Release Notes

Improvements

• Enhanced the onboarding experience by preventing the watermark logo from being clipped, ensuring a smoother introduction to the app.
• Improved document styling preservation during translation, allowing for a more consistent appearance of your text across different languages.
• Resolved a race condition related to Windows hotkeys after onboarding completion, leading to a more reliable hotkey experience.
• Fixed a race condition that could disrupt the new recording state, providing a more stable recording process.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected the handling of hotkey states in command mode, ensuring that your hotkeys function as intended without unexpected behavior.

New Features

• Added paragraph and newline detection for improved HTML clipboard capture on Windows.
• Introduced character-level diff for HTML text correction, enhancing accuracy during edits.
• Implemented unified rich text paste with translation-safe formatting for a smoother user experience.
• Enabled token preservation across platforms, ensuring consistency in text handling.
• Added support for the Frisian (fy) language in Whisper transcription, expanding language options.

Improvements

• Enhanced clipboard management by preserving all formats during save and restore on both macOS and Windows.
• Improved translation formatting to be smarter and more context-aware, leading to better results.
• Streamlined the login experience by fixing layout issues and ensuring the login screen displays correctly.
• Optimized the speed test feature by ignoring unnecessary keystrokes, providing a more accurate assessment.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved issues with the display of prompts and ensured proper handling of authentication tokens at startup.
• Fixed various crashes and errors related to audio device management and hotkey functionality.
• Addressed layout problems in the pill panel and ensured that translated text remains visible during language selection.
• Corrected issues with the clipboard functionality on Windows, improving reliability and performance.

New Features

• Extracted language and prompt functionality into separate windows instead of using dialogs.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the Windows hotkey keyboard hook to improve reliability.

New Features

• Added a Windows hotkey keyboard hook and prompts to enhance user interaction.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues with the Windows keyboard hook, including modifier blocking, M key magic mode, and pill reset.
• Resolved false positive error detection in text translation.

Other Changes

• Improved the overall quality of translations for better fluency and natural phrasing.

New Features

• Introduced a relay server client guard and close confirmation feature.
• Added a relay client with mDNS discovery in speech settings.
• Added a Windows reader window with focus panel management.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed onboarding UI by removing the banner, translating buttons, and fixing overflow issues.
• Fixed spelling detection phonetic matching
• Fixed rich text formatting in edit mode, magic mode, and autocorrect verification.
• Improved the UI of the pill panel language selector.

New Features

• Added a close button to the pill window for easy dismissal.
• Introduced a recording sound toggle setting.
• Added WebSocket relay transcription with proper error handling.
• Enabled Vulkan GPU acceleration for whisper-rs on Windows.
• Added waveform visualization settings and configurable update intervals.
• Consolidated Magic Mode to improve clarity and text insertion for multi-line content.
• Added new hotkey and text insertion commands for the Windows audio plugin.
• Implemented a cross-platform parakeet-rs ONNX transcription backend.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Magic Mode LLM prompt to ensure it only formats text and never answers questions.
• Resolved transcription errors and UI discrepancies across audio, models, and UI.
• Fixed parakeet model availability detection on macOS with CoreML.
• Addressed issues with the pill window being stuck post-sleep and improved the close button functionality.
• Prevented autocorrect from inserting unnecessary text when there are no errors.
• Fixed critical issues in the native network monitor and ensured OS-level connectivity detection.
• Resolved multiple bugs related to the onboarding flow and improved user experience.
• Fixed microphone re-initialization after system sleep/wake on macOS.
• Addressed various compilation errors and warnings in the Windows build.

Other Changes

• Upgraded Tauri to v2.10.3 with the latest plugin versions.
• Refactored the OAuth flow with a persistent deep link listener.
• Reduced logging verbosity for the TextReader in no-selection cases.

New Features

• Added support for custom keyboard shortcuts, allowing users to personalize their experience.
• Introduced a new settings panel for easier configuration of application preferences.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the app would crash on startup for certain users.
• Resolved a bug that caused keyboard shortcuts to not function correctly in specific scenarios.

