chore(release): prepare v0.9.0-beta (#310)

* chore(release): prepare v0.9.0-beta

- Bump version from 0.8.0-beta to 0.9.0-beta
- Update README What's New section with new features and bug fixes
- Update all install script URLs to v0.9.0-beta
- Add v0.9.0-beta What's New section to docs/UPDATE.md
- Update SECURITY.md supported versions (0.9.x supported, 0.8.x dropped)
- Update website schema softwareVersion and nav badge to 0.9.0
- Update website featureList with new sound effects and clipboard features
- Add v0.9.0-beta entry to changelog page
- Update web/package.json version to 0.9.0
- Add v0.9.0-beta row to RELEASE_PROCESS.md version history

* docs(readme): add contributors avatar grid via contrib.rocks

* feat(about): add Changelog link to About dialog

* Revert "feat(about): add Changelog link to About dialog"

This reverts commit 15e0984f516caccb14a0609e96d5fb6870ea247e.

web/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vocalinux-website",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.9.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

web/src/app/changelog/page.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ import { SeoSubpageShell } from "@/components/seo-subpage-shell";
 import { absoluteUrl, buildPageMetadata } from "@/lib/seo";
 
 const releases = [
+  {
+    version: "v0.9.0-beta",
+    date: "2026-03-14",
+    type: "beta",
+    highlights: [
+      "Left/right modifier key distinction — choose Left Ctrl vs Right Ctrl for your shortcut",
+      "Sound effects toggle — enable or disable audio feedback from Settings",
+      "Wayland clipboard fallback — auto-copies text when virtual keyboard injection isn't available",
+      "Display availability check — graceful error when running in headless environments",
+      "Fixed unwanted leading space at the start of each new transcription session",
+      "Fixed shortcut mode (toggle/push-to-talk) not applying on startup",
+      "Improved Debian/pipx installation guidance and cross-distro error messages",
+      "Grouped shortcut selector UI — shortcuts organised by Either/Left/Right side",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "v0.8.0-beta",
     date: "2026-03-01",
@@ -160,7 +175,7 @@ export default function ChangelogPage() {
     headline: "Vocalinux Changelog - Release History",
     description:
       "Complete release history for Vocalinux, the offline voice dictation software for Linux.",
-    dateModified: "2026-03-01",
+    dateModified: "2026-03-14",
     author: {
       "@type": "Person",
       name: "Jatin K Malik",

web/src/app/page.tsx

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const homeJsonLd = [
     },
     description:
       "Offline voice dictation and speech-to-text for Linux with whisper.cpp and VOSK.",
-    "softwareVersion": "0.8.0-beta",
+    "softwareVersion": "0.9.0-beta",
     author: {
       "@type": "Person",
       name: "Jatin K Malik",
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ const homeJsonLd = [
       "100% offline speech recognition",
       "Works with X11 and Wayland",
       "Toggle and push-to-talk shortcut modes",
+      "Left/right modifier key distinction for shortcuts",
       "Optional voice commands with VOSK-aware defaults",
       "Adaptive audio and IBus-aware text injection",
+      "Clipboard fallback for unsupported Wayland compositors",
+      "Sound effects toggle for audio feedback",
       "whisper.cpp, Whisper, and VOSK support",
       "Linux desktop integration",
     ],
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ export default function HomePage() {
             />
             <span className="font-bold text-lg sm:text-xl">Vocalinux</span>
             <span className="hidden sm:inline-block text-xs bg-gradient-to-r from-primary/20 to-green-500/20 text-primary border border-primary/30 px-2.5 py-1 rounded-full font-semibold shadow-sm shadow-primary/20">
-              v0.8.0 Beta
+              v0.9.0 Beta
             </span>
           </Link>