FUTO Voice Input Moonshine v1.4.2-beta.5

Beta 5 highlights

• Centralizes recognition-model readiness, loading, selection, installation, deletion, and runtime release.
• Keeps recording active while streaming models load so early speech is not dropped.
• Preserves queued streaming audio when decoding falls behind and rejects stale samples after a recording session ends.
• Removes full model-file hashing from interactive startup while retaining integrity checks during installation.
• Recovers more safely from model-load failures and now closes partially initialized backends when loading fails or is cancelled.
• Adds predictive-back transitions in Settings on supported Android versions.
• Expands regression coverage for recording stop policy, streaming replay/reset, catalog readiness, and model lifecycle behavior.

What to test

• Start speaking immediately after opening voice input, especially with a streaming model selected.
• Cancel and rapidly restart dictation; confirm no text or audio leaks between sessions.
• Switch among installed Moonshine, Parakeet, Nemotron, and Whisper models and verify selection survives restart.
• Interrupt or fail a model download/load and confirm the app offers a clean retry without deleting a valid download.
• Exercise Android 15 predictive back from Model Options and report animation or back-stack issues.

Known beta gaps

• Predictive-back animation still needs broader real-device and instrumentation validation.
• Model performance labels and latency guidance still need calibration across representative phones.
• Release-level thermal, memory, backlog, download-recovery, and full backend regression testing remains in progress.

Installation and models

This is a signed standalone APK for the FUTO Voice Input fork. Moonshine remains the default offline recognizer; Parakeet, Nemotron, and legacy Whisper/GGML remain selectable in Model Options.

Speech models are not bundled in the APK. Download the desired model on first use or from Model Options; transcription remains offline after installation.

The Parakeet integration and repository changes in this fork were built with AI assistance using Codex (GPT-5).

Full Changelog: v1.4.2-beta.4...v1.4.2-beta.5