wispr-fox v2.1.0-nightly.8

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wispr-fox v2.1.0-nightly.8

Catching the "3 minutes in, half a transcript out" bug.

The likely culprit behind a truncated transcript

If you've ever recorded for a few minutes and got back only the first
30 seconds — this build is about that.

The recording timer measures how long you held the key. It does not
prove that much audio actually reached the file. If the microphone stream
hiccups partway through — Windows switching the device, a Bluetooth headset
changing modes, an audio "enhancement" kicking in — the app used to keep the
timer running while quietly capturing nothing. You'd get a card that says
"3m 0s" wrapped around 30 seconds of audio, and a transcript cut short with
no explanation. Retrying just re-read the same short file, so it never helped.

Now the app measures the audio it actually captured and compares it to the
timer. When they don't match, you get told plainly:

Mic dropped mid-recording. Only ~30s of your 3m 0s recording was
captured (~150s lost), so this transcript is cut short. Re-record to get
the rest — retrying won't recover audio that wasn't captured.

No more silent partial results dressed up as success.

The (i) panel now triangulates

Open any card's (i) and the timeline shows three numbers that pinpoint where
audio went missing, if it did:

• recorded — how long the timer ran.
• captured — how much audio actually made it into the file.
• provider processed — how many seconds the transcription service saw.

If recorded and captured disagree, your mic dropped (a re-record fixes it).
If they agree but processed is short, the problem is upload/transport, not
your mic. Either way you can now see which, instead of guessing.

Cleanup no longer gives up early

The polish/Draft step had a tight time limit that a longer dictation could
blow past, dropping you back to the raw transcript with a "cleanup timed out"
note even when nothing was really wrong. That limit is now generous enough to
finish a long draft.

Nightly build. If a transcription comes back short, open its (i) — the
recorded-vs-captured numbers will tell us exactly what happened.

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Built from commit b32462b.
Provenance: built by GitHub Actions from the tagged commit. See the release notes header for which agent authored the change set.

Pick your installer:

• Windows: wispr-fox_*_x64-setup.exe (recommended) or *_x64_en-US.msi
• macOS Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4): wispr-fox_*_aarch64.dmg
• Linux: *.AppImage (portable) or *.deb (Ubuntu/Debian)

First-time install — please read

Windows. Run the .exe, click through SmartScreen ("More info" → "Run anyway") on first launch since the binary isn't code-signed yet.

macOS. The build isn't notarized. One of two things will happen on first launch:

• "developer cannot be verified" dialog: Cancel → right-click the app in Applications → Open → click Open in the new dialog.
• "App is damaged" dialog: open Terminal and run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/wispr-fox.app, then double-click normally.

Then grant two permissions when prompted:

1. Microphone (first time you press F8) — required
2. Accessibility (first time it tries to paste) — required for fast text injection; if you skip it, the app falls back to clipboard+Cmd+V which still works but is slower

Full install walkthrough in the README.

Linux. AppImage is portable — chmod +x and run. Untested by maintainer; report issues.