filter(e => e.backend === backend && e.voice === voice && typeof e.avgRtf === 'number');
+    if (history.length === 0) { trendRow.style.display = 'none'; return; }
+    const prevRtf = history[history.length - 1].avgRtf;
+    const delta   = currentAvgRtf - prevRtf;
+    const pct     = Math.abs(delta / Math.max(prevRtf, 0.01)) * 100;
+    let cls, label;
+    if (pct < 5)         { cls = 'perf-trend-stable'; label = '<span class="mdi mdi-minus"></span> Stable'; }
+    else if (delta < 0)  { cls = 'perf-trend-better'; label = `<span class="mdi mdi-arrow-down"></span> ${pct.toFixed(0)}% faster`; }
+    else                 { cls = 'perf-trend-worse';  label = `<span class="mdi mdi-arrow-up"></span> ${pct.toFixed(0)}% slower`; }
+    trendBadge.className = 'perf-trend-badge ' + cls;
+    trendBadge.innerHTML = label;
+    const rtfValues = [...history.slice(-9).map(e => e.avgRtf), currentAvgRtf];
+    if (sparkWrap) sparkWrap.innerHTML = perfSparklineSvg(rtfValues);
+    trendRow.style.display = '';
+  }
+
+  function renderPerfHistory() {
+    const histList = $('perf-history-list');
+    if (!histList) return;
+    const filterEl  = $('perf-history-filter-current');
+    const filterOn  = filterEl?.checked;
+    const curBack   = perfBackendSel?.value;
+    const curVoice  = perfVoiceSel?.value;
+    let entries = perfHistoryLoad().slice().reverse();
+    if (filterOn && curBack) entries = entries.filter(e => e.backend === curBack && e.voice === curVoice);
+    if (!entries.length) {
+      histList.innerHTML = '<div class="perf-history-empty">' + (filterOn ? 'No history for this backend/voice yet.' : 'No benchmark history yet. Run a benchmark above to start tracking.') + '</div>';
+      return;
+    }
+    const head = `<div class="perf-history-row perf-history-head">
+      <span>Date / Time</span><span>Backend</span><span>Voice</span>
+      <span>Avg latency</span><span>Min</span><span>Avg RTF</span><span></span>
+    </div>`;
+    const rows = entries.map((e, i) => {
+      const dt  = new Date(e.ts).toLocaleString([], {month:'2-digit',day:'2-digit',hour:'2-digit',minute:'2-digit'});
+      const rtfCls = e.avgRtf < 1 ? 'perf-good' : 'perf-slow';
+      return `<div class="perf-history-row" data-idx="${i}">
+        <span class="perf-history-ts">${escHtml(dt)}</span>
+        <span>${escHtml(e.backend)}</span>
+        <span>${escHtml(e.voice)}</span>
+        <span>${Math.round(e.avgLatencyMs)} ms</span>
+        <span>${Math.round(e.minLatencyMs)} ms</span>
+        <span class="${rtfCls}">${e.avgRtf.toFixed(2)}</span>
+        <span class="perf-history-del" data-ts="${e.ts}" title="Remove this entry"><span class="mdi mdi-close"></span></span>
+      </div>`;
+    }).join('');
+    histList.innerHTML = head + rows;
+
+    histList.querySelectorAll('.perf-history-del').forEach(btn => {
+      btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
+        const ts = Number(btn.dataset.ts);
+        const updated = perfHistoryLoad().filter(e => e.ts !== ts);
+        perfHistorySave(updated);
+        renderPerfHistory();
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  function renderPerfTable(sessionDone = false) {
     if (!perfRows.length) { perfResultsCard.style.display='none'; return; }
     perfResultsCard.style.display = '';
     perfTbody.innerHTML = perfRows.map((r, i) => {
@@ -5842,23 +6012,43 @@ $('save-preview-btn').addEventListener('click', () => {
     }).join('');
     const ok = perfRows.filter(r => r.ok);
     if (ok.length) {
-      const avg = ok.reduce((s,r) => s + r.latencyMs, 0) / ok.length;
-      const min = Math.min(...ok.map(r => r.latencyMs));
-      const max = Math.max(...ok.map(r => r.latencyMs));
-      const avgRtf = ok.filter(r=>r.audioDuration>0).reduce((s,r)=>s+(r.latencyMs/1000/r.audioDuration),0) / Math.max(1,ok.filter(r=>r.audioDuration>0).length);
+      const avg    = ok.reduce((s,r) => s + r.latencyMs, 0) / ok.length;
+      const minL   = Math.min(...ok.map(r => r.latencyMs));
+      const maxL   = Math.max(...ok.map(r => r.latencyMs));
+      const rtfArr = ok.filter(r=>r.audioDuration>0).map(r=>r.latencyMs/1000/r.audioDuration);
+      const avgRtf = rtfArr.length ? rtfArr.reduce((s,v)=>s+v,0)/rtfArr.length : 0;
+      const labelEl = $('perf-results-label');
+      if (labelEl) labelEl.textContent = `${ok.length} run${ok.length>1?'s':''} — ${perfBackendSel.value} / ${perfVoiceSel.value}`;
       perfSummary.innerHTML = `
