Fennec 0.5.4

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

Fennec Recorder (fennec-recorder-*.apk, Android 10 or newer) records on your phone and sends the audio to Fennec over your own network. Install the APK; to send, choose Receive from phone in Fennec and scan the code with Send to Fennec in the app.

What's Changed

• Settings inspector keeps its 300 px, so the compute pane is not cut off by @AngelFreak in #29
• Version 0.5.4 by @AngelFreak in #30

Full Changelog: v0.5.3...v0.5.4

Fennec 0.5.3

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

Fennec Recorder (fennec-recorder-*.apk, Android 10 or newer) records on your phone and sends the audio to Fennec over your own network. Install the APK; to send, choose Receive from phone in Fennec and scan the code with Send to Fennec in the app.

What's Changed

• Export takes the tab shown, with Dictation or Meeting note to choose by @AngelFreak in #27
• Version 0.5.3 by @AngelFreak in #28

Full Changelog: v0.5.2...v0.5.3

Fennec 0.5.2

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

Fennec Recorder (fennec-recorder-*.apk, Android 10 or newer) records on your phone and sends the audio to Fennec over your own network. Install the APK; to send, choose Receive from phone in Fennec and scan the code with Send to Fennec in the app.

What's Changed

• One meeting note per dictation, kept out of the document list by @AngelFreak in #25
• Version 0.5.2 by @AngelFreak in #26

Full Changelog: v0.5.1...v0.5.2

Fennec 0.5.1

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

Fennec Recorder (fennec-recorder-*.apk, Android 10 or newer) records on your phone and sends the audio to Fennec over your own network. Install the APK; to send, choose Receive from phone in Fennec and scan the code with Send to Fennec in the app.

What's Changed

• Summary and action items no longer overflow on GTK 4.14 by @AngelFreak in #22
• Meeting note tab under the dictation by @AngelFreak in #23
• Project page: no empty grey column on All documents and Unsorted by @AngelFreak in #21
• Version 0.5.1 by @AngelFreak in #24

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.5.1

Fennec 0.5.0

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

Fennec Recorder (fennec-recorder-*.apk, Android 10 or newer) records on your phone and sends the audio to Fennec over your own network. Install the APK; to send, choose Receive from phone in Fennec and scan the code with Send to Fennec in the app.

What's Changed

• README for 0.4.0 by @AngelFreak in #16
• Fit narrow windows: fold the sidebar and side panels by @AngelFreak in #17
• Faster proofreading with live progress; Rewrite as meeting note by @AngelFreak in #18
• Send from the phone by QR code each time, instead of pairing by @AngelFreak in #19
• Version 0.5.0 by @AngelFreak in #20

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0

Fennec 0.4.0

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

Fennec Recorder (fennec-recorder-*.apk, Android 10 or newer) records on your phone and sends the audio to Fennec over your own network. Install the APK, then in Fennec choose Settings → Phone → Pair a phone and scan the code.

What's Changed

• Speech model page: Edda v0.2 only, the English model, links to others by @AngelFreak in #13
• Built-in AI: Gemma 4 on this computer, meeting notes, proofreading by @AngelFreak in #14
• Version 0.4.0 by @AngelFreak in #15

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0

Fennec 0.3.0

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

Fennec Recorder (fennec-recorder-*.apk, Android 10 or newer) records on your phone and sends the audio to Fennec over your own network. Install the APK, then in Fennec choose Settings → Phone → Pair a phone and scan the code.

What's Changed

• Level meter: speech rises and falls instead of filling every bar by @AngelFreak in #7
• Dictate and transcribe in English as well as Danish by @AngelFreak in #8
• Build whisper.cpp with its llamafile matrix kernels (1.4× faster on CPU) by @AngelFreak in #9
• Download Edda as q4_k: as accurate, 100 MB smaller, 1.5× faster by @AngelFreak in #10
• fennec-bench: time --fast and --prompt as scored by @AngelFreak in #11
• Version 0.3.0 by @AngelFreak in #12

Full Changelog: v0.2.1...v0.3.0

Fennec 0.2.1

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

Fennec Recorder (fennec-recorder-*.apk, Android 10 or newer) records on your phone and sends the audio to Fennec over your own network. Install the APK, then in Fennec choose Settings → Phone → Pair a phone and scan the code.

What's Changed

• Sidebar counts during Undo; open on All documents by @AngelFreak in #5
• Version 0.2.1 by @AngelFreak in #6

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.2.1

Fennec 0.2.0

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

Fennec Recorder (fennec-recorder-*.apk, Android 10 or newer) records on your phone and sends the audio to Fennec over your own network. Install the APK, then in Fennec choose Settings → Phone → Pair a phone and scan the code.

What's Changed

• Fennec Recorder: record on your phone, transcribe in Fennec by @AngelFreak in #4

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

Fennec 0.1.0

Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or newer (or Debian with GTK 4.14+ and libadwaita 1.5+):

sudo apt install ./fennec_*.deb

The speech model runs on the GPU through Vulkan (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) when there is one, and on the CPU otherwise. Settings → Speech model → Compute shows which, and can force the CPU.

What's Changed

• Settings in the style of the rest of the app by @AngelFreak in #1
• Delete, move and tag documents from a project by @AngelFreak in #2
• Build the Debian package on release tags by @AngelFreak in #3

New Contributors

• @AngelFreak made their first contribution in #1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/AngelFreak/Fennec/commits/v0.1.0