🎉 Vocalinux v0.3.0-alpha
This release brings important bug fixes, new features, and a completely redesigned website!
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Per-engine model persistence - The app now remembers your model selection separately for VOSK and Whisper engines. Previously, switching between engines would lose your model preferences. (#64)
- Audio device detection - Fixed audio detection issues with new device selection and testing capabilities (#55)
✨ New Features
- Flexible Whisper installation - Better support for different system configurations with multiple installation options (#63)
- Website Beta v2 - Complete website overhaul featuring:
- Interactive live demo (double-tap Ctrl to try!)
- Improved UI/UX and mobile responsiveness
- Better installation instructions (#56)
- Automated PyPI publishing - Releases now automatically publish to PyPI (#46)
- Google Analytics - Website analytics tracking for better insights (#61)
🔧 Maintenance
- Updated copyright year to 2026
- Added full GPLv3 license text
- Improved CI/CD pipeline for web deployments
- Various web build/deploy fixes
📦 Installation
# Option 1: VOSK only (recommended for your 8GB system)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --no-whisper
# Option 2: Whisper with CPU-only PyTorch (~200MB instead of ~2.3GB)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --whisper-cpu
# Option 3: Full install with GPU support (default)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/main/install.sh | bash🌐 Website
Visit vocalinux.com to try the new interactive demo!
Full Changelog: v0.2.0-alpha...v0.3.0-alpha