Paraspeech Changelog

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 13.5 in addition to 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 13.5+ and machines below 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.