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v1.1.16
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Live captions for any audio on your Linux desktop, recognised entirely on your own computer. This release is a round of fixes from a full check of NowCaption, plus easier ways to reach the menu.

Install

With automatic updates (recommended):

flatpak install --user --from https://techlm77.github.io/NowCaption/nowcaption.flatpakref

Installed that way already? flatpak update gets 1.1.16.

Or download a file below — x86_64 for most PCs, aarch64 for 64-bit ARM — then:

flatpak install --user NowCaption-1.1.16-x86_64.flatpak

Or the AppImage, for Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12 and newer — no installation needed:

chmod +x NowCaption-1.1.16-x86_64.AppImage
./NowCaption-1.1.16-x86_64.AppImage

Gear Lever or AppImageUpdate can keep it up to date.

What's new in 1.1.16

  • Restart after a problem. More options has a Restart button under Listen to. Use it after an error or when you change sound devices; the error messages now point to it.
  • History you can trust:
    • The newest lines are saved when you log out or shut down, not only when you quit.
    • Clear this session always removes the session from the history.
    • If the history can't be written, NowCaption says so and keeps trying.
  • Steadier captions:
    • The box keeps its width when a long message shows.
    • Changing the colour or background no longer moves words between rows.
    • The captions go back to your chosen screen when it's plugged in again.
    • New lines glide up without a final nudge.
  • Smoother effects. Pixel effects no longer jump or flicker when a new line starts, and turning off animations for your desktop stops all motion at once.
  • Plasma 5.27. On KDE Plasma 5.27 (such as Kubuntu 24.04), docked captions now float over fullscreen games and videos, as they already did on Plasma 6.
  • Transcript:
    • Searching a long transcript no longer slows the captions.
    • You can select text with the keyboard.
    • Closed windows free their memory.
  • Easier ways in:
    • On a touchscreen, touch and hold the captions to open the menu.
    • Right-click NowCaption in your app launcher for Open transcript, More options and Quit.
  • AppImage: it now includes the licence notices of the libraries it bundles.

The .zip and .tar.gz below contain the source code. The speech model is unchanged and is downloaded separately from the models-v2 release; its training data and licences are listed in MODEL-LICENSES.md.

SHA-256 of the Flatpaks and AppImages:

  • NowCaption-1.1.16-x86_64.flatpak: ed527a9d573e20d2266922efedf5038d2d24a5a00262df43fccdb46d858e68f9
  • NowCaption-1.1.16-aarch64.flatpak: 9e756660051fdc106b93120f4b9c0de331b00de7155c0693459e8ced0d3a374c
  • NowCaption-1.1.16-x86_64.AppImage: 4c3fe6f9f980aabf854ddd20b0414f689af299f7a5bee5bfba8fb1d0a0d0bd5d
  • NowCaption-1.1.16-aarch64.AppImage: d3fd96599eb2a01e87c72212c8b2dbcfcb935507e30b1e10f1c6b9bc60f05384
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