WhisperWriter v1.0.1

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[1.0.1] - 2024-01-28

With push-to-talk being a highly requested feature, I figured it's worth creating a release now that we have two new recording modes — hold-to-record and press-to-toggle! Thanks to @McEsgow for their initial push-to-talk PR (#28). Plus, we're using faster-whisper now (#11)!

Some more shout-outs:

• @uberkael for resolving non-English keyboard issues by migrating to pynput (Using pynput instead of pyautogui #10).
• @thfrei for sharing their whisper-writer implementation that has continuous recording and transcribing (Feature request: use shortcut to end recording #21).
• @danshapiro for sharing their whisper-writer implementation that has push-to-talk (Feature request: use shortcut to end recording #21).
• @filyp for sharing their whisper-simple-dictation project that has push-to-talk (Push to talk implementation #25).
• @avi-cenna for sharing their whisper-server project that integrates with Hammerspoon (Error: NSInternalInconsistencyException #14).

Changelog

Added

• New message to identify whether Whisper was being called using the API or running locally.
• Additional hold-to-talk (PR #28) and press-to-toggle recording methods (Issue #21).
• New configuration options to:
  • Choose recording method (defaulting to voice activity detection).
  • Choose which sound device and sample rate to use.
  • Hide the status window (PR #28).

Changed

• Migrated from whisper to faster-whisper (Issue #11).
• Migrated from pyautogui to pynput (PR #10).
• Migrated from webrtcvad to webrtcvad-wheels (PR #17).
• Changed default activation key combo from ctrl+alt+space to ctrl+shift+space.
• Changed to using a local model rather than the API by default.
• Revamped README.md, including new Roadmap, Contributing, and Credits sections.

Fixed

• Local model is now only loaded once at start-up, rather than every time the activation key combo was pressed.
• Default configuration now auto-chooses compute type for the local model to avoid warnings.
• Graceful degradation to CPU if CUDA isn't available (PR #30).
• Removed long prefix of spaces in transcription (PR #19).

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.0.1

New Contributors

• @uberkael made their first contribution in Using pynput instead of pyautogui #10
• @josher19 made their first contribution in Use webrtcvad-wheels for easier install. #17
• @GrahamboJangles made their first contribution in fix long prefix of spaces when pasting #19
• @McEsgow made their first contribution in Feature: Push-To-Talk 🫸⏯️ 🗣️🎙️ #28
• @Martinligabue made their first contribution in Typo in README.md #22
• @KernAlan made their first contribution in Fix: Graceful Degradation to CPU if CUDA isn't available #30

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