         <span class="perf-stat"><strong>${Math.round(avg)} ms</strong> avg latency</span>
-        <span class="perf-stat"><strong>${min} ms</strong> best</span>
-        <span class="perf-stat"><strong>${max} ms</strong> worst</span>
+        <span class="perf-stat"><strong>${minL} ms</strong> best</span>
+        <span class="perf-stat"><strong>${maxL} ms</strong> worst</span>
         <span class="perf-stat"><strong>${avgRtf.toFixed(2)}</strong> avg RTF</span>
         <span class="perf-stat ${avgRtf < 1 ? 'perf-good' : 'perf-slow'}">${avgRtf < 1 ? '<span class="mdi mdi-check-circle-outline"></span> Real-time capable' : '<span class="mdi mdi-alert-outline"></span> Slower than real-time'}</span>
       `;
+      if (sessionDone && rtfArr.length) {
+        updateTrendDisplay(perfBackendSel.value, perfVoiceSel.value, avgRtf);
+        perfHistoryAdd({
+          ts: Date.now(),
+          backend: perfBackendSel.value,
+          voice: perfVoiceSel.value,
+          textLen: perfText.value.trim().length,
+          avgLatencyMs: avg,
+          minLatencyMs: minL,
+          maxLatencyMs: maxL,
+          avgRtf,
+          runCount: ok.length,
+          allOk: ok.length === perfRows.length,
+        });
+        renderPerfHistory();
+      }
     } else { perfSummary.innerHTML = '<span class="perf-err">All runs failed</span>'; }
   }
 
   perfClearBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
     perfRows = [];
     renderPerfTable();
+    if ($('perf-trend-row')) $('perf-trend-row').style.display = 'none';
     perfProgress.style.display = 'none';
   });
 
@@ -5870,6 +6060,7 @@ $('save-preview-btn').addEventListener('click', () => {
     if (!backend) { toast('Select a backend first', 'error'); return; }
     if (!voice)   { toast('Fetch and select a voice first', 'error'); return; }
     if (!text)    { toast('Enter sample text', 'error'); return; }
+    perfRows = [];
     perfRunBtn.disabled = true;
     perfProgress.style.display = '';
     for (let i = 0; i < runs; i++) {
@@ -5888,11 +6079,22 @@ $('save-preview-btn').addEventListener('click', () => {
         } catch(_) {}
       } catch(e) { row.error = e.message; }
       perfRows.push(row);
-      renderPerfTable();
+      renderPerfTable(false);
     }
     perfProgress.textContent = `Done — ${runs} run${runs>1?'s':''} completed.`;
+    renderPerfTable(true);
     perfRunBtn.disabled = false;
   });
+
+  // History filter toggle
+  $('perf-history-filter-current')?.addEventListener('change', renderPerfHistory);
+  $('perf-history-clear-btn')?.addEventListener('click', () => {
+    perfHistorySave([]);
+    renderPerfHistory();
+    toast('Benchmark history cleared', 'success');
+  });
+
+  renderPerfHistory();
 })();
 
 // ── STT -> TTS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index a0f7422..41122b0 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
       <div class="nav-item" data-nav-section="s-tryout" onclick="navTo('s-tryout')">
         <span class="nav-icon"><span class="mdi mdi-play"></span></span> Try It Out
       </div>
+      <div class="nav-item" data-nav-section="s-performance" onclick="navTo('s-performance')">
+        <span class="nav-icon"><span class="mdi mdi-speedometer"></span></span> Benchmark
+      </div>
 
       <div class="nav-group-label" style="margin-top:6px">Setup</div>
       <div class="nav-item" data-nav-section="s-llms" onclick="navTo('s-llms')">
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@
         <div class="nav-tree-item" data-settings-cat="general"     onclick="navSettingsCat('general')">General</div>
         <div class="nav-tree-item" data-settings-cat="connections"  onclick="navSettingsCat('connections')">Connections</div>
         <div class="nav-tree-item" data-settings-cat="playback"    onclick="navSettingsCat('playback')">Playback</div>
+        <div class="nav-tree-item" data-settings-cat="captures"    onclick="navSettingsCat('captures')">Captures</div>
         <div class="nav-tree-item" data-settings-cat="payloads"    onclick="navSettingsCat('payloads')">Payloads</div>
         <div class="nav-tree-item" data-settings-cat="storage"     onclick="navSettingsCat('storage')">Storage</div>
         <div class="nav-tree-item" data-settings-cat="apikeys"     onclick="navSettingsCat('apikeys')">API Keys</div>
@@ -106,6 +110,7 @@
     <section class="page-section" id="s-design"></section>
     <section class="page-section" id="s-studio"></section>
