Minor release: live transcript preview in the recording HUD using the
on-device Apple dictation model, with Whisper still producing the final
pasted text.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
While recording, the HUD now shows a rough live transcript using macOS's
on-device dictation model (SpeechAnalyzer + DictationTranscriber), which
also supports Hungarian. It is only a preview: Whisper still produces the
pasted text.
The preview captures the microphone with its own AVAudioEngine, leaving
the AVAudioRecorder path for Whisper untouched, so a preview failure just
means no preview. Audio is buffered from the moment recording starts so
the first words aren't lost while the model spins up; dictionary terms
are passed as contextual strings and replacements are applied to the
preview text. The dictation model for the selected language is
registered/downloaded at launch and on language change, and awaited
inline if needed.
The HUD is wider and shows the last three lines of the transcript; after
recording it stays up as "Transcribing…" until the final text is pasted.
A "Live preview while recording" setting (on by default) turns it off.
No extra permission is required beyond the microphone.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Patch release: quantized Whisper models (Turbo q5_0 needs ~0.7 GB RAM
instead of ~1.75 GB), a download progress window, and model warm-up at
recording start with a HUD notice when the first transcription is slow.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Minor release: warm whisper-server backend (no per-dictation model
reload), live mic-level HUD with silence warning, and a custom
recognised->replacement dictionary that also biases the whisper prompt.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Patch release shipping the hardened-runtime microphone fix
(device.audio-input + allow-jit entitlements). The previously released
1.2.0 build could not access the microphone once hardened-runtime signed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Features:
- whisper-cli and dependencies bundled in app (no brew required for users)
- Built-in model downloader with 5 model options (Tiny to Large)
- Download progress indicator (e.g., "45% Downloading Small")
- Model selection dropdown in Settings
- First-run wizard for initial model download
Security fixes:
- Input validation for language and model path
- Private temp directory for audio files
- Auto-cleanup of audio files after transcription
- Auto-detect whisper-cli path (ARM/Intel)
Bug fixes:
- Fixed Settings window crash (NSWindowController)
- Fixed model selection with tag-based indexing
Build:
- bundle-whisper.sh script for packaging whisper-cli
- Updated Makefile with Frameworks bundling
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Move macOS code to macos/ directory for platform separation
- Add Settings window with configurable language, model path, and sound toggle
- Add launch at login support using SMAppService
- Add proper .app bundle structure with Info.plist
- Add Makefile for build, install, run, and dmg targets
- Store preferences in UserDefaults for persistence
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
