PCS 0.9.0

PCS 0.9.0

Calendar action buttons now wrap as whole buttons, keeping their labels readable when manually editing a task. Help has been checked against the current features, and the PROTOTYPE badge has been removed.

Local voice now uses bundled Whisper base.en English speech recognition instead of Windows dictation. The Windows David or Zira desktop voice still speaks replies. The speech files are included in this ZIP; Gemma and its matching runtime remain separate downloads. Recognition runs on the CPU with no API request, cloud fallback, microphone substitution or audio recording file. PCS retains a short audio lead-in to avoid losing quiet initial sounds. Listening still pauses while a turn is processed and spoken.

Controlled tests used the same generated audio for both recognizers: Windows dictation made 10 word errors in 38 words; Whisper made none after the same time-format normalization. This is a small synthetic comparison, not an accuracy guarantee for a physical microphone, accent or noisy room. Check important requests in the transcript and the saved-result notice.

Bug reports now include bounded local speech attempt/result counts, recognition time, audio duration, signal level and clipping. They include no speech text or audio. The supplied b8 report confirmed connection and completed local turns but lacked this quality evidence.

Calendar request/edit saving and notebook suggestions retain the behavior confirmed working in b8. Existing vault compatibility requirements are unchanged. Use a fresh extraction of the complete ZIP; do not overlay individual files onto an older version. Your current installation and vault are not changed by downloading this ZIP.

License and source

Copyright (C) 2026 Courtney Dickson. First-party PCS code is licensed under GNU GPL version 3 only (GPL-3.0-only). Third-party components retain their own licenses and notices. PCS is provided without warranty.

The matching source is supplied as PCS-0.9.0-Source.zip alongside the complete Windows download. It includes the PCS Python/JavaScript source, launcher source and build recipe, tests, bundled speech assets and notices. The complete Windows ZIP also contains the PCS source. Use SHA256SUMS.txt to verify your download.

This candidate adds licensing documents and release information to the previously tested 0.9.0 program. Python packaging metadata now explicitly selects the PCS package and declares its license. Application code, executables, models, runtime libraries and pinned dependencies are unchanged.

Known limits

PCS remains under active development. Physical microphone/noisy-room and long-session acceptance, broader memory quality, and the previously observed Google renewal disconnection remain open. Local vision and network research are unavailable. The Local conversation model and its matching runtime are separate downloads. Keep an encrypted vault backup before adopting a new release.

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