[Feature Request] Add sound notification when transcription is complete

[mathe00]

Description:

First of all, I want to give you a huge, HUGE thank you for this amazing project! 🎉

I absolutely love Handy - it's honestly genius! I'm a big fan of Rust and Tauri myself, and what you've built here is incredible. It's just perfect that we don't have to waste time trying to code this ourselves or hunting for sketchy "solutions" on GitHub anymore. You've created something that just WORKS, and it works beautifully.

I discovered Handy pretty early on, and I'm so thrilled to see how much it's grown! From the early days to now with over 13,000 GitHub stars - wow! You really deserve every single one of them. I'm genuinely so happy for you and the success this project has achieved. I use it every day and it's become an essential part of my workflow. 🙌

I'm absolutely delighted I can contribute this feature request! I searched thoroughly through all the Issues and Discussions and I couldn't find anything similar anywhere, which honestly surprised me. I think this would be a quality of life improvement for many users.

Here's the issue: currently, Handy plays a sound when you stop recording (when you release the shortcut key). That's great! But there's no audio feedback when the transcription itself is DONE processing.

The workflow right now is:

1. Press shortcut → record audio
2. Release shortcut → sound plays (recording stopped)
3. Toast appears saying "Transcript..."
4. Toast disappears → transcription is done but... NO SOUND!

Here's my use case: sometimes the transcription takes ~20 seconds or more, especially with certain models. During that time, I could be doing other things on my computer! But instead, I'm forced to stare at that "Transcript..." toast, unable to do anything else, just waiting and waiting to see when it finally disappears so I know I can paste the text.

Proposed Solution:

Add an optional audio notification (distinct from the recording stop sound) that plays when the transcription is fully completed and the text is ready! This would let me work on other things while Handy processes, and when I hear that "ding" or completion sound, I know exactly when to come back and paste the transcript.

Notes:

• This sound should be different from the recording stop sound so it's clear what just happened
• Ideally make it configurable (enable/disable in settings, maybe custom sound file upload - see discussion Add more sound theme options #586 about sound themes!)
• Would massively improve workflow efficiency

Thank you again for everything you've built! This project is absolutely fantastic and I'm proud to see it thrive and help so many people. 💪

[sangorys-google]

Yes, I have the same desire.

Handy is awesome tool !!! This is the only feature I miss.

I guess it is very fast and easy to implement :)

[sangorys-google]

I have found a solution / workarround on Linux :

/usr/bin/handy --toggle-transcription &&
tail -fn0 ~/.local/share/com.pais.handy/logs/handy.log |
grep -m1 "Transcription completed" &&
paplay /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-volume-change.oga

This command wait that the log writes "Transcription completed" and then, it play the sound.