diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e0dfa7..0c46282 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,40 +32,51 @@ 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.
-## ๐ What's New in v0.10.2-beta
+## ๐ What's New in v0.11.0-beta
-> ๐ **Release: non-ASCII text injection, IBus Wayland detection fixes, Pop!_OS dependency support, and code quality improvements.**
+> ๐ **Release: Advanced Settings tab with anti-hallucination parameters, IBus/recognition hardening, and distro compatibility improvements.**
-### ๐ Highlights (v0.10.1 โ v0.10.2)
+### ๐ Highlights
| Feature | Description |
|---------|-------------|
-| **๐ Non-ASCII Text Injection** | ydotool now falls back to clipboard paste for non-ASCII characters (รก, รฉ, รฑ, etc.) |
-| **๐ IBus on Wayland** | IBus now detected and started correctly on Wayland without legacy env vars |
-| **๐ IBus Engine Startup** | Engine process now starts before registration check โ fixes startup on some systems |
-| **๐ฆ Pop!\_OS / Ubuntu 24.04+** | Added missing system dependencies (cmake, libcairo2-dev, libgirepository1.0-dev) |
-| **โก Code Quality** | Systematic refactor across 20 quality dimensions |
-| **๐ผ๏ธ Website OG Image** | Redesigned Open Graph image โ cleaner and more professional |
+| **โ๏ธ Advanced Settings Tab** | New Advanced tab with whisper.cpp anti-hallucination parameters (temperature, no_speech_threshold, etc.) |
+| **๐ IBus Hardening** | Engine readiness probe at startup, runtime failure recovery, and proper engine destruction on layout switch |
+| **๐ค Recognition Reliability** | Preserve final speech on stop and improved stop-sound playback timing |
+| **๐ฆ Distro Compatibility** | Hardened Debian layer, corrected openSUSE Tumbleweed deps, Python 3.14 support |
+| **๐ง Installer Fixes** | Repair pywhispercpp loading, validate proj configs before local repo mode, reuse existing whispercpp builds |
-### โจ Scope
+### โจ New Features
-- **Patch release focused on compatibility** - IBus/Wayland improvements, non-ASCII text injection, and distro support
-- **Broader platform coverage** - Pop!_OS, Ubuntu 24.04+, Wayland IBus users
-- **Code quality** - Systematic refactor across 20 dimensions for long-term maintainability
+- **Advanced Settings tab** โ New tab in Settings dialog exposing whisper.cpp anti-hallucination parameters:
+ - Temperature override
+ - No-speech threshold
+ - Max segment length
+ - Other inference-time parameters for fine-tuning recognition behavior
-### ๐ Bug Fixes (v0.10.2)
+### ๐ Bug Fixes
-- **#362 / #376**: Handle non-ASCII characters with ydotool via clipboard paste fallback
-- **#360 / #361**: Start IBus engine process before checking registration
-- **#381**: Detect IBus on Wayland without legacy env vars and fix text injection
-- **#379**: Add missing dependencies for Pop!_OS and Ubuntu 24.04+
+- **IBus**: Probe engine readiness at startup with hardened retries (#391)
+- **IBus**: Handle engine instance destruction on layout switch (#389)
+- **IBus**: Recover from runtime failures gracefully (#411)
+- **Recognition**: Preserve final speech when stopping (#401)
+- **Recognition**: Play stop sound immediately on release (#426) and after audio thread joins (#436)
+- **Install**: Repair pywhispercpp library loading (#433)
+- **Install**: Correct openSUSE Tumbleweed dependencies (#420, #418)
+- **Install**: Harden Debian compatibility layer (#437)
+- **Install**: Validate pyproject.toml/setup.py before local repo mode (#396)
+- **Install**: Reuse existing whispercpp builds (#421)
+- **Install**: Refresh ldconfig after openSUSE typelib install (#438)
+- **whisper.cpp**: Reduce CPU threads and ensure GPU backend builds in dev mode (#439)
+- **Logging**: Clean up runtime log noise and cache hardware detection
+- **Python 3.14 support**: Compatibility fix and lxml>=6.1.0 (#404)
### ๐ง Improvements
-- **Code quality** - Systematic refactor across 20 quality dimensions (#377)
-- **Debian support** - Clarify missing GNOME AppIndicator support messaging (#385)
-- **Website** - Redesigned OG image for vocalinux.com (#392)
-- **Tests** - Additional coverage for tray, IBus, and notification edge cases
+- **Installer refresh** โ openSUSE fallback handling, Debian compatibility hardening
+- **Test coverage** โ Recognition internals, IBus edge cases, CI notification suppression (#410, #414)
+- **Dependency bumps** โ Next.js security updates (#399, #429), PostCSS (#2753679)
+- **PyPI docs** โ Clarify installation requirements (#423)
---