     <section class="page-section" id="s-tryout"></section>
+    <section class="page-section" id="s-performance"></section>
     <section class="page-section" id="s-routing"></section>
     <section class="page-section" id="s-connect"></section>
     <section class="page-section" id="s-settings"></section>
diff --git a/static/loader.js b/static/loader.js
index 2910927..7382d18 100644
--- a/static/loader.js
+++ b/static/loader.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (async function () {
   'use strict';
 
-  const SECTIONS = ['s-voices', 's-clone', 's-design', 's-studio', 's-tryout', 's-routing', 's-connect', 's-settings', 's-llms'];
+  const SECTIONS = ['s-voices', 's-clone', 's-design', 's-studio', 's-tryout', 's-performance', 's-routing', 's-connect', 's-settings', 's-llms'];
 
   function loadScript(src) {
     return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
diff --git a/static/sections/s-connect.html b/static/sections/s-connect.html
index bc0f176..d3a3b8d 100644
--- a/static/sections/s-connect.html
+++ b/static/sections/s-connect.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
         <span class="section-icon"><span class="mdi mdi-api"></span></span>
         <div class="section-title">
           <h2>Connect Your Apps</h2>
-          <p>Copy ready-made configuration snippets for SillyTavern, Open WebUI, Home Assistant, and more.</p>
+          <p>Copy ready-made configuration snippets for SillyTavern, Open WebUI, Home Assistant, MCP agents, and more.</p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
           </div>
           <div class="integration-card">
             <h3>Open WebUI</h3>
-            <p>Configure TTS as OpenAI-compatible audio. Use the creator proxy if you want Routing rules such as incoming voice <code>default</code> mapped by language.</p>
+            <p>Enable TTS in Open WebUI under <strong>Settings → Audio</strong>. Set API base URL to this app's proxy and pick any active voice name. STT also works via the same proxy.</p>
             <pre><code id="snippet-open-webui"></code></pre>
-            <button class="btn-secondary copy-snippet" data-snippet="snippet-open-webui">Copy Open WebUI sample</button>
+            <button class="btn-secondary copy-snippet" data-snippet="snippet-open-webui">Copy Open WebUI config</button>
           </div>
           <div class="integration-card">
             <h3>Home Assistant</h3>
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@
             <pre><code id="snippet-voice-design-proxy"></code></pre>
             <button class="btn-secondary copy-snippet" data-snippet="snippet-voice-design-proxy">Copy virtual voice sample</button>
           </div>
+          <div class="integration-card integration-card-wide">
+            <h3><span class="mdi mdi-robot-outline"></span> MCP — AI agents</h3>
+            <p>Expose TTS and STT as tools for Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible agent. Copy the Python MCP server below, install it with <code>pip install mcp httpx</code>, then point your agent config at it.</p>
+            <pre><code id="snippet-mcp-server"></code></pre>
+            <div class="btn-row" style="gap:8px;flex-wrap:wrap">
+              <button class="btn-secondary copy-snippet" data-snippet="snippet-mcp-server">Copy MCP server</button>
+              <button class="btn-secondary copy-snippet" data-snippet="snippet-mcp-claude-config">Copy Claude Code config</button>
+            </div>
+            <pre style="margin-top:10px"><code id="snippet-mcp-claude-config"></code></pre>
+          </div>
           <div class="integration-card">
             <h3>Streaming TTS</h3>
             <p>Use this when the target app can play audio progressively. For routed streaming, keep response format WAV and avoid before/after route sounds, otherwise the proxy must buffer before playback.</p>
diff --git a/static/sections/s-performance.html b/static/sections/s-performance.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf9b57b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/sections/s-performance.html
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+      <div class="section-head">
+        <span class="section-icon"><span class="mdi mdi-speedometer"></span></span>
+        <div class="section-title">
+          <h2>Benchmark</h2>
+          <p>Measure synthesis latency and real-time factor. Track trends across backends and voices over time.</p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <!-- Run benchmark -->
