diff --git a/public/images/projects/whispassist.png b/public/images/projects/whispassist.png
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diff --git a/src/components/ui/SoundCloudPlayer.tsx b/src/components/ui/SoundCloudPlayer.tsx
index c65be51..c679583 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/SoundCloudPlayer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/SoundCloudPlayer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 
 interface SoundCloudPlayerProps {
   trackUrl: string;
@@ -8,56 +9,86 @@ interface SoundCloudPlayerProps {
 }
 
 export function SoundCloudPlayer({ trackUrl, artworkUrl }: SoundCloudPlayerProps) {
-  const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
 
   const widgetSrc = `https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=${encodeURIComponent(trackUrl)}&auto_play=true&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=false&visual=false`;
 
-  return (
-    <div className="relative h-16 w-16 shrink-0">
-      <img
-        src={artworkUrl}
-        alt=""
-        className="h-full w-full rounded-lg object-cover"
-        loading="lazy"
-      />
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open) return;
+    function onKey(e: KeyboardEvent) {
+      if (e.key === "Escape") setOpen(false);
+    }
+    document.addEventListener("keydown", onKey);
+    document.body.style.overflow = "hidden";
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey);
+      document.body.style.overflow = "";
+    };
+  }, [open]);
 
-      {/* Play/pause overlay */}
+  return (
+    <>
+      {/* Artwork with play button */}
       <button
         onClick={(e) => {
           e.preventDefault();
           e.stopPropagation();
-          setPlaying(!playing);
+          setOpen(true);
         }}
-        className={`absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg transition-opacity ${
-          playing
-            ? "bg-black/40 opacity-100"
-            : "bg-black/40 opacity-0 hover:opacity-100"
-        }`}
-        aria-label={playing ? "Stop" : "Play"}
+        className="group/sc relative h-16 w-16 shrink-0"
+        aria-label="Play track"
       >
-        {playing ? (
-          <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="white">
-            <rect x="6" y="4" width="4" height="16" rx="1" />
-            <rect x="14" y="4" width="4" height="16" rx="1" />
-          </svg>
-        ) : (
+        <img
+          src={artworkUrl}
+          alt=""
+          className="h-full w-full rounded-lg object-cover"
+          loading="lazy"
+        />
+        <div className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg bg-black/40 opacity-0 transition-opacity group-hover/sc:opacity-100">
           <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="white">
             <path d="M8 5v14l11-7z" />
           </svg>
-        )}
+        </div>
       </button>
 
-      {/* Hidden audio widget */}
-      {playing && (
-        <iframe
-          src={widgetSrc}
-          width="0"
-          height="0"
-          allow="autoplay"
-          className="absolute opacity-0 pointer-events-none"
-          title="SoundCloud player"
-        />
+      {/* Modal — portaled to body so it's above everything */}
+      {open && createPortal(
+        <div
+          className="fixed inset-0 flex items-center justify-center"
+          style={{ zIndex: 9999 }}
+          onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
+        >
+          {/* Backdrop */}
+          <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-black/80 backdrop-blur-sm" />
+
+          {/* Player */}
+          <div
+            className="relative w-full max-w-2xl mx-4 rounded-xl overflow-hidden shadow-[0_0_60px_rgba(0,0,0,0.8)]"
+            onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+          >
+            <iframe
+              src={widgetSrc}
+              width="100%"
+              height="166"
+              allow="autoplay"
+              className="block"
+              title="SoundCloud player"
+            />
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Close button */}
+          <button
+            onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
+            className="absolute top-6 right-6 flex h-10 w-10 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-white/10 text-white transition-colors hover:bg-white/20"
+            aria-label="Close player"
+          >
+            <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2.5">
+              <path d="M18 6L6 18M6 6l12 12" />
+            </svg>
+          </button>
+        </div>,
+        document.body,
       )}
-    </div>
+    </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/config.ts b/src/lib/config.ts
index b69bc85..a98897c 100644
--- a/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ export const siteConfig = {
       url: "",
       github: "https://github.com/iamdoubz/ha-zmodo",
     },
+    {
+      title: "WhispAssist",
+      description:
+        "Windows-native meeting assistant that captures system audio, transcribes it locally with Whisper-class models (NPU/GPU/CPU accelerated), performs speaker diarization, and generates Markdown notes — nothing leaves the device unless configured.",
+      tags: ["Rust", "Tauri", "Svelte", "Whisper", "ONNX"],
+      image: "/images/projects/whispassist.png",
+      url: "",
+      github: "https://git.dou.bet/iamdoubz/WhispAssist",
+    },
   ],
 
   techStack: [