Handy v0.8.0 is out! It should bring speed improvements for the Whisper models (>2x as fast on my Mac!). Slowly the app is becoming more and more stable and as we inch to a 1.0 release there will be a few features starting to take priority. There may be some stability regressions in this release as we upgraded a lot under the hood. Likely the next few minor releases will have bugfixes.
Beyond the Whisper improvements, audio recordings should now be saved even if the transcription fails. This way you can try to transcribe with another model. Warning: This update contains a DB upgrade which is not backwards compatible. If you move back to an older version of Handy after trying this release, it will crash. You will need to delete your DB. If you need your history preserved, I can help you through migrating it back.
In the coming more major releases you should expect:
- more bug fixes
- streaming support
- handy being an API server (so other applications can use handy to transcribe audio)
- being able to transcribe local files
- eventually local post processing with a fine-tuned model
Please be patient as we work to bring these features in!
A hugeeee thanks to all the contributors in this release and especially @VirenMohindra for helping to review PR's and smooth out CI/CD.
What's Changed
- ci: run full build and quality checks on push to main by @VirenMohindra in #1091
- fix(ci): grant contents: write in main-build.yml by @VirenMohindra in #1092
- whisper-rs 0.16.0 and ort.rc12 by @cjpais in #1041
- fix(ci): use sign-binaries: true in main-build.yml by @VirenMohindra in #1094
- docs: add Raycast extension to Integrations section by @mattiacolombomc in #1064
- Update Raycast integration description by @mattiacolombomc in #1100
- improve history performance by @cjpais in #1107
- fix: sha256 verification to prevent corrupt partial download loop by @VirenMohindra in #1095
- Remove outdated CHANGELOG.md by @isc in #1110
- Save recordings before transcription by @ferologics in #1024
- Adding Swedish language translation by @mohammad-albarham in #1113
- fix: show friendly error when no audio input device is available by @MarceloPrado in #1115
- [BUGFIX] Fix model speed/accuracy indicator alignment by @AlexanderYastrebov in #1116
New Contributors
- @mattiacolombomc made their first contribution in #1064
- @isc made their first contribution in #1110
- @mohammad-albarham made their first contribution in #1113
- @MarceloPrado made their first contribution in #1115
Full Changelog: v0.7.12...v0.8.0