v1.3.5
Highlights
- New Int8 Parakeet model — a quantized variant that runs about a third faster on CPU with minimal accuracy loss. The setup wizard now recommends the right variant for your machine (Int8 for CPU, FP32 for GPU).
- Automatic CPU fallback when a GPU model fails to load — no more startup crash when VRAM is unavailable.
- Better NVIDIA support — automatic cuDNN detection, including older (Pascal) GPUs.
New
- Add extra/virtual keyboards for the dictation shortcut (#10).
- Auto-detect the number of CPU threads for better out-of-the-box performance.
Fixes
- Fixed repeated characters / stutter where the last character could repeat 5-7 times (#8).
- The dictation shortcut no longer grabs the mouse or touchpad, avoiding input lockups.
- Fixed pasting of non-Latin and accented text.
- The microphone mute state is now preserved instead of being force-unmuted.
- Long files: fixed repeated sentences caused by chunk-overlap de-duplication.
- Fixed a startup crash on KDE neon and other rolling-Qt distributions (#13).
- Transcription editor: fixes for tab switching, export honoring your edits, and drag-and-drop.
Packaging
- PipeWire is now a hard dependency (dictation failed silently without it).
- Install fixes: Arch builds from the release/1.3 tag, tarball uinput permission parity, and the wizard mic test on CUDA builds.
Full Changelog: v1.3.4...v1.3.5