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Life & fun · November 2, 2026

Oreja de Van Gogh

pause Apple Music while ChatGPT speaks

Oreja de Van Gogh launched on November 2, 2026 with 72 votes, #34 of 690 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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What it does

A macOS menu bar app that pauses or lowers Apple Music while ChatGPT speaks, then puts it back where you left it. Local only, records nothing.

Oreja pauses Apple Music while ChatGPT speaks, or lowers it to a level you pick, then puts it back where you left it. It follows the app's audio level, so it works with any voice in any language and never listens to the words. Vincent gave away one ear. The other one does all the listening. Oreja reads the app's output level and acts on the first sound. Apple Music stops in pause mode, or drops to the level you set in lower-volume mode. Music stays down through the conversation hold, so the next reply does not restart it in the middle of your sentence. After the quiet interval, playback returns at the level you chose and the same second of the same track it left. The menu bar holds the…from oreja-tau.vercel.app

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