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chore(release): prepare v0.13.0-beta (#489)

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- Bump version 0.12.0-beta -> 0.13.0-beta (src/vocalinux/version.py)
- README: refresh "What's New" for v0.13.0-beta and bump comparison table
- docs/UPDATE.md: add v0.13.0-beta section and bump checkout example
- SECURITY.md: mark 0.13.x supported, 0.12.x unsupported
- docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md: add v0.13.0-beta to version history
- web: bump package.json / package-lock.json / page.tsx schema + badge
- web changelog: add v0.13.0-beta entry and refresh dateModified
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@@ -32,41 +32,39 @@ It's a free, GPLv3-licensed desktop app that lets you dictate text into *any* ap
No internet required. No data leaves your machine. Just speak and type.
## 📚 What's New in v0.12.0-beta
## 📚 What's New in v0.13.0-beta
> 🎉 **Release: Remote API recognition, Silero VAD, and reliability hardening across threading, IBus, settings, installer, and model metadata.**
> 🎉 **Release: Guided whisper.cpp model selection, plus Wayland text-injection reliability, hotplug keyboard support, dictation spacing fixes, and refreshed website docs.**
### 🚀 Highlights
| Feature | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| **🌐 Remote API Engine** | New speech recognition backend for self-hosted or compatible remote transcription services |
| **🎙️ Silero VAD** | Neural voice activity detection drops silence-only buffers for cleaner, faster dictation |
| **🧵 Thread Safety** | Hardened Remote API, IBus, and text injection threading behavior |
| **🔌 IBus Reliability** | Preserves user engines for dead keys and captures scoped engines during activation |
| **⚙️ Settings Polish** | Remote Server section now respects the Advanced toggle and the dialog fits lower-resolution screens |
| **📦 Installer & Models** | CUDA diagnostics include auto-remediation and model download sizes are corrected |
| **🎙️ Guided Whisper Models** | Pick a whisper.cpp **size** and **specialization** (English-only, quantized, Turbo) through split dropdowns with in-app guidance |
| **🔌 Hotplug Keyboard Support** | Shortcuts keep working on keyboards connected after startup, with automatic recovery from disconnects |
| **✍️ Dictation Spacing** | Spacing is preserved between speech segments separated by a pause in the same session |
| **🖥️ Wayland Reliability** | Fixes silent text drops on wlroots/COSMIC compositors and garbled output on non-US keyboard layouts |
### ✨ New Features
- **Remote API speech recognition engine** — Configure Vocalinux to use compatible remote transcription services while keeping existing local engines available (#335)
- **Silero VAD** — Neural voice activity detection filters silence-only buffers for cleaner recognition when ONNX Runtime support is installed (#447)
- **Guided whisper.cpp model variants** — The Settings dialog now splits whisper.cpp selection into **Model Size** and **Specialization**, exposing English-only, quantized (Q5/Q8), Large v3 Turbo, and legacy large models with language-aware recommendations and hover guidance. Exact model IDs (e.g. `medium.en-q5_0`, `large-v3-turbo`) can also be passed to `--model` (#465)
### 🐛 Bug Fixes
- **Threading**: Harden Remote API, IBus, and text injection thread safety (#452)
- **IBus**: Preserve user engines for dead keys and capture the current engine during scoped activation (#457, #458)
- **UI**: Keep the Remote Server section behind the Advanced toggle and reduce settings dialog height for lower-resolution screens (#454, #456)
- **Installer**: Harden CUDA diagnostics with auto-remediation and behavioral tests (#451)
- **Models**: Correct whisper.cpp and VOSK download size metadata (#453)
- **Startup**: Allow launch without the pynput backend (#448)
- **Website**: Clarify speech demo browser support (#449)
- **Dictation**: Preserve spacing between speech segments separated by a pause, so words no longer run together after a silence within the same session (#464)
- **Shortcuts**: The evdev keyboard backend rescans for hotplugged keyboards, so shortcuts work on devices connected after startup and disconnected devices can be replugged (#467)
- **KDE Plasma Wayland**: Detect KDE Plasma Wayland sessions and guide you to enable IBus Wayland (System Settings → Keyboard → Virtual Keyboard) when `wtype` injection fails, with matching hints during install and in logs (#466)
- **Wayland**: Fix garbled output on non-US keyboard layouts (AZERTY/QWERTZ/Dvorak) and a clipboard-copy hang; ydotool now pastes through the clipboard for layout-independent injection (#480)
- **Wayland/IBus**: Use wtype/ydotool instead of IBus on compositors that don't bridge IBus to native apps (COSMIC, Sway, Hyprland, and similar), fixing silent text drops (#486)
- **Wayland/IBus**: Require a real IM engine before using IBus on Wayland, so a bare `xkb` layout no longer causes silent text drops on GNOME/Mutter and other compositors (#478)
- **Wayland**: Preserve the keyboard layout on Wayland by not running `setxkbmap`, which was flipping XWayland/Electron apps to `us` after dictation (#474)
- **UI**: Cap the settings dialog height on high-resolution displays (#465)
### 🔧 Improvements
- **Developer docs** — Remote API test server instructions for easier backend testing (#455)
- **Community** — GitHub Sponsors funding configuration added
- **Behavioral coverage** — CUDA diagnostics and release-facing reliability fixes include targeted tests
- **Performance** — Faster ydotool text injection via an explicit `--key-delay` (#488)
- **Website** — New documentation pages for Remote API, Silero VAD, advanced whisper.cpp settings, and desktop reliability, plus responsive layout polish (#470)
- **CI** — Automatic pull-request labeling by changed files (#473)
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| Platform | Project | Website | GitHub | Status |
|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
| 🐧 Linux | **VocaLinux** | [vocalinux.com](https://vocalinux.com) | [jatinkrmalik/vocalinux](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux) | ✅ Beta v0.12.0 |
| 🐧 Linux | **VocaLinux** | [vocalinux.com](https://vocalinux.com) | [jatinkrmalik/vocalinux](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux) | ✅ Beta v0.13.0 |
| 🍎 macOS | **VocaMac** | [vocamac.com](https://vocamac.com) | [jatinkrmalik/vocamac](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocamac) | 🚀 Beta |
| 🪟 Windows | **VocaWin** | [vocawin.com](https://vocawin.com) | [jatinkrmalik/vocawin](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocawin) | 📋 Planned |