+      <div class="card">
+        <h2>Run benchmark</h2>
+        <p class="card-subtitle">Pick a backend and voice, set run count, then measure synthesis latency and real-time factor (RTF). RTF &lt; 1.0 means the backend generates faster than real-time.</p>
+        <div class="btn-row" style="align-items:flex-end;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px">
+          <div class="field">
+            <label>Backend</label>
+            <select id="perf-backend-select"><option value="">Checking backends…</option></select>
+          </div>
+          <div class="field">
+            <label>Voice</label>
+            <div style="display:flex;gap:8px">
+              <button class="btn-secondary" id="perf-fetch-voices-btn" type="button">Fetch voices</button>
+              <select id="perf-voice-select"><option value="">— select after fetch —</option></select>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="field">
+            <label>Runs</label>
+            <select id="perf-runs">
+              <option value="1">1 run</option>
+              <option value="3" selected>3 runs</option>
+              <option value="5">5 runs</option>
+              <option value="10">10 runs</option>
+            </select>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="field">
+          <label>Sample text</label>
+          <textarea id="perf-text" rows="3">Hello, how are you today? Please read this sample clearly for a fair voice benchmark.</textarea>
+        </div>
+        <div class="btn-row">
+          <button class="btn-primary" id="perf-run-btn" type="button"><span class="mdi mdi-play"></span> Run benchmark</button>
+          <button class="btn-secondary" id="perf-clear-btn" type="button">Clear results</button>
+        </div>
+        <div id="perf-progress" class="note" style="display:none"></div>
+      </div>
+
+      <!-- Current results -->
+      <div class="card" id="perf-results-card" style="display:none">
+        <h2>Results <span id="perf-results-label" class="s-label-note"></span></h2>
+        <p class="card-subtitle">Latency per run. RTF = synthesis time ÷ audio duration (lower is better, &lt;1.0 is real-time capable).</p>
+        <div class="perf-summary" id="perf-summary"></div>
+        <div class="perf-trend-row" id="perf-trend-row" style="display:none">
+          <span class="perf-trend-label">vs. previous session:</span>
+          <span id="perf-trend-badge" class="perf-trend-badge"></span>
+          <span class="perf-sparkline-wrap" title="RTF history for this backend/voice (oldest → newest)">
+            <svg id="perf-sparkline" class="perf-sparkline" viewBox="0 0 120 32"></svg>
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        <div class="perf-table-wrap">
+          <table class="perf-table" id="perf-table">
+            <thead>
+              <tr>
+                <th>#</th><th>Backend</th><th>Voice</th>
+                <th>Latency (ms)</th><th>Audio (s)</th><th>RTF</th><th>Status</th>
+              </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody id="perf-tbody"></tbody>
+          </table>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <!-- History -->
+      <div class="card" id="perf-history-card">
+        <h2>History</h2>
+        <p class="card-subtitle">Last 50 benchmark sessions saved in your browser. Each row is one run session — click the backend/voice to pre-fill the form above.</p>
+        <div class="bench-history-toolbar">
+          <label class="bench-history-filter">
+            <input type="checkbox" id="perf-history-filter-current">
+            Show current backend &amp; voice only
+          </label>
+          <button class="btn-secondary btn-sm" id="perf-history-clear-btn" type="button">Clear history</button>
+        </div>
+        <div id="perf-history-list" class="perf-history-list">
+          <div class="perf-history-empty">No benchmark history yet. Run a benchmark above to start tracking.</div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
diff --git a/static/sections/s-settings.html b/static/sections/s-settings.html
index b2470b4..1512e20 100644
--- a/static/sections/s-settings.html
+++ b/static/sections/s-settings.html
@@ -189,6 +189,127 @@
           </div>
         </div>
 
+        <!-- ── Captures ────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
+        <div class="s-settings-page" data-page="captures">
