TypeWhisper v1.0.6

TypeWhisper 1.0.6 is a stable Windows performance and reliability release
focused on faster startup, responsive settings, dependable microphone capture,
and safer local transcription.

Highlights

• Rendered the tray, recording overlay, and settings shell before slower plugin,
  model, and audio-device initialization work.
• Replaced periodic audio-device polling with event-driven notifications and
  cached enumeration.
• Restored low-latency WASAPI recording with automatic WaveIn fallback while
  continuing to release capture resources between dictations.
• Added isolated CUDA runtime safety checks with automatic CPU fallback for
  local transcription.
• Increased the Individual license tier from two to three devices.

Integration Updates

• OpenAI plugin 1.1.1 adds gpt-transcribe and gpt-live-transcribe, dynamic
  account-specific model catalogs, ordered language hints, dictionary terms,
  and safer cached fallbacks.
• Soniox plugin 1.1.0 uses compressed M4A uploads when available and retries
  with the original WAV when compression is unavailable or rejected.
• Both integration updates are available through the TypeWhisper plugin
  marketplace and remain optional.

Reliability Improvements

• Deferred local model loading until first use to reduce startup work.
• Rolled back cancelled plugin initialization cleanly.
• Hardened microphone device changes, capture startup, and fallback paths.
• Preserved valid OpenAI model selections when remote catalogs are sparse or
  temporarily unavailable.
• Matched the three-device Individual entitlement exactly without
  misclassifying larger device counts.

Validation Notes

• Verify stable Velopack channels win-x64 and win-arm64.
• Confirm x64 and ARM64 installers, portable ZIPs, full nupkg packages,
  RELEASES files, and JSON manifests are present without -rc or -daily
  suffixes.
• Validate both published portable ZIPs and record the Authenticode status of
  the published installers.
• Publish Microsoft Store package 1.0.6.0 and WinGet package 1.0.6
  separately from the GitHub release.