Changelog

All updates, fixes, and new features.

v0.2.32026-05-11

Orb fixes (Windows)

Two Windows-side fixes around the floating orb widget: the opaque rectangle that appeared after closing Settings is gone, and the orb now correctly disappears after each dictation in hotkey-only mode.

  • Windows: opaque rectangle around the orb after Settings dialog close is fixed — the Win32 layered window setup is now re-applied on every show()
  • Hotkey mode: orb stayed visible after each dictation — a Signal/Slot signature mismatch silently swallowed the deferred hide, now fixed
  • Internal: tightened PySide6 signal signatures to prevent the same class of silent failure elsewhere
v0.2.22026-05-06

Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)

Power users can now paste their own Groq or OpenAI API key directly in Settings — bypass the VoxWave proxy and use your own quota. Keys are stored locally encrypted, never leave your machine except to the provider.

  • BYOK: paste your own Groq API key (free tier, no credit card) in Settings → Advanced → transcription provider
  • BYOK: paste your own OpenAI API key in Settings → Advanced → cleaning provider
  • Keys stored locally with Fernet encryption (~/.voxwave/apikeys.enc, 0600 permissions)
  • Keys are never logged in cleartext, never sent to VoxWave servers — only to the chosen provider
  • Settings UI: dedicated key field appears only when the BYOK provider is selected, with show/hide toggle
  • Hybrid mode is preserved as the default recommended option for everyone else
  • Internal: dynamic version display in Settings and tray About (no more hardcoded version strings)
v0.2.12026-05-01

Silence detection on proxy + portable Windows build

Proxy now rejects silent audio so muted-mic dictations no longer produce hallucinated text. New portable Windows ZIP for users who can't install software.

  • Proxy rejects audio with no_speech_prob > 0.7 (mic muted, weak signal) — matches direct Groq behavior
  • Tray notification when no speech is detected
  • Unicode-robust hallucination detection: typographic apostrophes, non-breaking spaces, NFKC-normalized accents
  • New portable Windows ZIP — no installation required, runs from any folder
  • Bumped version metadata across setup.py, __init__.py and the Inno Setup script
v0.2.02026-04-03

Security audit & usage telemetry

Comprehensive security audit with 11 fixes, anonymous usage telemetry with opt-out, and improved cloud reliability.

  • Security audit: timing-safe token comparison (hmac.compare_digest)
  • HTTP security headers: HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, nosniff
  • Rate limiting hardened against IP spoofing (X-Forwarded-For bypass fixed)
  • Subprocess calls use absolute paths to prevent binary hijacking
  • File permissions applied atomically for license keys
  • Anonymous usage telemetry: app launches, dictation count, session duration
  • Telemetry opt-out toggle in Settings > Advanced
  • No dictated text is ever sent — only anonymous counters
  • Proxy timeout increased to 60s for Render cold starts
  • Softer circuit breaker: 3 failures before fallback (not instant)
v0.1.12026-04-01

Linux stability & cross-platform fixes

Major Linux improvements: transparent orb widget, reliable clipboard injection, better language detection and cross-platform build.

  • Fixed orb widget transparency on Linux (offscreen QImage rendering with X11 alpha compensation)
  • Fixed clipboard injection on X11 with xclip verification and xdotool fallback
  • Fixed Whisper language detection: neutral hints on first call, interface language fallback
  • Added single-instance lock to prevent double-launch on Linux and Windows
  • Bundled Silero VAD model in AppImage for reliable voice activity detection
  • Cross-platform build: automatic site-packages detection for Windows and Linux
  • Fixed PyInstaller windowed mode crash (sys.stdout None guard)
  • Improved hallucination detection with new patterns
  • Dark background for settings dialog on Linux
  • AppImage icon discovery via .DirIcon symlink
v0.1.02026-03-23

First public release

VoxWave is now available for Windows and Linux. Smart voice dictation with AI cleanup.

  • Voice dictation with configurable keyboard shortcut
  • Hybrid transcription: Groq cloud + local Whisper fallback
  • AI text cleanup cascade: OpenAI → Ollama → regex (15 languages)
  • Progressive injection: raw text in < 1s, AI cleanup replaces in background
  • Native QPainter orb widget (no Chromium dependency)
  • Win32 UpdateLayeredWindow for pixel-perfect transparency on Windows
  • Onboarding wizard: 9 pages (hotkey, language, mic test, demo, tone)
  • Settings dialog with sidebar navigation (5 sections)
  • Hallucination detection: 35+ patterns + Groq logprob rejection
  • Thread-safe circuit breaker for cloud/local switching
  • 15 interface languages, 99 transcription languages
  • System tray with translated menu and notifications
  • Windows installer (Inno Setup) + Linux AppImage
  • Auto-update via GitHub Releases API (12h cache)