+          <div class="card">
+            <div class="s-page-head">
+              <h3>Captures</h3>
+              <p>Default behaviour for STT transcription, LLM text refinement, and playback.</p>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="s-group">
+              <div class="s-group-head">
+                <strong>Transcription</strong>
+                <span>Default language and preferred STT backend</span>
+              </div>
+              <div class="settings-grid settings-behavior-grid">
+                <div class="s-field">
+                  <label>Default language</label>
+                  <select id="s-stt-language">
+                    <option value="">Auto-detect</option>
+                    <option value="en">English</option>
+                    <option value="de">German</option>
+                    <option value="fr">French</option>
+                    <option value="es">Spanish</option>
+                    <option value="it">Italian</option>
+                    <option value="pt">Portuguese</option>
+                    <option value="nl">Dutch</option>
+                    <option value="ru">Russian</option>
+                    <option value="ja">Japanese</option>
+                    <option value="zh">Chinese</option>
+                    <option value="hi">Hindi</option>
+                  </select>
+                  <span class="s-hint">Language hint passed to the STT backend. Auto-detect works well in most cases.</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="s-field">
+                  <label>Preferred STT backend</label>
+                  <select id="s-stt-preferred-backend">
+                    <option value="">Use active STT URL (from Connections)</option>
+                    <option value="groq">Groq Whisper — cloud, fastest</option>
+                    <option value="faster-whisper">faster-whisper-server — GPU local</option>
+                    <option value="whisper-cpp">whisper.cpp — CPU/CUDA local</option>
+                    <option value="parakeet">NVIDIA Parakeet — GPU local</option>
+                  </select>
+                  <span class="s-hint">Overrides the active STT URL for STT-TTS panel captures.</span>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="s-group">
+              <div class="s-group-head">
+                <strong>LLM refinement defaults</strong>
+                <span>Automatic text cleanup after transcription</span>
+              </div>
+              <div class="settings-grid settings-behavior-grid">
+                <div class="s-field">
+                  <label>Auto-refine after transcription</label>
+                  <select id="s-auto-refine">
+                    <option value="off">Off — show raw transcription</option>
+                    <option value="on">On — refine automatically</option>
+                  </select>
+                  <span class="s-hint">When on, the LLM refinement runs immediately after each capture.</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="s-field">
+                  <label>Refinement model</label>
+                  <input type="text" id="s-refine-model" placeholder="e.g. llama3.2, qwen3:8b, gpt-4o-mini">
+                  <span class="s-hint">Model name sent to the LLM URL. Leave empty to use the app's current default.</span>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              <div class="s-toggle-grid">
+                <label class="s-toggle-row">
+                  <input type="checkbox" id="s-refine-fillers">
+                  <div>
+                    <span class="s-toggle-title">Remove filler words</span>
+                    <span class="s-hint">Strips um, uh, like, you know, sort of.</span>
+                  </div>
+                </label>
+                <label class="s-toggle-row">
+                  <input type="checkbox" id="s-refine-repetitions">
+                  <div>
+                    <span class="s-toggle-title">Remove repetitions</span>
+                    <span class="s-hint">Collapses repeated words and phrases.</span>
+                  </div>
+                </label>
+                <label class="s-toggle-row">
+                  <input type="checkbox" id="s-refine-corrections">
+                  <div>
+                    <span class="s-toggle-title">Fix grammar &amp; spelling</span>
+                    <span class="s-hint">Light corrections without changing meaning.</span>
