0.7.0 · Offline by Default

A Strict Offline Switch, a Clean Abort When the Model Is Missing, and --preview

A single EASYSPEAK_OFFLINE variable now governs whether EasySpeak may reach the network, and it defaults to strict — nothing is fetched at runtime unless you opt in, true to the fully-local ethos. The recognition model loads locally first, so a bundled or previously-cached model needs no network at all. When it is missing under the default, startup aborts cleanly: an actionable message (set EASYSPEAK_OFFLINE=relaxed to download it, or install a language pack) and a non-zero exit, mirroring the existing no-microphone handling. Set relaxed to opt into the on-demand base.en download from Hugging Face, announced with a warning.

A CLI-usability fix renames the one-shot --show desktop-integration option to --preview, aligning the mental model of the two paired options: --preview now prints exactly what --configure would install, so the two read as a single preview-then-apply gesture rather than an odd show/configure mismatch. It also takes exactly one item, since concatenating several files to stdout served no purpose. Under the hood the data and extension folders move back under src/, the packaging tests gain a README, and the GitHub Releases workflow is documented in CONTRIBUTING.

What's Changed

• Document the GitHub Releases workflow in CONTRIBUTING by @bittner in #110
• Move data and extension folders back to src/ by @bittner in #111
• Add README for the packaging tests by @bittner in #112
• Gate implicit Whisper downloads behind EASYSPEAK_OFFLINE by @bittner in #114
• Rename --show CLI option to --preview by @bittner in #113

Full Changelog: 0.6.0...0.7.0