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v0.1.8-2
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Beta 2: dictation on macOS and Linux, and a new look. Installed copies are not offered it as an
update.

New

  • Dictation on macOS: hold ⌃⌘ in any app (Talkr asks for Accessibility once). The pill shows
    over full-screen apps, text is pasted and checked, and remote desktops get real key presses.
  • Dictation on Linux, X11: Talkr listens only for your shortcut (never other typing), pastes
    into the focused app (terminals included), and leaves your window manager's own shortcuts
    working.
  • Dictation on Linux, Wayland: through the desktop's own portals (GNOME 48+, KDE Plasma 6,
    Hyprland): the desktop asks once for the shortcut and for keyboard access. Elsewhere, bind
    talkr --dictate to a key.
  • A redesigned Dictation page: live status, guided setup, a pill preview, your system's own
    key names, and permission prompts that clear themselves.
  • A redesigned Appearance section with a live preview of each theme before you pick it.
  • The keys you press show live while you record a new shortcut.

Fixed

  • No more "vulkan-1.dll was not found" dialog on PCs without a Vulkan driver: Talkr goes
    straight to the CPU.
  • Hold-to-talk with a key shortcut (like Ctrl + Alt + F8) no longer stops on its own.
  • Closing the window quits Talkr when it is not kept in the tray, and opening Talkr again always
    shows the window.
  • Ctrl + Win + Left (switching desktops) no longer starts a recording in press-twice mode.
  • Short holds are timed from the key press, so they are not mistaken for taps.
  • A shortcut another program already uses is named on the Dictation page.

Free, private, offline speech tools. Text to speech with Kokoro and Piper, speech to text with Whisper, all running on your own computer.

Speech to text uses your graphics card when it can (Vulkan on Windows and Linux, Metal on macOS) and falls back to the CPU on its own. The engines run in a separate process, so a model that runs out of memory can't take the app down.

Which file do I need?

  • Windows: *_x64-setup.exe (recommended) or *_x64_en-US.msi
  • macOS Apple Silicon: *_aarch64.dmg
  • macOS Intel: *_x64.dmg
  • Linux: *.AppImage, *.deb or *.rpm

Builds are not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen and macOS Gatekeeper will warn on first launch.
Checksums are listed in SHA256SUMS-*.txt.

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