Release Pindrop v1.19.0 · watzon/pindrop

What's New

Meet the new Orb indicator: the floating dictation indicator is now a living, audio-reactive orb that breathes while idle, swells when you speak, and streams your words live as you dictate.
Streaming transcription, instantly ready: the new Nemotron streaming engine shows words as you say them, with launch prewarming so your first dictation starts without a delay.
Better Bluetooth and external mic support: recording from external and Bluetooth microphones is now rock solid, even when your audio output is routed elsewhere. Thanks to @ntdkhang for investigating and kicking off the fix (PR #64).
Dictate in Russian and Ukrainian: two new dictation languages, fully wired into model recommendations. Thanks to @nezzard for the contribution (PR #61).
What's New announcement sheet: Pindrop now greets you with an in-app release summary when you update, so you can see the highlights without leaving the app.

Live transcript overlay streams partial recognition in real time while you dictate, making in-progress transcription easier to follow.
RTL layout support across app surfaces, plus 20 new interface languages (Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Danish, Greek, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and Traditional Chinese).
Audio capture is more resilient against device churn, CoreAudio input restarts, and teardown races during hot-plug and route changes.
Language settings are clearer with a simplified picker UI and all shipped interface languages visible in settings.
Build and CI automation now routes through just recipes for more consistent local and CI workflows.

Microphone capture no longer follows output route, so Bluetooth headphones as output no longer break external mic input.
CoreAudio input restarts are hardened against rapid device changes during recording sessions.
Russian and Ukrainian dictation labels are fully localized across the app.

Existing settings and history should carry forward from v1.18.0.
The Orb is now the default floating indicator; older pill, dot, and caret variants have been removed.
If you use Bluetooth headphones for output while dictating through an external mic, you should no longer need workarounds after updating.