v0.3.27-beta

v0.3.27-beta Highlights

• Trigger-only Windows dictation with local safety recordings, one-pass recovery, and explicit microphone-off states.
• Deepgram Nova-3 and verified local speech routes remain user-selected; no remote Talk Dat! database or audio backend is required.
• The in-app updater verifies the installer after download and again immediately before launch.
• The public download page resolves beta assets directly instead of relying on GitHub's stable-only latest-release route.
• RELEASE-RECEIPT.json records the source commit, build environment, signing state, asset sizes, and SHA256 hashes.

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.
• SHA256SUMS.txt and RELEASE-RECEIPT.json provide independent integrity and provenance details.

First Run

Launch the app, keep the no-key local default or choose a cloud provider with your own key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. On Windows, saved provider keys use Windows Credential Manager; non-secret preferences and local content stay under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.

v0.3.26-beta

v0.3.24-beta Highlights

• Initializes PortAudio before enabling hotkeys, eliminating the several-second first-trigger stall that could miss an entire short dictation.
• Transcription worker updates now enter a nonblocking UI queue, so Pill rendering can never delay microphone capture.
• The local Qwen formatter remains loaded for the app lifetime; automatic formatting has a strict 1.2-second request budget and falls back to deterministic formatting instead of freezing paste.
• Verified local-model downloads, background Parakeet preparation, compact processing feedback, and the completion-only rainbow crossfade remain included.
• Transactional installer rollback, checksum-verified in-app updates, capture recovery, and public updater smoke tests remain included.

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.

First Run

Launch the app, keep the no-key local default or choose a cloud provider with your own key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. On Windows, saved provider keys use Windows Credential Manager; non-secret preferences and local content stay under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.

v0.3.25-beta

v0.3.24-beta Highlights

• Initializes PortAudio before enabling hotkeys, eliminating the several-second first-trigger stall that could miss an entire short dictation.
• Transcription worker updates now enter a nonblocking UI queue, so Pill rendering can never delay microphone capture.
• The local Qwen formatter remains loaded for the app lifetime; automatic formatting has a strict 1.2-second request budget and falls back to deterministic formatting instead of freezing paste.
• Verified local-model downloads, background Parakeet preparation, compact processing feedback, and the completion-only rainbow crossfade remain included.
• Transactional installer rollback, checksum-verified in-app updates, capture recovery, and public updater smoke tests remain included.

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.

First Run

Launch the app, keep the no-key local default or choose a cloud provider with your own key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. On Windows, saved provider keys use Windows Credential Manager; non-secret preferences and local content stay under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.

v0.3.24-beta

v0.3.24-beta Highlights

• Initializes PortAudio before enabling hotkeys, eliminating the several-second first-trigger stall that could miss an entire short dictation.
• Transcription worker updates now enter a nonblocking UI queue, so Pill rendering can never delay microphone capture.
• The local Qwen formatter remains loaded for the app lifetime; automatic formatting has a strict 1.2-second request budget and falls back to deterministic formatting instead of freezing paste.
• Verified local-model downloads, background Parakeet preparation, compact processing feedback, and the completion-only rainbow crossfade remain included.
• Transactional installer rollback, checksum-verified in-app updates, capture recovery, and public updater smoke tests remain included.

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.

First Run

Launch the app, keep the no-key local default or choose a cloud provider with your own key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. On Windows, saved provider keys use Windows Credential Manager; non-secret preferences and local content stay under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.

v0.3.23-beta

v0.3.23-beta Highlights

• Fixed the local-model downloader: ONNX models now perform a real Hub download instead of treating a newly-created empty folder as an offline model.
• New local-first installs automatically prepare the selected Parakeet model in the background, while cloud users do not download local weights unless they select that lane.
• Model readiness now requires a verified payload manifest; empty, interrupted, stale, and deleted model folders are no longer reported as ready.
• Release CI launches the frozen EXE and proves that both packaged local speech engines and their distribution metadata can initialize.
• Processing now stays in the compact regular Pill. The full-spectrum rainbow appears only after successful completion and crossfades smoothly back to the normal Pill.
• Transactional installer rollback, checksum-verified in-app updates, capture recovery, and the fast formatting path remain included.

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.

First Run

Launch the app, keep the no-key local default or choose a cloud provider with your own key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. On Windows, saved provider keys use Windows Credential Manager; non-secret preferences and local content stay under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.

v0.3.22-beta

v0.3.22-beta Highlights

• Installer updates now stage and verify every payload before touching the installed app, then restore the previous files and manifest automatically if replacement fails.
• Silent install, same-version replacement, and private-data-preserving silent uninstall are exercised on Windows before release publication.
• A second release job downloads the public setup EXE through Talk Dat!'s updater, verifies its SHA256 checksum, installs it twice, and uninstalls it.
• Deepgram Nova-3 passed a credential-vault-backed Windows transcription smoke using generated speech audio without opening the microphone.
• Official GitHub build actions now use their Node 24 generations, and the v0.3.21 fast formatter and motion improvements remain included.

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.

First Run

Launch the app, choose a speech provider, paste your own API key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. On Windows, saved provider keys use Windows Credential Manager; non-secret preferences and local content stay under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.

v0.3.21-beta

v0.3.21-beta Highlights

• Explicit numbered lists, spoken bullets, and short clear questions bypass LLM latency through a high-confidence local fast lane.
• Ambiguous dictation still routes through the configured AI formatter, preserving the deeper rewrite path where it adds value.
• Spoken list introductions now use a proper lead-in colon, and follow-up questions remain outside the list with correct punctuation.
• Includes the v0.3.20 motion, processing-loop, Qwen warm-up, and installer-build reliability improvements.

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.

First Run

Launch the app, choose a speech provider, paste your own API key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. On Windows, saved provider keys use Windows Credential Manager; non-secret preferences and local content stay under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.

v0.3.20-beta

v0.3.20-beta Highlights

• The Pill stays expanded through transcription and formatting, uses the full-spectrum processing loop only while work is pending, and collapses once after completion.
• Open/close playback uses a shorter monotonic timeline with no duplicated first frame.
• Local formatting defaults to qwen3:1.7b, stays warm for the workday, and falls back immediately while model preparation is still running.
• Ordered-list cleanup and question punctuation are more reliable.

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.

First Run

Launch the app, choose a speech provider, paste your own API key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. On Windows, saved provider keys use Windows Credential Manager; non-secret preferences and local content stay under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.

v0.3.19-beta

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.

First Run

Launch the app, choose a speech provider, paste your own API key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. On Windows, saved provider keys use Windows Credential Manager; non-secret preferences and local content stay under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.

v0.3.18-beta

Download

• Talk-Dat-Setup.exe is the recommended custom glass Windows installer.
• Talk-Dat-Windows-Portable.zip is the no-installer portable build.

First Run

Launch the app, choose a speech provider, paste your own API key, and save setup. The microphone stays off until you press a trigger or click the pill.

Privacy

This release does not contain API keys, private config, dictionaries, snippets, or transcript history. User data is stored locally under %APPDATA%\TalkDat.