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@Infatoshi Infatoshi released this 08 Nov 06:33
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Phonon for Windows, beta 2, and Linux preview

Hold a key, talk, let go, and the text appears where you are typing. Speech recognition (Parakeet) and correction (Phonon's refiner, the same model as the Mac app's 1.0 release) run on your computer. First start downloads about 1.6 GB; after that everything is offline.

Built from the same source as Phonon 1.0.1 for Mac. The files carry version 1.0.0.

Windows (beta 2)

  • A real installer. Double-click Phonon-Setup-1.0.0.exe: it installs for your user only (no administrator needed), adds Phonon to the Start menu and to sign-in, and starts it. If the Microsoft Visual C++ runtime is missing, it installs it and Windows asks once for permission. Uninstall from Settings > Apps.
  • The refiner replaces Gemma: a smaller download (1.6 GB instead of 3.8) and the same correction model as the Mac.
  • Correction runs on your graphics card through Vulkan when one is fast enough, otherwise on the CPU. On an RTX 3090 a short dictation's correction takes about 65 ms.
  • Pick the dictation key from the tray menu: Right Ctrl (default), Right Alt, Ctrl+Space, Right Shift, Caps Lock or F13. Laptops with a Copilot key instead of Right Ctrl switch to Right Alt by themselves the first time you press it.
  • Phonon warns you when the window you are typing into runs as administrator, because Windows does not let it type there.
  • A busy computer no longer stalls dictation: with every core loaded (a compile, a render), dictations landed in 1.5 to 4 seconds in our tests, where earlier builds could take minutes.
  • Fixes: pressing the key while Phonon is still setting up now says so instead of replaying later; memory use is about 0.8 GB lower; an empty recording no longer crashes Phonon; the correction server closes with Phonon.

Not code signed: SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC" the first time. Choose More info, then Run anyway.

Linux (preview)

sudo apt install ./phonon_1.0.0_amd64.deb
  • Ubuntu 24.04 or later and Debian-family systems on x64, GNOME or KDE Plasma, Wayland or X11.
  • Hold Right Ctrl to dictate. Phonon reads the key from the kernel, so it works under Wayland, and types by pasting with a virtual Ctrl+V, putting your clipboard back afterwards. In a terminal the text stays on the clipboard (terminals paste with Ctrl+Shift+V).
  • The package installs a udev rule so your user can read the keyboard and create a virtual one; no group change or logout. It starts at sign-in.
  • Correction runs on the CPU.

Known issues

  • English only.
  • Tag questions and leading answer words ("..., right?", "Yeah, ...") are often removed as filler.
  • Windows: balloons do not stay in the notification center.

License

GPL-3.0. The refiner weights are under the LFM Open License v1.0; Parakeet is CC-BY-4.0 (NVIDIA); the runtimes are sherpa-onnx (Apache-2.0) and llama.cpp (MIT).

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