* fix(installer): gate util-linux-extra to Ubuntu 24.04+
util-linux-extra does not exist on Ubuntu 22.04 (package split landed in
24.04). Listing it unconditionally in APT_PACKAGES_UBUNTU breaks
install.sh on 22.04-based distros such as Linux Mint.
Fixes#526
* fix(installer): probe util-linux-extra via apt-cache
Replace Ubuntu VERSION_ID gate with apt-cache show probe (per review
feedback). Handles Ubuntu derivatives (Mint, Zorin) whose VERSION_ID
does not match the noble base where util-linux-extra exists.
Fixes#526
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Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@gmail.com>
* feat(shortcuts): default to hold Right Alt push-to-talk on first install
Double-tap Ctrl conflicts with many desktop and app shortcuts, so new
installs now use hold Right Alt (Option) in push-to-talk mode. Existing
config.json values are preserved unchanged.
Updates README, user guide, AGENTS.md, first-run dialog, website copy,
and tests to match the new defaults.
* refactor(shortcuts): trim redundant default-change test and comments
Drop the fresh-install assertion that duplicated DEFAULT_CONFIG coverage,
remove the duplicated Right-Alt rationale from config_manager, and drop a
vacuous source-string check from the settings shortcuts test.
* fix(shortcuts): align install.sh seeds and preserve legacy toggle mode
install.sh still wrote ctrl+ctrl without mode, so merges with the new
push_to_talk default became hold-Ctrl. Seed right_alt + push_to_talk for
new installs, and migrate existing shortcut-only configs to mode=toggle
so prior behavior is unchanged.
* style(config): fix black formatting after shortcuts migration
* fix(shortcuts): preserve legacy defaults when shortcuts section is missing
Existing config files without a shortcuts section previously inherited
ctrl+ctrl toggle from DEFAULT_CONFIG. Pin those historical defaults on
upgrade so the new first-install Right Alt push-to-talk defaults do not
silently change behavior.
* docs(agents): unwrap hard-broken dictation control paragraph
Keep the AGENTS.md paragraph as a single line like the surrounding prose.
* Fix missing KDE tray icon by preferring Ayatana AppIndicator
Fedora and Arch installs pull libappindicator-gtk3, Canonical's original
AppIndicator library that hasn't had a real release since ~2013. It loads
fine and Indicator.new_with_path()/set_status() run without raising, but
it never registers a StatusNotifierItem with KDE's StatusNotifierWatcher,
so the tray icon silently never shows up on Plasma. Confirmed on Fedora 44
/ Plasma 6.7 by checking RegisteredStatusNotifierItems over D-Bus directly
before and after the fix.
The actively maintained Ayatana fork registers correctly and is already
what the Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE and Gentoo branches of install.sh
prefer. Reorder the gi import in tray_indicator.py to try
AyatanaAppIndicator3 first and fall back to the legacy AppIndicator3
typelib only if neither Ayatana variant is available.
Update install.sh so Fedora and Arch installs pull the Ayatana package
too, via a shared install_preferred_appindicator() helper that falls back
to the legacy package if Ayatana isn't in the repos (e.g. RHEL/CentOS
without EPEL).
* Add tests for the AppIndicator/Ayatana import fallback chain
The reordered try/except in tray_indicator.py wasn't exercised by the
existing tests: they replace gi.repository with a MagicMock, which
auto-creates any attribute on access and so can never raise the
ImportError the fallback chain is built to catch.
Add a small test class that swaps in a plain object exposing only a
chosen subset of AppIndicator symbols, so importing anything else raises
a real ImportError, and verify each of the three branches (Ayatana,
lowercase Ayatana variant, legacy AppIndicator3) resolves correctly.
* Retry Ayatana install even when legacy AppIndicator is already present
install_preferred_appindicator() previously skipped the Ayatana install
whenever either package was already present, so re-running install.sh
on an existing Fedora/Arch setup with libappindicator-gtk3 from a prior
install would never pick up Ayatana, leaving the KDE tray broken for
exactly the users this fix targets. Now it only short-circuits when
Ayatana itself is installed, tries Ayatana first regardless of legacy
presence, and only falls back to a warning about the already-installed
legacy package if the Ayatana install fails.
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Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@gmail.com>
* feat(tray): allow disabling missing tray warning dialog
Fixes#620
* test(tray): stabilize missing-watcher opt-out coverage
Default the D-Bus ListNames mock to include StatusNotifierWatcher so
TrayIndicator construction no longer opens the warning dialog during
setUp, and bind the don't-show-again checkbox test to the module Gtk mock.
