Whisper Dictate v1.0.4 — model download and doctor fixes

Whisper Dictate v1.0.4 — model download and doctor fixes

Two reliability fixes over v1.0.3:

• First-use model downloads repaired. Model files are now fetched from
  Hugging Face resolve/ URLs, so the initial EN/DE model download no longer
  fails when the resolver handed back a preview page instead of the weights
  file.
• Doctor mode works in the packaged app. The --doctor self-check now
  actually runs in the frozen Windows/macOS bundles instead of silently
  starting the normal dictation loop.

Also in this build:

• Community exporter canonicalises paths (macOS /var symlink ancestors,
  Windows short names) — CI hardening, developer-facing.

Note for macOS users: this asset is the CI build — it is not yet signed or
notarized (Developer ID signing + Apple notarization is a manual operator
step, see v1.0.3). Until a notarized build replaces it, right-click → Open
on first start, or xattr -cr WhisperDictate.app.

14-day free trial, then €40/year — whisperdictate.vercel.app.

Whisper Dictate v1.0.3

Whisper Dictate v1.0.3 — changeable keyboard shortcuts

Rebind everything without touching a config file: tray menu → "Hotkeys…" → click Change, press the new combination, Save. Conflicts are rejected, changes apply immediately, and they persist in config.json.

Covered shortcuts: EN dictate, DE dictate, Command Mode, paste-last, scratch-that, history window.

Also in this build:

• PolyForm Free Trial 1.0.0 license text ships inside the bundles
• Silent license self-heal: renewed subscriptions extend the app on next start
• macOS build is signed and notarized (Developer ID + Apple notary, stapled)

14-day free trial, then €40/year — whisperdictate.vercel.app.

Whisper Dictate v1.0.2

Whisper Dictate v1.0.2

Ships the final license text (PolyForm Free Trial 1.0.0) inside the bundles, plus:

• macOS build is signed and notarized (Developer ID, Apple notary service, stapled ticket) — opens without Gatekeeper warnings
• Proper macOS .app bundle (the v1.0.1 mac archive was a raw folder)
• License gate self-heal: a renewed subscription extends an installation silently on the next start — no re-activation needed
• In-app broadcast channel for product notices (tray notification)
• Activation with trial / purchase email, device-bound tokens (max 3), 14-day offline grace

€40/year for all use after the 14-day trial — buy at whisperdictate.vercel.app.

Whisper Dictate v1.0.1

Whisper Dictate v1.0.1 — licensing + activation

Licensing is now built in: start with a free 14-day trial (email only, no
card) or activate with the email you purchased with. Licenses are €40/year
for all use, per user, on up to 3 machines, with a 14-day offline grace so
traveling without internet never blocks dictation.

• Activation dialog at startup: trial / activate / buy
• Automated license registration through Stripe checkout
• Background license revalidation; nothing about your dictation content is
  ever sent anywhere — only an anonymous email + device check at startup
• macOS build is now signed and notarized (Developer ID, Apple notary
  service, stapled ticket) — it opens without Gatekeeper warnings
• All the v1.0.0 dictation features (EN/DE offline models, auto-edits,
  Command Mode, voice shortcuts)

Downloads below; buy at whisperdictate.vercel.app.

Whisper Dictate v1.0.0

Whisper Dictate v1.0.0 — first public release

Local, offline push-to-talk dictation for Windows and macOS. Hold a hotkey, speak, release — polished text lands at your cursor in any app. Your audio never leaves your machine.

Highlights

• Offline dictation (EN/DE) on NVIDIA Nemotron streaming models — GPU-accelerated (CUDA / Apple GPU), automatic CPU fallback
• Auto-edits: filler-word removal, spoken punctuation ("comma", "new line", "bullet point", …), sentence casing — deterministic, no cloud
• Backtrack: say "scratch that" mid-dictation to drop everything before it
• Command Mode (hold Ctrl+Shift+F10): "select all", "paste", "undo that", "delete last word", …
• Voice shortcuts: trigger phrases that expand into full text (snippets-*.txt)
• Personal vocabulary: hotwords, corrections, gitignored *.local.txt overrides, fuzzy hotword reconciliation
• Scratch-that hotkey, paste-last hotkey, clipboard-preserving paste, --doctor self-check, quiet CC0 sound themes

Install

1. Download the zip for your platform below and unzip it.
2. Run WhisperDictate.exe (Windows) or the app (macOS — grant Accessibility + Input Monitoring).
3. On first dictation the speech model (~2.4 GB per language) downloads once from Hugging Face; everything afterwards is fully offline.

Licensing

• Personal use: free — the complete source is on GitHub.
• Commercial use / prebuilt builds: Whisper Dictate Pro — €20/year.
• Third-party licenses: THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md.

The Windows bundle ships CPU torch and works on any x64 Windows 10/11 machine; with a CUDA GPU, transcription runs on it. The macOS bundle is built for Apple Silicon (arm64).