Paraspeech Changelog

What's New

• Minor stability and UX updates

What's New

• Fixed keyboard shortcuts not working after waking from sleep
• Fixed auto-updater issues for some users

What's New

• Fixed Rewrite not enabling when Apple Intelligence is not available

What's New

• Removed persistent UI artifact on screen
• Audio Engine now remains stable no matter if input/output changes unexpectedly
• General stability/UX updates

What's New

• Stability Improvements and Bug Fixes

Fixes

• Stability Improvements and Bug Fixes

Fixes

• Send Diagnostics Logs UI composition fixed
• "Always show recording pill" toggle fixed
• Slow Startup fixes

Fixes

• Stability improvements — Reduced startup hangs and UI stalls in key workflows.
• Audio reliability fixes — Better resilience when audio devices change or the engine restarts.
• Background cleanup safety — Fewer interruptions from history reconciliation work.
• Crash and hang fixes across the menu bar and transcription history.

What's New

• Faster and more accurate transcription models — Existing models are now even faster and there are two new models that are a bit slower, but much more accurate.
• 100+ Language Supported — Paraspeech now supports a much broader set of languages across the new audio models.
• Automatic Translation — You can now also talk in your native language and auto-translate to English - all in one go.
• Quality of life improvements — Small polish changes across the app to make everyday dictation smoother.
• Revamped UI for better usability — Quick access to microphone options in the menu bar, more intuitive history item views, and more.
• Smarter Transcription Clean-Up — Paraspeech now applies app-specific post-processing rules. Transcriptions are automatically formatted based on the app you're dictating into—emails get proper formatting, code editors preserve technical terms, and more.
• Interactive Recording Indicator — New option to keep the status overlay visible while recording, so you always know when Paraspeech is listening.
• New Stats View — A fresh look at your transcription statistics with improved layout, better metrics visualization, and a shareable stats card to show off your usage.

Fixes

• Lots of small fixes for edge cases. 1.5.1:
• auto send rules configurable per app
• various UI/UX optimizations
• bug fixes

What's New

• New Recording Sounds - Fully redesign start, stop and error sounds to keep you focused while still giving you feedback.
• UI tidied up — The UI was overhauled to give you the settings you need where you need them, while still giving control to advanced users.
• Better crash recovery — If Paraspeech crashes, you can now send diagnostic logs to help us fix issues faster.

Fixes

• More reliable transcription history — Fixed edge cases where history entries could show incorrect timestamps or appear out of order.
• Cleaner history view — Long transcripts now show a truncation indicator instead of overflowing the list view.

What's New

• Apple Intelligence integration — on macOS 26+, use Apple's built-in AI model to clean up transcripts with no downloads required.
• Redesigned history view with inline actions, AI-processed badges, and a glowing amber indicator when AI mode is active.
• System hotkey conflict warnings for common macOS shortcuts like ⌘Space or ⌘Tab.
• Lifetime license clarity on the checkout screen.

Fixes

• More reliable audio capture with better recovery when microphones disconnect or switch.
• Smoother app launch by resolving onboarding stalls on first launch.
• Reduced repetitive error logs from hotkey monitoring and audio capture retries.

What's New

• Graceful audio drain — recordings now fully flush buffered audio before stopping, so you never lose the last few words of your speech.
• Streamlined App Store onboarding — the EULA step is now skipped for App Store builds since Apple's Terms of Service already covers it.

Fixes

• Fixed AI cleanup prompts not being applied correctly for some local models.
• Fixed checkout session recovery when purchases are interrupted mid-flow.
• Improved subscription handling during the purchase flow.

What's New

• Per-model LLM settings — fine-tune temperature, top-p, min-p, and repetition penalty individually for each AI model instead of using global defaults.
• Improved menu bar reliability — the popover now responds more consistently when clicking the menu bar icon.
• Launch at Login prompt — App Store users are now prompted to enable launch at login after completing onboarding.

Fixes

• Fixed "lost activation" bug where licenses could become deactivated after app restart or system changes.
• Fixed Launch at Login not registering properly on fresh installs.

What's New

• All new UI
• AI-powered transcription cleanup — automatically fixes formatting, removes filler words, and polishes punctuation.
• Ultra-reliable audio capture engine with automatic recovery when your microphone disconnects or changes mid-recording. We're preparing for a big release with this.
• Middle mouse button can now trigger recordings — perfect for dedicated transcription workflows.
• Bluetooth headset pre-warming reduces the delay when starting recordings with wireless audio devices.
• Voice note retention settings let you control how long your audio recordings are stored.
• Transcription history now supports pagination and search.
• Redesigned licensing and activation experience with easy license recovery.
• Further improved number conversion algorithm (more updates for this coming soon)

Fixes

• Fixed occasional audio cutoff at the end of recordings.
• Fixed accidental double-trigger when quickly tapping the record key.
• Improved stability when switching audio devices during recording.
• Better handling of system wake from sleep.
• Launch on Login fixed
• ...and 30+ other small fixes.

