Floaty 0.2.1

Floaty v0.2.1 Release Notes

🎉 We're excited to bring you the latest improvements to Floaty with version 0.2.1! This release includes enhancements across styling, accessibility, and customization options. Special thanks to all our contributors!

New Features & Enhancements

• Voice Output (Text-to-Speech)

  • Added a new text-to-speech capability for assistant replies. 🗣️ [SHA: d90898d]
    • Introduced the Speech model role leveraging OpenAI presets for seamless voice output.
    • Added UI controls for voice settings including a toggle, voice selection, speed, and volume.
    • Introduced SpeechTextChunker and SpeechSynthesisService to manage and play audio clips.
    • Accessible via a header speaker toggle and per-bubble read-aloud button.
    • URL: Pull Request #29

• Enhanced Reasoning Customization and Verbosity Options

  • Introduced new controls for reasoning effort levels and verbosity. [SHA: 974a031]
    • New enums ReasoningEffortLevel and OutputVerbosity for detailed response settings.
    • Updated ModelProviderView to include these new configurations.
    • Improved user customization for enhanced service adaptability, especially for OpenAI and Anthropic.

Style Improvements

• Chat Panel Message Styling [SHA: aacf563]
  • Restyled the chat panel to enhance readability and aesthetic:
    • Assistant responses now render as free text, left-aligned.
    • User messages remain within 80% width for better visual flow.
    • System notes are dimmed for subtle information presentation.
    • Redesigned read-aloud button with hover visibility and icon-only collapse chevron for a cleaner UI.

General

• Repository: Floaty GitHub
• Contributors: Joachim Leonfellner, nor0x

🙌 Thank you for using Floaty! We welcome feedback and contributions from our community to continue improving the app. Happy chatting!

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