+                  </div>
+                </label>
+                <label class="s-toggle-row">
+                  <input type="checkbox" id="s-refine-punctuation">
+                  <div>
+                    <span class="s-toggle-title">Fix punctuation</span>
+                    <span class="s-hint">Adds missing commas, periods, and sentence casing.</span>
+                  </div>
+                </label>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="s-group">
+              <div class="s-group-head">
+                <strong>Default playback voice</strong>
+                <span>Pre-selected voice in the STT-TTS panel</span>
+              </div>
+              <div class="settings-grid settings-behavior-grid">
+                <div class="s-field">
+                  <label>Default voice</label>
+                  <select id="s-captures-default-voice">
+                    <option value="">None — select manually</option>
+                  </select>
+                  <span class="s-hint">Pre-selects this voice in the STT-TTS panel on load.</span>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="s-page-actions">
+              <button class="btn-primary s-save-btn">Save settings</button>
+              <button class="btn-secondary s-reload-btn">Reload settings</button>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
         <!-- ── Payloads ─────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
         <div class="s-settings-page" data-page="payloads">
           <div class="card">
diff --git a/static/sections/s-tryout.html b/static/sections/s-tryout.html
index 5502e6c..d7c4e8b 100644
--- a/static/sections/s-tryout.html
+++ b/static/sections/s-tryout.html
@@ -272,58 +272,3 @@
           <audio id="stt-tts-output-audio" controls style="display:none"></audio>
         </div>
       </div><!-- /tab-stt-tts -->
-
-      <!-- Performance benchmarking -->
-      <div class="tab-content" id="tab-performance">
-        <div class="card">
-          <h2>Performance benchmark</h2>
-          <p class="card-subtitle">Measure synthesis latency and real-time factor for any backend and voice.</p>
-          <div class="btn-row" style="align-items:flex-end;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px">
-            <div class="field">
-              <label>Backend</label>
-              <select id="perf-backend-select"><option value="">Checking backends...</option></select>
-            </div>
-            <div class="field">
-              <label>Voice</label>
-              <div style="display:flex;gap:8px">
-                <button class="btn-secondary" id="perf-fetch-voices-btn">Fetch voices</button>
-                <select id="perf-voice-select"><option value="">— select after fetch —</option></select>
-              </div>
-            </div>
-            <div class="field">
-              <label>Runs</label>
-              <select id="perf-runs">
-                <option value="1">1 run</option>
-                <option value="3" selected>3 runs</option>
-                <option value="5">5 runs</option>
-                <option value="10">10 runs</option>
-              </select>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-          <div class="field">
-            <label>Sample text</label>
-            <textarea id="perf-text" rows="3">Hello, how are you today? Please read this sample clearly for a fair voice benchmark.</textarea>
-          </div>
-          <div class="btn-row">
-            <button class="btn-primary" id="perf-run-btn"><span class="mdi mdi-play"></span> Run benchmark</button>
-            <button class="btn-secondary" id="perf-clear-btn">Clear results</button>
-          </div>
-          <div id="perf-progress" class="note" style="display:none"></div>
-        </div>
-        <div class="card" id="perf-results-card" style="display:none">
-          <h2>Results</h2>
-          <p class="card-subtitle">Latency per run. RTF = synthesis time / audio duration (lower is better).</p>
-          <div class="perf-summary" id="perf-summary"></div>
-          <div class="perf-table-wrap">
-            <table class="perf-table" id="perf-table">
-              <thead>
-                <tr>
-                  <th>#</th><th>Backend</th><th>Voice</th>
-                  <th>Latency (ms)</th><th>Audio (s)</th><th>RTF</th><th>Status</th>
-                </tr>
-              </thead>
-              <tbody id="perf-tbody"></tbody>