What's New

• Pick your speech model (Multilingual vs. English Only): English only will perform better and more accurate, especially if you talk in english with an accent. Multilingual supports 100+ languages.
• Privacy Mode Toggle: keeps history empty and wipes existing recordings the moment you flip it on
• Recording overlay now has Default, Compact, and Hidden layouts so you can shrink it or hide it entirely and also add a timer if you prefer
• Word replacements support case-sensitive rules for names, brands, and acronyms that need exact casing
• Recording shortcuts accept combinations with normal letters, Hyper-style combos, and the double-tap is now totally optional
• Audio Dampening: additionally to muting audio while recording, you can now make Paraspeech reduce volume by 50%

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented some users from recording longer sessions
• General stability fixes

New Features

• File based Transcription and VTT Export (beta): transcribe existing audio files and export subtitles.
• New recording indicator for better visual feedback during recording.
• Auto-mute during Recording: automatically mutes system audio while recording.
• New Text Processing experiments: Smart filler removal, better number converter, and spoken punctuation support.
• Fully customize word replacements/removals without any limitations.

Small Things

• Light mode compatibility improvements.
• New settings panel with more configuration options.
• Paraspeech now also lives in your Dock for easier access.

Fixes

• Small changes for App Store Release.

What's New

• Expanded Hotkey system for power users: You can now switch to 'split mode' to set two different hotkeys for toggle and hold-to-record as well as choosing if you want to double or single-tap for toggle recordings.
• Clear History button added.
• Double tap ESC to cancel a recording.

Fixes

• App icon updated for proper scaling.

What's New

• You can now set the same key for hold-to-record and toggle-to-record but I had to tighten the hotkey system a bit: only modifier keys for now, otherwise I'll have to ask for input monitoring permission, which I'd like to avoid for now.
• Simplified and more robust microphone and bluetooth headset handler.
• Added new forum for bugs and feature requests: https://paraspeech.userjot.com
• Introduced opt-in usage stats through PostHog (EU Servers) helping me with debugging or trying to understand which features are worth maintaining/expanding. This is fully optional and even if opted-in, it never ever sends audio, transcripts, clipboard content or personal info. It's purely focused on usage stats, but it helps me a lot.
• The three most recent recordings are now saved on your mac in case something goes wrong and you can retranscribe the files from the menu.
• Added an indicator if your mic input is muted or not working, so you don't speak into the void.

Fixes

• Robust handling of mic states and changes.
• Full compatibility with all bluetooth headsets.
• Much better recording stability in edge cases or on weird macOS/hardware combinations.
• Clipboard repopulation now happens about half a second after paste. The delay is necessary for some weird edge cases so I can make sure your previous clipboard content is always restored.
• Status Indicator should now stay where it's supposed to be and will not yield to macOS trying to reorder it below the notch.
• Lot's of small ones: if you reached out to me with a bug, there is a very high chance I fixed it in this version.

What's New

• Bluetooth headset alerts now explain the trade-offs, let you choose a recommended mic, and you can turn the warnings off if you don't need them.
• The audio menu refreshes itself, shows which mic macOS is using, and keeps your saved headset choices tidy.

Fixes

• Switching between AirPods, wired mics, and the Mac microphone is smoother, so recordings keep rolling without dropouts.

Highlights

• Bluetooth mic chooser keeps you in control when AirPods or headsets connect, so audio never downgrades without asking.
• Model upgrader walks everyone through the latest FluidAudio bundle on first launch for better accuracy.
• Completely reworked hotkeys: any combo you like, hyper combos, Fn/Globe, with smarter conflict warnings and a tuned double-tap delay.
• Left/right modifier detection has been retired so shortcuts treat modifiers as side-agnostic for App Store compliance.
• Onboarding is calmer with a better tryout step, recovery paths, and no duplicate model downloads.
• Now officially supported on macOS 14.6 and newer (Sonoma and beyond).

Fixes & refinements

• Clipboard content is preserved reliably, including images and rich data.
• Light mode UI, overlays, and menu icons render crisply without artifacts.
• Status overlay no longer glitches on specific macOS builds.
• Settings received a clean sweep: fast mode ships off by default and audio input controls are surfaced.
• AirPods connect and disconnect gracefully without crashing Paraspeech.
• Resolved rare engine warm-up crashes during launch and transcription start.
• First recording after long idle now transcribes every time.
• Audio engine cooperates with other apps and no longer steals input focus.
• Device switching is stable on macOS 14.6+.
• Model downloads persist after onboarding to avoid repeat fetches.
• Single-key triggers now respect modifier presses so you do not fire commands by accident.
• Hyper, Globe, and sided modifier combinations are honoured everywhere.
• Double-tap toggle latency trimmed to a swift 250 ms.
• Clipboard restore survives other apps touching the pasteboard mid-flight.
• Onboarding, settings separators, and scrollbars all feel lighter and smoother.
• Free tier now includes 50 transcriptions; licensing checks run once a day, stay silent offline, and fall back gracefully if a license is revoked.
• Fast recording is temporarily removed while I rework the flow.