Other Changes

• Improved performance of the app during heavy usage.
• Updated dependencies to enhance security and stability.

New Features

• Added initial prompt support to local Whisper.
• Introduced Windows spelling auto-add to dictionary.
• Added macOS 11 (Big Sur) support with URLSession compatibility layer.
• Implemented GEO citability improvements across documentation, about, and features pages.
• Added whisper-rs (GGML) fallback for macOS without CoreML.
• Added magic mode glow effect to the pill window.
• Split ParrotKey dylibs for macOS 13+ (Ventura) support.

Bug Fixes

• Enabled Windows deep link protocol registration for OAuth login.
• Forwarded dev-mode and beta-mode features to the parrotkey-audio plugin.
• Allowed Transcribe File model selection regardless of download status.
• Fixed re-selection during autocorrect when the user manually selects text in Jira.
• Resolved WhisperKit empty transcription issue.
• Disabled GGML_NATIVE to resolve whisper-rs-sys i8mm build error.
• Pinned Xcode 16.4 to fix whisper-rs-sys i8mm build error.
• Fixed tray menu closing immediately after macOS sleep/wake.
• Fixed pill-panel overlay visibility over fullscreen apps on macOS.
• Unified layouts, transparency, width, and More button in the pill system.
• Fixed synchronization of language lists after language removals.
• Fixed Windows paragraph selection to handle wrapped text correctly.
• Fixed Windows autocorrect to replace selected text correctly.
• Scaled Windows audio volume to match macOS plugin output.
• Fixed model unavailable panel to only block local models and persist file transcribe model selection.
• Fixed post-onboarding crash caused by settings broadcast cascade.
• Fixed speech model visibility, hotkey cancellation, and pill window state.
• Fixed Watchdog timer to no longer block long recordings.

Other Changes

• Reorganized homescreen into a 3-column layout.
• Compact logging in Swift native audio modules.
• Reorganized pill window layout with language rows.

New Features

• Upgraded Recharts to version 3 across the monorepo and resolved type incompatibilities.
• Simplified dashboard statistics to display in four compact cards.
• Added a confetti button in the header next to the logo for enhanced user engagement.
• Introduced a Firebase admin tab to the dashboard for better management.
• Implemented a feature to show the dashboard on Windows startup instead of tray-only mode.
• Added a free startup phase popup to purchase buttons to inform users.
• Created a Magic UI playground with an Easter egg for users to discover.
• Enhanced the release notes generation process with improved error handling and user-friendly descriptions.
• Added platform-specific and build-variant tray icons for better visual representation.
• Introduced a countdown ring animation for a more dynamic user experience.
• Added a LinkedIn OAuth provider for easier account linking.
• Implemented real-time streaming transcription in the pill window for enhanced functionality.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a database schema mismatch and resolved macOS Sonoma CLT requirement issues.
• Corrected the locale redirect bug by using locale-aware navigation imports.
• Resolved multiple issues related to team member management and improved user experience.
• Fixed the focus theft detection issue and ensured the hotkey recorder starts correctly after login.
• Addressed a bug that caused multiple simultaneous login attempts on Windows.
• Resolved a 404 error for team invites by fixing middleware and URL format.
• Corrected the team invite email logo and ensured URLs are environment-aware.
• Fixed the issue of silent translation with empty queries on Windows.
• Improved the handling of audio context resumption on Windows for test speed beeps.
• Fixed the updater to use the development API endpoint when the VITE_API_URL is set.

Other Changes

• Reordered microphone settings in audio preferences for better usability.
• Increased the base font size for improved readability.
• Enhanced the user interface by simplifying team navigation.
• Improved the handling of environment variables for GitHub token and task configurations.
• Added a permission status banner on the dashboard to inform users of their current permissions.

Release Notes for v0.5.75-beta.3

New Features

• No new features were introduced in this release.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were made in this release.

Other Changes

• No other changes were implemented in this release.