Boulito 0.2.2

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Boulito-0.2.2.dmg (below, in Assets) · Mac with Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later.

1. Open the .dmg and drag Boulito into Applications.
2. Open Boulito. The first time, macOS blocks it because Boulito is not signed with a paid Apple Developer account: close the message, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
3. In the Setup window, click Download next to Speech recognition (2.5 GB, once), then pick an AI model.

Already on 0.2.1: Boulito offers this update by itself (notification, then Update in the menu or the Setup window), and permissions are kept.

SHA-256: c3cd7181b5ca3a279182beee98d400cae26b64575cb0285f1154341f83787025

What's new

• One permission request at a time: the Setup buttons show macOS's own window first, and open System Settings only afterwards; Boulito no longer asks for Input Monitoring at launch.
• The update notice is never lost on first launch: Boulito waits until you have answered the notification request (allowed or not) before announcing a new version.
• The Open button next to Notifications opens the settings of the right app.

Boulito 0.2.1

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Boulito-0.2.1.dmg (below, in Assets) · Mac with Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later.

1. Open the .dmg and drag Boulito into Applications.
2. Open Boulito. The first time, macOS blocks it because Boulito is free and not signed with a paid Apple Developer account: close the message, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
3. In the Setup window, click Download next to Speech recognition (2.5 GB, once), then pick an AI model.

Coming from 0.2.0: download this version by hand once and grant the permissions again. From now on, updates install themselves from the app.

SHA-256: 4f6ba0703974b0c38d36567d0ff78cb2891c7f1e80beda84eb9755828cc1189e

What's new

• Updates from the app: Boulito asks GitHub once a day whether a new version is out (you can turn it off in the Setup window) and shows a notification. Update in the menu or the Setup window downloads it, checks it and restarts. A new version is installed only if its SHA-256 matches the one GitHub publishes and it is signed by Boulito's release certificate.
• Permissions are kept across updates: the app is now signed with the same certificate on every version, so macOS no longer asks for the microphone, Input Monitoring or Accessibility again after an update.
• The talk key explains what to do when speech recognition is not installed yet, and opens the Setup window.

Boulito 0.2.0

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Boulito-0.2.0.dmg (below, in Assets) · Mac with Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later.

1. Open the .dmg and drag Boulito into Applications.
2. Open Boulito. The first time, macOS blocks it because Boulito is free and not signed with a paid Apple Developer account: close the message, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. Needed once per version.
3. In the Setup window, click Download next to Speech recognition (2.5 GB, once). Boulito listens as soon as it is installed; then pick an AI model.

The app contains its own Python: no Terminal, no Homebrew. Settings, models and logs are kept in ~/Library/Application Support/Boulito; Erase everything… in the Setup window removes them. The source version (install.sh) still works as before.

SHA-256: 8fa6c8aaaef2ab834ff8f00ace93d49b6c6477a31b9aa816dd3257c56981c83e

What's new

• Download Boulito as a Mac app (.dmg), with speech recognition downloaded from the Setup window and an Erase everything… button.
• Volume to a value: "turn it down to 30", "set the volume to 50".
• Follow-ups: "again", "a bit more", "lower it again", "same"… repeat the previous command, through fast rules or the local AI. In conversation mode (no name needed for a few seconds), the AI can only run simple commands and stays silent otherwise.
• Open listening: the name said alone during conversation mode now waits for the command instead of being dropped, and the name is recognized anywhere in the sentence.
• Lower the sound while listening works again with echo cancellation (it stays optional).
• More misheard commands are recognized without the AI.