VoxKey 0.4.0
First-time setup now makes your spoken language, dictation key, and model download
status easier to find. Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 26 or later. Internal
build number: 11.
Set up dictation your way
- Choose your spoken language before activating your first model. The choice stays
selected while the model downloads. - Language and trigger-key controls appear in onboarding before the first dictation
test. Choose Globe/Fn, Right Option, Right Command, or Right Control. - English-only models explain that Spanish and other languages require Whisper v3
Turbo. The model chooser prevents activating an English-only model with a
non-English language selected.
Clearer download feedback
- An animated starting indicator appears immediately, including while the downloader
looks up the model files. - Setup and Models and Languages show download progress and elapsed time. The menu
also reports an active model download. - Completed transfers show a finishing state until the downloaded model is checked.
- Overall time remaining is unavailable: the downloader measures progress by file,
rather than by byte, so the percentage cannot support a reliable countdown.
Menu alignment
Menu labels now align consistently across sections. The automatically inserted
Settings gear no longer shifts the upper section to the right.
Validation and limits
Automated tests cover language selection before activation, onboarding language
and shortcut controls, download startup, progress, completion and retry, and menu
alignment. Light and dark layouts were rendered and inspected.
Live first-install dictation on another computer and an end-to-end Sparkle update
have not been re-tested for this release. Editor compatibility still depends on
the destination application's macOS Accessibility support.