OpenWhispr 1.8.1

Everything from 1.8.0 — team spaces, web note sharing, new local models — plus a critical fix. If you installed 1.8.0, please update right away.

🚑 Fixed in 1.8.1

Note content could leak between notes. In 1.8.0, switching from one note to another could copy the second note's content into the first, even if you didn't edit either one. This is fixed — edits now stay with the note they belong to. (If you used 1.8.0, it's worth a quick look through recently-viewed notes.)

Team spaces — Create shared spaces alongside your private notes, invite teammates by email with roles, and jump straight in from a one-click link. Your notes stay on your device and sync in the background, with access checked on the server so only the right people can see them.
Share notes on the web — Publish a note to notes.openwhispr.com for anyone with the link, anyone in your company's email domain, or just the people you invite.
Workspace settings — Manage members, team spaces, and billing from the new Settings → Workspace section.
New local AI models — Added the Gemma 4 family of on-device models for faster, fully private AI.
Privacy retention controls — Choose how long saved recordings and transcripts are kept — down to a single day — and OpenWhispr cleans up the rest automatically.
See your raw transcript — History now shows the full, unedited transcript with a one-click copy button.
Dictionary from the command line — List and bulk-update your custom dictionary through the CLI.

More accurate dictation — Local transcription no longer chops words in half, long recordings don't time out early, and a dropped microphone no longer loses what you just said.
Steadier cloud & streaming transcription — Sturdier large-file uploads, cleaner NVIDIA Parakeet and AssemblyAI streaming, and your transcript is kept even if the cleanup step comes back empty.
Safer notes sync — Cloud sync will no longer overwrite a note you've edited locally with an empty copy.
Better exports — Meeting participants are included, subtitle timing is fixed, and speaker-less segments are merged more cleanly.
Translation — Local translation is more reliable and handles empty results gracefully.
Windows — No more console windows flashing during dictation, meetings, and GPU checks.
Linux — More reliable pasting and meeting detection, and better behavior on Wayland.
macOS — The Dock icon now follows the control panel, the tray icon toggles it, and the Accessibility setup handles the app not being listed yet.