v0.9.5

Model changes

Coco Voice now offers only models whose licences allow it. 18 models are no
longer offered and sense-voice-int8 is removed. If you used one of them, it
won't load after this update: pick another model in Settings > Models
(Parakeet V3 is a good default). The full list is in the README under
Models no longer offered.

A more dependable Coco Voice

This release is about reliability. Dictation now recovers by itself after an
internal error, a model that fails to load no longer leaves the app stuck, and
a streaming transcription that times out no longer blocks the next one.

Smaller fixes:

• Mute while recording no longer leaves your speakers muted.
• A failed shortcut change keeps your old shortcut working.
• Spoken corrections replace exactly the right text, emoji included.

New signing key

Coco Voice 0.9.5 is signed with a new update key. Copies on 0.9.4 cannot
update to it automatically: download 0.9.5 once from the release page. On
macOS, grant Accessibility to Coco Voice again after installing; that is a
one-time step. Later updates arrive through "Check for updates" as usual.

These builds are not signed or notarized. Verify downloads with SHA256SUMS. On macOS, right-click the app and choose Open the first time.

0.9.5 (2026-10-07)

Fixed

• build PR code without repository secrets or a write token (#22) (b5459a1)
• ci: keep PR test builds out of the Rust cache (#56) (b60cc6e)
• clear model loading if the load thread panics (#29) (475c32e), closes #10
• delete graphemes, including the trailing space, when a correction replaces text (#34) (88f8c04), closes #16
• do not panic when the settings store fails (2cf64fd), closes #18
• do not wipe a non-text clipboard when pasting (#32) (28c4187)
• fall back to batch only after a timed-out stream returns the engine (#31) (a96f30f), closes #11
• keep apostrophes and quotes in corrections (#55) (c350285)
• let build.yml inherit permissions from its caller (2c3cdd3)
• make main CI green (translations, lint, format, nix) (#20) (f7f4c9b)
• make mute-while-recording ordered, tracked and restored (#24) (f6cc024), closes #4 #5 #6
• make unsigned builds pass on macOS and the Linux package check (2c3cdd3)
• match the npm dialog and updater plugins to their Rust crates (#72) (864bca7)
• move existing installs from the old 60 ms restore delay to 300 ms (212a631)
• never paste an empty cleanup result (#66) (cc459ed)
• never save defaults over settings after a failed read (#27) (2cf64fd)
• point the Windows package check at coco-voice.exe (2c3cdd3)
• put the old hotkey back if rebinding fails (#25) (2582832), closes #7
• refuse a microphone change while a take is in progress (#35) (1203be9)
• register and unregister the cancel shortcut in order (#26) (fa78499), closes #8
• restart the dictation coordinator after a panic (#30) (0bfb087), closes #12
• run the macOS build scripts from the repo, not a personal path (#23) (c2f6bb3)
• serialize settings writes and roll back only the failed key (#28) (892bc79)
• stop a stale shortcut-capture loop when a new capture starts (#36) (e6937cc), closes #19
• translate the download labels in the progress bar (197e769)
• wait 300ms after the paste key before restoring the clipboard (#33) (212a631)
• withhold non-commercial and uncleared models, keep upstream attribution (#63) (f8488f5)