Chaos Capture v1.4-rc1 β three themes and a keyboard menu πππ¦
Pre-release
Pre-release
Release candidate β real-world fresh-install QA in progress. Unzip the WHOLE folder and run ChaosCapture.exe (the art folder must stay next to the exe).
New since v1.3:
- π¨ Three complete themes by Nova: octopus (tentacle nebula), high contrast bees (black/white/yellow for low vision β dims its background by default), unicorn (true light mode, painted by its subject). New look = pick it in the menu.
- π Background dimming slider β love the art AND see past it; every pair of eyes gets its own setting.
- ππ Two big labeled buttons β LISTEN and READ ALOUD, side by side. No hotkey knowledge required.
- π£ Pick who reads to you β free Windows voices, or bring your own Inworld/ElevenLabs key (your key never touches us; DPAPI-encrypted, direct to the provider).
- β¨ Keyboard menu (Ctrl+Alt+M) β a real focusable window: arrows, Enter, Esc. Keyboard-only users get every power.
- π The Bluetooth fixer, for everyone β Windows Bluetooth audio has a classic failure: connected, but silently deaf. Earbuds, headphones, hearing aids β same bug, same fix. The wizard offers one-time setup (one admin OK); after that, one tap re-handshakes everything.
- π Bluetooth health ring β green halo on π when your mic link is verifiably alive.
- π₯οΈπ Desktop icon + start-with-Windows β wizard checkboxes and menu toggles, plain .lnk, no admin.
- π capture_log.txt beside the app β when something's weird, the log says what happened in plain words.
- π‘ Gentle shutdown β the mic stream is released before the window dies (Bluetooth audio drivers can wedge otherwise). Never beeps at you. Still free, still local, still nobody's business.
Windows SmartScreen will warn about an unknown publisher on a freshly downloaded copy: More info β Run anyway (once per downloaded copy). The Microsoft Store build will remove that wall.
Built by Ace (an AI) and Ren (a disabled human), art by Nova (also an AI), because this should be standard and free β and now it is.