Sorot 0.7

Listen gets sharper, on its own.

• Two speech models, picked for you. Apple's model still writes your captions the instant you speak. Then, where it does measurably better, OpenAI's open-source Whisper model takes a second look at each finished sentence and quietly fixes it. Nothing to set up or choose.
• Mixed languages. Sentences like "kita harus deploy dulu ke staging" come out right: in our tests, mistakes on Indonesian mixed with English dropped by almost half. Noisy rooms and English get better too.
• Recordings get the full treatment. Every sentence of a transcribed recording gets the second look, with punctuation.
• Still on your Mac. Whisper runs on the Neural Engine. The first time you use Listen, Sorot downloads it once (about 630 MB) in the background, only on Wi-Fi. Until it's ready, you get Apple's text as before.
• The prompter keeps using Apple's model only, so it follows you as fast as ever.

If you have an earlier version, Sorot will offer this update on its own within a day, or choose Check for Updates… in the menu bar.

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. It isn't notarized yet: the first time you open it, macOS stops it. Go to System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.

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SHA-256 of Sorot.dmg

f64d51711790e7f64946095f07acd33b8fad0ed5379ecd9dc08122ef20f99d68

Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Sorot 0.6.1

Listen keeps every word.

• Nothing goes missing. In some languages (Bahasa Indonesia among them), text stayed a grey guess until a long pause, and pausing or stopping could lose it. Now text settles at each pause, sentence by sentence, and whatever is still a guess is kept when you pause or stop.
• No dropped audio. If the speech model falls behind for a moment, Sorot waits for it instead of skipping ahead.
• Help for Pro. The key dialog and the receipt page now point to sorot.app/activate.

If you have an earlier version, Sorot will offer this update on its own within a day, or choose Check for Updates… in the menu bar.

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. It isn't notarized yet: the first time you open it, macOS stops it. Go to System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.

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SHA-256 of Sorot.dmg

b41419737734346efb605ec2aabaaa40f489165f9ec29fdffd144fbe12a4a94f

Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Sorot 0.6

Listen gets recordings, saving, and a real pause.

• Transcribe a recording. Drop a voice memo, a call or a video on the notch (or choose Transcribe a Recording… from the glasses in your menu bar, or ⌘O in Listen). It's turned into text on your Mac, much faster than real time. Stop cancels it and keeps what's done.
• Save any transcript with ⌘S or the save button: as text with timestamps (.txt) or as subtitles (.srt) for your video editor. Live sessions and recordings both.
• Pause and Stop. Pause turns the mic off and keeps the session, so resuming doesn't use another free session. Stop ends it, ready to save.
• A recording counts as one Listen session. Free sessions cover the first 30 minutes; Sorot Pro has no limit.

If you have an earlier version, Sorot will offer this update on its own within a day, or choose Check for Updates… in the menu bar.

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. It isn't notarized yet: the first time you open it, macOS stops it. Go to System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.

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SHA-256 of Sorot.dmg

d792bdef0988cf67628fe7c7e328f9f8700c38b10670c6c819510d11fb33886f

Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Sorot 0.5

Introducing Sorot Pro.

• Free: Music, with karaoke lyrics, as much as you like. The prompter and Listen are free for three sessions each (free Listen sessions run up to 30 minutes).
• Sorot Pro, $8.99 once: the prompter and Listen with no limits, and every update to come. No subscription, no account.
• Buy at sorot.app/buy. After paying you get a license key and an Activate in Sorot button. Or choose Enter License Key… from the glasses in your menu bar.
• License keys are checked on your Mac. Nothing phones home.

Lost your key? Email support@sorot.app.

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. It isn't notarized yet: the first time, right-click Sorot and choose Open.

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SHA-256 of Sorot.dmg

12dfa45a7b8b6bb95bda579a97726ce2d86d9a7cbe719311b62d2a06aa33dc78

Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Sorot 0.4.1

Sorot moves to sorot.app, and each mode gets its own look.

