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@a692570 a692570 released this 02 Oct 05:25
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v1.7.0
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Bolo 1.7.0

Highlights

  • Install like an app, not a project. Bolo-1.7.0.dmg contains a universal Bolo.app with a bundled Python runtime — no Rust toolchain, no terminal, no repo. Drag to Applications, open, and grant two permissions.
  • One Accessibility grant covers everything. The app bundle is the trusted process, so its helper processes inherit the grant: no more adding a Python interpreter path by hand.
  • Setup happens in the app. The first-run window walks through permissions, validates and saves your AssemblyAI API key (paste, validate, done — no config files), and ends on a live "hold the key and say a sentence" moment that turns green after your first dictation.
  • First words are no longer at risk. Capture starts at keypress and a replay buffer feeds the preview and dictation paths even when they attach late — the first-word-cutoff class of bug (the #1 complaint in this category) is structurally closed. The overlay shows a "Connecting…" phase until the preview is live instead of promising a meter that isn't running yet.
  • Corrections are visible. When you edit a misheard word after dictation, Bolo learns it and tells you ("Bolo learned: X -> Y"). A new Learned Words menu item opens a tappable list so you can see and remove anything it learned.
  • The DMG opens with a proper first impression — dark background, "Drag Bolo to Applications" — and the menu bar speaks human: Recent Dictations, Teach Bolo a Word…, Fix a Misheard Word…, with secondary items under More…

Install

  1. Download Bolo-1.7.0.dmg below.
  2. Open it, drag Bolo to Applications.
  3. Open Bolo (first launch only: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway, since the app is not yet Developer-ID-signed).
  4. Follow the setup window: grant Accessibility and Microphone, paste your AssemblyAI API key (get one at https://www.assemblyai.com/dashboard/home), then hold your hotkey and say a sentence.

Existing installs from source keep working with ./install.sh / ./restart.sh. The app bundle and a source install share ~/.bolo settings but cannot run at the same time.

Verification

175 Rust tests, 135 Python tests, clippy at the pre-existing baseline, green macOS CI, DMG verified by mount + launch in an isolated runtime.

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