* test(tray): make missing-watcher opt-out tests deterministic
* fix(uninstall): remove IBus runtime data directory on uninstall
Discussion #559 reported ~/.local/share/vocalinux-ibus surviving uninstall.
PR #569 fixed launcher wrappers but not this IBus IPC directory (socket,
PID file, stderr log). Stop the engine via engine.pid when present, remove
the directory regardless of --keep-data, and verify it in post-checks.
Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix(scripts): stop Vocalinux by PID file, not pgrep -f
pgrep -f vocalinux matches any process whose argv mentions the repo
path (editors, shells, test runners) and can kill unrelated local work.
AGENTS.md already warns against this.
- Prefer PIDs from instance.lock and vocalinux-ibus/engine.pid
- Verify each candidate via is_vocalinux_process (python -m vocalinux.main,
ibus_engine.py under vocalinux, or argv0 basename vocalinux/vocalinux-gui)
- Narrow pgrep fallback only for those entrypoint patterns
- Drop the redundant stop_ibus_engine helper (engine covered via PID file)
- Still remove ~/.local/share/vocalinux-ibus on uninstall (#559)
- Align install.sh and correct the pkill tip in docs/UPDATE.md
Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix(scripts): detect setuptools console-script Vocalinux processes
Real installs run as `python …/bin/vocalinux`, so argv0 is python and the
previous argv0-basename check missed the live app (instance.lock PID was
skipped). Scan all cmdline args for …/bin/vocalinux or …/bin/vocalinux-gui
instead, which still avoids matching a bare repo directory path.
Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@users.noreply.github.com>
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Co-authored-by: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@users.noreply.github.com>
On Ubuntu 24.04+ apt still lists libgirepository1.0-dev, so the installer
kept only 1.0 and skipped 2.0. Pip builds of PyGObject need the modern GI
headers from 2.0; install both packages when both exist.
Fixes#571
Patch release for Flatpak/AUR packaging and post-0.14.0 fixes:
installer wrappers, ydotool dual API and Flatpak socket probe, model
download timeouts, layout-aware hotkeys, and related docs/web bumps.
* fix: sg not found on Ubuntu 26.04/Debian 13
The 'sg' command moved from the 'login' package to 'util-linux-extra'
in Debian 13 and Ubuntu 26.04, which is not installed by default.
This causes vocalinux and vocalinux-gui wrappers to fail with
'exec: sg: not found'.
Two changes:
1. Add util-linux-extra to APT dependency lists (Ubuntu + Debian 13+)
2. Add command -v sg safety check in both wrapper scripts so they
fall back to direct execution if sg isn't available
Fixes#522
* fix: attempt to install util-linux-extra if sg is missing
When the wrapper scripts detect that sg is not available, they now
attempt to install util-linux-extra via apt-get before falling back
to direct execution. This provides a better user experience on
Ubuntu 26.04/Debian 13 where sg moved to a separate package.
The installation runs silently and only triggers if:
1. User is in input group but session doesn't have it
2. sg command is not found
3. apt-get is available (Debian/Ubuntu systems)
If installation fails or sg still isn't available, the scripts
fall back to direct execution (app starts but keyboard shortcuts
won't work until next login).
* refactor: extract shared sg check, drop runtime install
- Extract sg fallback logic to shared SG_CHECK variable (eliminates duplication)
- Remove runtime apt-get install of util-linux-extra (dependency list handles it)
- Flatten to simple command -v sg check with direct exec fallback
net: -24 lines
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Co-authored-by: Alfred Pennyworth <alfred@openclaw.ai>
* fix(installer): surface pywhispercpp CUDA fallback diagnostics
* fix(installer): add patchelf auto-remediation and behavioral tests
- Add patchelf auto-remediation for bundled libcuda linkage issue
- Add ARM64 CUDA toolkit path support (aarch64-linux, sbsa-linux)
- Fix nvcc symlink resolution with readlink -f
- Add --verbose flag to CPU pywhispercpp pip install
- Add behavioral tests for CUDA diagnostic functions
- Add string-presence test for patchelf remediation
Fixes#450
* fix(installer): replace ★ with * to fix box border alignment
The ★ character (U+2605) renders as 2 columns wide in most terminals,
but the box padding assumes 1 column. This pushes the right border │
one column past the intended box edge, making it appear cut off.
Replacing with ASCII * (always 1 column) fixes the alignment.
