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Velora 0.4.5 — faster dictation and better punctuation

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@sushilk1991 sushilk1991 released this 11 Jul 05:27
v0.4.5
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Velora 0.4.5 makes dictation faster without swapping or shrinking either configured model.

Performance

  • Reuses the exact Qwen prompt prefix prepared while you speak instead of paying that cost after release.
  • Cancels stale preview and cleanup work, and restarts the sidecar if MLX inference hard-wedges.
  • Stops repeated full-recording audio copies during Whisper previews.
  • Keeps long Terminal dictations streaming even when the first segment is short.
  • Pauses hidden HUD animations; the installed app and loaded sidecar measured 0.0% idle CPU across 12 samples.

Writing quality

  • Complete thoughts now receive sentence-ending punctuation.
  • Longer Terminal prose keeps its final full stop while short commands remain model-free and command-safe.
  • Qwen fixes clear grammar and agreement issues conservatively without paraphrasing or changing meaning.
  • Names, numbers, technical terms, and dictated details stay protected by the divergence checks.

Live transcript

  • The HUD shows up to two readable lines selected on word and sentence boundaries.
  • Whisper previews use the same warmed model that produces the final transcript and cannot corrupt final state.

The production models remain mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo and mlx-community/Qwen3.5-4B-MLX-8bit.

Verified with 233 Python tests, 69 Swift self-checks, six exact-model quality fixtures, an installed end-to-end audio run (1.298s stop-to-final), Developer ID signing, Apple notarization, stapling, and Gatekeeper assessment.

SHA-256: a5541af5be8570573fc9f416ec167a4a7737da650f578ec25780d78e627c1671

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