@@ -369,7 +380,7 @@ Vocalinux is part of a family of privacy-first, offline voice dictation tools. S
| Platform | Project | Website | GitHub | Status |
|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
-| ๐ง Linux | **VocaLinux** | [vocalinux.com](https://vocalinux.com) | [jatinkrmalik/vocalinux](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux) | โ
Beta v0.10.2 |
+| ๐ง Linux | **VocaLinux** | [vocalinux.com](https://vocalinux.com) | [jatinkrmalik/vocalinux](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux) | โ
Beta v0.11.0 |
| ๐ macOS | **VocaMac** | [vocamac.com](https://vocamac.com) | [jatinkrmalik/vocamac](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocamac) | ๐ Beta |
| ๐ช Windows | **VocaWin** | [vocawin.com](https://vocawin.com) | [jatinkrmalik/vocawin](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocawin) | ๐ Planned |
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 6116164..f37d7bc 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
| Version | Supported |
| ------- | ------------------ |
-| 0.10.x | :white_check_mark: |
-| 0.10.1 | :x: |
+| 0.11.x | :white_check_mark: |
+| 0.10.x | :x: |
| 0.9.x | :x: |
| 0.8.x | :x: |
| < 0.8 | :x: |
diff --git a/docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md b/docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md
index fd35079..aedac23 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ git push origin v0.5.1-beta
| 0.10.0-beta | 2026-03-25 | Beta | Keyboard/audio reliability hardening, IBus/tray stability fixes, CI + test coverage improvements |
| 0.10.1-beta | 2026-03-27 | Beta | Stability patch: tray resource bundling, engine-switch segfault prevention, settings close action, XKB layout preservation |
| 0.10.2-beta | 2026-04-08 | Beta | Non-ASCII text injection, IBus Wayland detection, Pop!_OS deps, code quality refactor |
+| 0.11.0-beta | 2026-05-30 | Beta | Advanced Settings tab, IBus/recognition hardening, installer fixes, distro compatibility |
## Questions?
diff --git a/docs/UPDATE.md b/docs/UPDATE.md
index db045b7..b8c257f 100644
--- a/docs/UPDATE.md
+++ b/docs/UPDATE.md
@@ -2,6 +2,54 @@
This guide explains how to update Vocalinux to the latest version.
+## What's New in v0.11.0-beta
+
+### ๐ Highlights
+
+| Feature | Description |
+|---------|-------------|
+| **โ๏ธ Advanced Settings Tab** | New Advanced tab exposing whisper.cpp anti-hallucination parameters |
+| **๐ IBus Hardening** | Engine readiness probe, runtime failure recovery, proper destruction on layout switch |
+| **๐ค Recognition Reliability** | Preserve final speech on stop and improved stop-sound timing |
+| **๐ฆ Distro Compatibility** | Hardened Debian layer, corrected openSUSE deps, Python 3.14 support |
+| **๐ง Installer Fixes** | pywhispercpp loading repair, proj config validation, reused builds |
+
+### โจ New Features
+
+- **Advanced Settings tab** โ New tab in the Settings dialog exposing whisper.cpp anti-hallucination parameters:
+ - Temperature override
+ - No-speech threshold
+ - Max segment length
+ - Other inference-time parameters for fine-tuning recognition
+
+### ๐ Bug Fixes
+
+- **IBus**: Probe engine readiness at startup with hardened retries (#391)
+- **IBus**: Handle engine instance destruction on layout switch (#389)
+- **IBus**: Recover from runtime failures gracefully (#411)
+- **Recognition**: Preserve final speech when stopping (#401)
+- **Recognition**: Play stop sound immediately on release (#426) and after audio thread joins (#436)
+- **Install**: Repair pywhispercpp library loading (#433)
+- **Install**: Correct openSUSE Tumbleweed dependencies (#420, #418)
+- **Install**: Harden Debian compatibility layer (#437)
+- **Install**: Validate pyproject.toml/setup.py before local repo mode (#396)
+- **Install**: Reuse existing whispercpp builds (#421)
+- **Install**: Refresh ldconfig after openSUSE typelib install (#438)
+- **whisper.cpp**: Reduce CPU threads and ensure GPU backend builds in dev mode (#439)
+- **Logging**: Clean up runtime log noise and cache hardware detection
+- **Python 3.14 support**: Compatibility fix and lxml>=6.1.0 (#404)
+
+### ๐ง Improvements
+
+- **Installer refresh** โ openSUSE fallback handling, Debian compatibility hardening
+- **Test coverage** โ Recognition internals, IBus edge cases, CI notification suppression (#410, #414)
+- **Dependency bumps** โ Next.js security updates (#399, #429), PostCSS
+- **PyPI docs** โ Clarify installation requirements (#423)
+
+See the [full changelog](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/releases/tag/v0.11.0-beta).