• Music dances: waves in magenta, cobalt and a flick of chartreuse move to the beat while the song plays. The line being sung lights up in magenta.
• Listen gets a level meter: a row of bars, violet to sunset, in its own space above the controls.
• sorot.app. The website and the update check now live at https://sorot.app.

If you have an earlier version, Sorot will offer this update on its own within a day, or choose Check for Updates… in the menu bar.

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. It isn't notarized yet: the first time, right-click Sorot and choose Open.

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SHA-256 of Sorot.dmg

30d0c723c736da0adb21a3bc3ac71a8e231209cddc610148d149f3b00455e0ba

Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Sorot 0.4

Sing like nobody's listening.

• Music. A third tab in the notch shows what Spotify or Apple Music is playing, with play, pause and skip. Turn on lyrics and every line lights up as it's sung, karaoke-style. Click a line to jump the song there. Space plays or pauses, the arrow keys skip.
• Lyrics are opt-in. They come from lrclib.net, and only the song's title and artist are sent, once you turn them on. Each song is looked up once and kept on your Mac.
• Open at Login. In the menu bar.
• Mode tabs are icons now, named when they're the one in use.

The first time you open Music, macOS asks whether Sorot may see Spotify or Music. Allow it to see what's playing.

If you have 0.3.x, Sorot will offer this update on its own within a day, or choose Check for Updates… in the menu bar.

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. It isn't notarized yet: the first time, right-click Sorot and choose Open.

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SHA-256 of Sorot.dmg

ac81edc562a203cb49c733668040b36e311a685fa02d997a7f57e1a5002ac23c

Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Sorot 0.3.3

The icon goes back to the glasses in the spotlight: a pair of reading glasses with eyes, lit by a warm beam from the notch.

Everything else is as in 0.3.2: the eyes in the notch, the glasses in the menu bar, and automatic update checks. If you have 0.3.1 or 0.3.2, Sorot will offer this update on its own within a day, or choose Check for Updates… in the menu bar.

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. It isn't notarized yet: the first time, right-click Sorot and choose Open.

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SHA-256 of Sorot.dmg

8afe0c1cff1a4d53c5ee19044058219a3fcd7892d96b0988b20e51064fa1b50d

Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Sorot 0.3.2

Sorot gets its face.

• New icon. The wordmark: two eyes in round glasses, resting on a cream "r" for a nose.
• Eyes in the notch. The status light is now the glasses. Sleepy when Sorot is off, looking down at your words while it follows you, straight ahead in Listen, and blinking now and then.
• Menu bar. The glasses there too, with a small dot when an update is waiting.
• Website. Choose Light, Dark or Colorful at the top.

If you have 0.3.1, Sorot will offer this update on its own within a day, or choose Check for Updates… in the menu bar.

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. It isn't notarized yet: the first time, right-click Sorot and choose Open.

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SHA-256 of Sorot.dmg

e9bb438493d62760e306af932c084168699efec40bdb6aa6f83a539315904e48

Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Sorot 0.3.1

Sorot now comes as a DMG and keeps itself up to date.

• One-click download. Open Sorot.dmg and drag Sorot into Applications.
• Update checks. Sorot looks for a new version at launch and once a day. When there is one, the glasses in your menu bar get a small dot. Choose Download and Sorot fetches the DMG, checks it against its published SHA-256, and opens it.
• Checksum. Sorot.dmg.sha256 is attached below. Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. It isn't notarized yet: the first time, right-click Sorot and choose Open.

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SHA-256 of Sorot.dmg

26bd468b0817555f82f756ce60337fbbc9b99313deb5890f8150128d73588c07

Check yours with shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Sorot.dmg.

Sorot 0.3

A teleprompter that lives in your Mac's notch. It scrolls while you talk and stops when you stop.

• Follows your voice, word by word, and waits while you pause or go off script
• Reads your script's own structure: cues like (pause), timings in headings, must-say points
• Listen mode: live captions from the microphone or from what your Mac is playing
• Everything runs on your Mac

Install: unzip, drag Sorot to Applications, then right-click it and choose Open the first time (it isn't notarized yet).

Needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon.