TypeWhisper v1.2.0

TypeWhisper 1.2.0 brings managed settings for organizations. Machine policies set
through Group Policy, Intune or any tool that writes the registry control the
license, providers, cloud processing, downloads, updates and startup, and a new
MSI installs the app for every user of a device. Installations of TypeWhisper 1.1
update in place.

Managed settings for organizations

• TypeWhisper reads machine policies from HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\TypeWhisper
  (enforced) and its Recommended subkey (defaults users can change). Without policy
  values nothing changes. The app applies policy changes while it runs.
• ManagedLicenseKey activates a commercial license for each Windows user who starts
  TypeWhisper, with the same name and behavior as on macOS. While the key is managed,
  the Premium page hides key entry, deactivation and purchase links.
• Transcription and text models can be enforced or recommended as provider and model
  pairs. Allowlists limit the transcription providers, text providers and plugins.
• AllowCloudTranscription and AllowCloudTextProcessing keep audio and text on
  local plugins. Every plugin declares whether it runs locally, in the cloud or
  depending on its configuration.
• AllowPluginDownloads and AllowModelDownloads stop plugin installs and updates
  from the catalog and the model downloads the app starts.
• UpdateMode, UpdateChannel and AllowedUpdateChannels control app updates;
  LaunchAtLogin, SkipOnboardingWhenReady and SuppressOptionalPrompts control
  startup, setup and the Premium prompt.
• Restrictions apply to dictation, file transcription, workflows, recovery and the
  HTTP API, which answers 403 forbidden. Pickers, plugin pages and Integrations show
  why an entry is unavailable.
• Settings > Advanced > Managed settings lists the effective values and any problems.
  The support report contains the same section.
• Group Policy templates (ADMX with English and German ADML) and the registry script
  Set-TypeWhisperPolicy.ps1 are attached as TypeWhisper-win-PolicyTemplates.zip.
  The deployment guide
  describes every key, Group Policy and Intune, network hosts, the microphone
  permission and packaging.

Machine-wide installation

• Each release now also ships an MSI, TypeWhisper-win-x64.msi. It installs
  TypeWhisper once for all users into C:\Program Files\TypeWhisper, with Start menu
  and desktop shortcuts for all users. Settings, models and plugins stay in each
  user's profile.
• A machine-wide installation is updated by the deployment: the app does not install
  app updates itself and locks the update channel. Plugin updates are unaffected.
• A silent MSI installation does not install the .NET 10 runtime. Deploy it first; the
  guide lists the commands. An interactive installation offers to install it.

Other changes

• After an update, a short overview of new features appears once. It also appears
  when Settings is opened during the restart, and it never opens during a dictation.
  Account & about > What's new in TypeWhisper shows it again.
• Select lists with ten or more choices, such as the spoken language, have a search
  field. It ignores case and accents and also finds language codes.
• The overlay offers the icon of the app you dictate into as its own widget, separate
  from the app name.
• The tray menu follows the Light theme.
• The Premium page explains what a commercial license adds on Windows, with examples
  of what learning from corrections fixes. With Premium access it lists the features
  with their status and settings.
• Clicking a recent transcription on Home opens it in History. Recent rows have Copy
  and Open in History in their context menu, and the History context menu acts on the
  row it was opened on.
• Regex corrections in the dictionary keep their own identity through sync with
  macOS, imports and backups, so patterns such as \d and \D no longer overwrite
  each other.
• TypeWhisper.exe --page <page>/<setting> opens a settings page scrolled to one
  setting, for example --page advanced/ManagedPolicy. Search results and links now
  also reach the settings on the Audio page.
• Failed plugin settings actions are recorded in the diagnostic log, without content.
• Local speech engines in the separate transcription worker no longer fail when they
  load a component after the worker has been running for a while. (#696)

Updating

• 1.1 installations are offered 1.2.0 through the update notice. Download and restart
  installs it and keeps the profile, plugins and settings. The app's update component
  moves to a new version with this release.
• Installations of TypeWhisper 1.0 update to 1.2.0 directly and import their existing
  data on the first start, as with 1.1.
• The Microsoft Store version is updated separately.

Installation and requirements

• The per-user installer, the MSI and the portable ZIP are available for x64. Setup
  installs the .NET 10 runtime when it is missing; the portable ZIP requires it
  separately.
• TypeWhisper requires Windows 10 build 19041 or later.
• As with 1.1, the GitHub installers, including the MSI, are not code-signed, so
  Windows SmartScreen may ask for confirmation.