+
+---
+
## What's New in v0.10.2-beta
### ๐ Highlights
@@ -163,7 +211,7 @@ The installer will:
```bash
cd vocalinux
git fetch origin
-git checkout v0.10.1-beta
+git checkout v0.11.0-beta
./install.sh
```
diff --git a/src/vocalinux/version.py b/src/vocalinux/version.py
index e702b4f..8af3e57 100644
--- a/src/vocalinux/version.py
+++ b/src/vocalinux/version.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
Version information for Vocalinux.
"""
-__version__ = "0.10.2-beta"
-__version_info__ = (0, 10, 2, "beta")
+__version__ = "0.11.0-beta"
+__version_info__ = (0, 11, 0, "beta")
__author__ = "Jatin K Malik"
__email__ = "jatinkrmalik@gmail.com"
__license__ = "GPL-3.0"
diff --git a/web/package-lock.json b/web/package-lock.json
index a9ca3df..fc33938 100644
--- a/web/package-lock.json
+++ b/web/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
{
"name": "vocalinux-website",
- "version": "0.10.2",
+ "version": "0.11.0",
"lockfileVersion": 3,
"requires": true,
"packages": {
"": {
"name": "vocalinux-website",
- "version": "0.10.2",
+ "version": "0.11.0",
"dependencies": {
"@types/node": "^20.14.10",
"@types/react": "^18.3.3",
diff --git a/web/package.json b/web/package.json
index e51572f..2e9ae72 100644
--- a/web/package.json
+++ b/web/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
{
"name": "vocalinux-website",
- "version": "0.10.2",
+ "version": "0.11.0",
"private": true,
"type": "module",
"scripts": {
diff --git a/web/src/app/changelog/page.tsx b/web/src/app/changelog/page.tsx
index e55693e..5ff8d28 100644
--- a/web/src/app/changelog/page.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/changelog/page.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@ import { SeoSubpageShell } from "@/components/seo-subpage-shell";
import { absoluteUrl, buildPageMetadata } from "@/lib/seo";
const releases = [
+ {
+ version: "v0.11.0-beta",
+ date: "2026-05-30",
+ type: "beta",
+ highlights: [
+ "New Advanced Settings tab with whisper.cpp anti-hallucination parameters โ temperature, no_speech_threshold, max segment length, and more (PR #415)",
+ "IBus engine readiness probe at startup with hardened retries (PR #391)",
+ "IBus runtime failure recovery without app restart (PR #411)",
+ "IBus engine instance destruction handled on keyboard layout switch (fixes #388, closes #389)",
+ "Preserve final speech on stop โ no more truncated transcriptions (fixes #401)",
+ "Play stop sound immediately on release and after audio thread joins (PR #426, #436)",
+ "Repair pywhispercpp library loading in installer (PR #433)",
+ "Reduce whisper.cpp CPU threads and ensure GPU backend builds in dev mode (PR #439)",
+ "Correct openSUSE Tumbleweed dependencies with fallback handling (PR #418, #420)",
+ "Harden Debian compatibility layer in installer (PR #437)",
+ "Add Python 3.14 support and bump lxml>=6.1.0 (fixes #404)",
+ "Validate pyproject.toml/setup.py content before entering local repo mode (fixes #396)",
+ "Reuse existing whispercpp builds during install (PR #421)",
+ "Refresh ldconfig after openSUSE typelib install, clarify python3XY placeholder convention (PR #438)",
+ "Clean up runtime log noise and cache hardware detection",
+ "Test coverage: recognition internals, IBus edge cases, CI notification suppression (PR #410, #414)",
+ "Clarify PyPI installation requirements (PR #423)",
+ "Dependency bumps: Next.js security updates (PR #399, #429), PostCSS",
+ ],
+ },
{
version: "v0.10.2-beta",
date: "2026-04-08",
@@ -222,7 +247,7 @@ export default function ChangelogPage() {
headline: "Vocalinux Changelog - Release History",
description:
"Complete release history for Vocalinux, the offline voice dictation software for Linux.",
- dateModified: "2026-03-30",
+ dateModified: "2026-05-30",
author: {
"@type": "Person",
name: "Jatin K Malik",
diff --git a/web/src/app/page.tsx b/web/src/app/page.tsx
index c643b0e..e83d73b 100644
--- a/web/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const homeJsonLd = [
},
description:
"Offline voice dictation and speech-to-text for Linux with whisper.cpp and VOSK.",
- "softwareVersion": "0.10.2-beta",
+ "softwareVersion": "0.11.0-beta",
author: {
"@type": "Person",
name: "Jatin K Malik",
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export default function HomePage() {
/>
Vocalinux
- v0.10.2 Beta
+ v0.11.0 Beta