TypeWhisper 1.3 is the stable macOS release centered on the new Workflows experience, more capable automation surfaces, and a broad round of dictation, UI, and local-model reliability work across the 1.3.0-rc* cycle.
Highlights
- Unified Workflows - TypeWhisper now brings prompt actions and matching rules into one dedicated Workflows surface, with a native editor, wizard flow, and a global
Alwaysfallback trigger. - Better automation control - The local HTTP API and CLI now support per-request STT engine and model selection, while multilingual language hints make mixed-language dictation easier to steer.
- More polished dictation feedback - Spoken feedback, adjustable transcript sizing, faster recent-transcription recovery, and grouped menu bar actions make day-to-day use smoother.
- Stronger local-model path - The
1.3cycle hardens local plugin downloads, Hugging Face token handling, model restore behavior, and Parakeet language filtering.
Workflows & Prompt Processing
- Replaced the old Prompt Actions and Rules settings surfaces with the new unified Workflows experience.
- Added a native macOS sidebar and wizard-style create/edit flow for workflows.
- Added a global
Alwaysworkflow trigger that acts as the fallback after website and app-specific matches. - Hardened workflow prompts so dictated text is always treated as source text to transform, not instructions to execute.
- Added per-workflow temperature controls for supported LLM providers.
- Preserved focus in the original target app during local prompt processing.
Dictation, Feedback & UI Polish
- Added spoken feedback through the bundled
System Voiceplugin, scoped to transcription readback only. - Added multilingual language hints with multi-select search and selected-count feedback.
- Added shortcuts for reopening recent transcriptions and a recovery palette for recent results.
- Added adjustable live transcript preview sizing for dictation overlays.
- Improved the notch and overlay indicator behavior, including active-screen re-anchoring and timer layout fixes.
- Grouped menu bar actions into clearer sections for faster navigation.
- Fixed Fn hotkey handling so both press-and-release and press-and-hold strategies work reliably.
Local Models, Plugins & Reliability
- Upgraded the local model runtime and download flows for bundled on-device plugins.
- Added shared Hugging Face token handling for the bundled local-model plugins and clearer validation where required.
- Fixed Parakeet language filtering against the current FluidAudio upstream behavior.
- Improved WhisperKit restore and unload handling.
- Split the marketplace feeds by compatibility line and hardened plugin loading so incompatible external bundles are skipped instead of breaking launch.
- Made dictionary prompts engine-aware and kept streaming dictionary terms working across AssemblyAI, Soniox, and SpeechAnalyzer.
- Added subtitle exports for Watch Folder jobs.
Power Users & Automation
- Added per-request STT engine and model selection through the local HTTP API and the
typewhisperCLI. - Kept the documented
/v1/*API and CLI command surface stable for the1.xline. - Improved plugin compatibility validation and diagnostics for marketplace and bundled plugins.