-            </table>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div><!-- /tab-performance -->
diff --git a/static/style.css b/static/style.css
index f2a03b5..688f88c 100644
--- a/static/style.css
+++ b/static/style.css
@@ -360,6 +360,14 @@ audio { width: 100%; }
 .settings-mini-actions { margin-top:4px; gap:8px; flex-wrap:wrap; }
 .settings-mini-actions button { min-height:32px; padding:6px 11px; font-size:12px; }
 
+/* Captures toggle grid */
+.s-toggle-grid { display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit, minmax(240px,1fr)); gap:10px; }
+.s-toggle-row { display:flex; align-items:flex-start; gap:12px; cursor:pointer; padding:10px 12px; border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:var(--radius); background:var(--panel); transition:border-color .15s; }
+.s-toggle-row:hover { border-color:var(--accent); }
+.s-toggle-row input[type="checkbox"] { margin-top:2px; flex-shrink:0; accent-color:var(--accent); width:16px; height:16px; cursor:pointer; }
+.s-toggle-title { display:block; font-size:13px; font-weight:600; color:var(--text); margin-bottom:2px; }
+.s-toggle-row .s-hint { display:block; margin:0; }
+
 /* Page save/reload actions */
 .s-page-actions { border-top:1px solid var(--border); padding-top:14px; display:flex; gap:10px; }
 .s-page-actions button { min-width:120px; }
@@ -713,6 +721,9 @@ code { background: var(--panel); border-radius: 4px; padding: 1px 5px; font-fami
 .integration-card p { font-size: 13px; color: var(--subtext); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0; }
 .integration-card pre { background: var(--panel); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 6px; color: var(--text); padding: 10px 12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.45; overflow: auto; min-height: 118px; max-height: 360px; white-space: pre-wrap; }
 .integration-card code { font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; background: none; padding: 0; border-radius: 0; }
+.integration-card-wide { border-left: 3px solid var(--accent); }
+.integration-card-wide pre { max-height: 480px; }
+.btn-row { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; align-items: center; }
 
 /* ── Routing ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 .routing-toolbar { display: flex; gap: 8px; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; }
@@ -1705,6 +1716,24 @@ code { background: var(--panel); border-radius: 4px; padding: 1px 5px; font-fami
 .perf-stat { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px; }
 .perf-good { color: var(--green); }
 .perf-slow { color: var(--yellow); }
+.perf-trend-row { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 6px 0 2px; flex-wrap: wrap; font-size: 13px; }
+.perf-trend-label { color: var(--subtext); }
+.perf-trend-badge { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 4px; font-weight: 600; padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: 12px; font-size: 12px; }
+.perf-trend-better { background: rgba(var(--green-rgb,72,199,116),.15); color: var(--green); }
+.perf-trend-worse  { background: rgba(var(--red-rgb,255,91,91),.15);   color: var(--red); }
+.perf-trend-stable { background: var(--panel); color: var(--subtext); }
+.perf-sparkline-wrap { display: flex; align-items: center; }
+.perf-sparkline { width: 120px; height: 32px; display: block; }
+.bench-history-toolbar { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 8px; }
+.bench-history-filter { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; font-size: 13px; color: var(--subtext); cursor: pointer; }
+.perf-history-list { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0; }
+.perf-history-empty { font-size: 13px; color: var(--subtext); padding: 16px 0; }
+.perf-history-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 120px 1fr 1fr 80px 70px 70px 80px; gap: 0 10px; padding: 7px 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); font-size: 12px; align-items: center; }
+.perf-history-row:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
+.perf-history-head { font-size: 11px; color: var(--subtext); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .05em; font-weight: 600; }
+.perf-history-ts   { color: var(--subtext); font-size: 11px; }
+.perf-history-del  { cursor: pointer; color: var(--subtext); font-size: 11px; text-align: right; }
+.perf-history-del:hover { color: var(--red); }
 
 /* ── Chunked TTS toggle ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 .chunk-toggle-label {