* fix(ui): respect advanced toggle for Remote Server section
The Remote Server section was packed directly into advanced_tab,
bypassing the advanced_revealer controlled by the 'Unlock Advanced
Settings' toggle. This made it always visible regardless of toggle state.
Changes:
- Move remote_api_group and remote_status_label packing from
advanced_tab to controls_box (inside the revealer)
- Add visual separator between whisper.cpp controls and Remote Server
- Increase scrolled min_content_height from 350 to 500 for taller content
- Update power_user_switch tooltip/subtitle to mention remote server
- Update info label to clarify whisper.cpp vs remote server scope
- Align connection test to use requests.Session (consistent with
transcription path)
- Add empty-URL warning when toggling remote server ON
- Add source-assertion tests for UI structure
Fixes: Remote Server now hidden when 'Unlock Advanced Settings' is OFF
* refactor(ui): move remote server to Speech Engine tab as peer engine
Remote server is now a first-class engine option in the Speech Engine
tab dropdown, alongside Vosk, Whisper, and whisper.cpp. The 'Use remote
server' override toggle has been removed from the Advanced tab.
Changes:
- Add 'Remote API' to engine combo dropdown (removed skip logic)
- Move remote server UI fields (URL, API key, endpoint, test button)
from Advanced tab to Speech Engine tab
- Show/hide remote server fields based on engine selection
- Remove 'Use remote server' toggle and override logic
- Simplify get_selected_settings (engine comes from combo directly)
- Simplify _update_engine_specific_ui (check combo value)
- Remove _on_use_remote_toggled method
- Update _load_and_apply_settings (no remote switch logic)
- Update power_user tooltip/subtitle (no longer mentions remote server)
- Update tests for new behavior
Backend requires zero changes - recognition_manager.py already treats
remote_api as a first-class engine.
User flow:
1. Select 'Remote API' from engine dropdown
2. Model selection hides automatically
3. Remote server config fields appear (URL, API key, endpoint)
4. Enter server details and test connection
5. Done - clear and intuitive
* feat: add remote API speech recognition engine with installation and configuration support.
* fix: reformatted by black
* fix: unit test in test_main_initializes_components
* fix typo
* Apply suggestion from @jatinkrmalik
Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@gmail.com>
* feat: Validate remote API URL format, enhance connection testing, update default remote API endpoint.
* fix typo
* feat: add remote API recognition manager test suite
* fix: add Python 3.14 support and lxml>=6.1.0 (fixes#404)
- Add Python 3.14 to classifiers
- Add lxml>=6.1.0 to dependencies to fix install on Python 3.14 (CachyOS, Arch)
- Update black target-version to include py314
Fixes#404Closes#405
* fix(install): validate pyproject.toml/setup.py content before entering local repo mode (fixes#396)
Fix false local repo detection when users run `uv init` before installation. Changed detection from naive file existence check to content validation:
- For pyproject.toml: check for `name = "vocalinux"`
- For setup.py: check for "vocalinux" string
- Falls through to remote clone mode if neither matches
Fixes#396
* fix(recognition): preserve final speech on stop (fixes#401)
Replace hard-coded stop tail trim with configurable stop_sound_guard_ms
(default 200ms) so quick key release no longer clips the final spoken
word in push-to-talk mode.
Co-authored-by: Fakhareddine <fe.sabbari@claranet.com>
* fix(ibus): handle engine instance destruction on layout switch (fixes#388, closes#389)
Override do_destroy() to clear _active_instance when IBus destroys the
engine on keyboard layout switch (Super+Space). Add retry logic in
inject_text() — on NO_ENGINE, re-activates via switch_engine() and
retries once to recover cleanly.
Co-authored-by: Sbenazar <127324689+Sbenazar@users.noreply.github.com>
* chore: ignore opentree worktree dir and config (#412)
.opentree/ contains git worktrees created by the opentree CLI tool
(https://github.com/axelgar/opentree). These are local developer
artifacts and should not be tracked.
opentree.toml is the per-repo opentree config - also local/personal,
not something contributors need to share.
* test(ibus): fix do_destroy CI failure (issubclass TypeError without IBus) (#410)
* test(ibus): fix do_destroy super() test failing in CI without IBus installed
Patch builtins.super instead of relying on mock_ibus.Engine.do_destroy,
which fails with issubclass() TypeError when VocalinuxEngine is built
with object as its base (IBus unavailable in CI).
* test(ibus): fix MagicMock.__new__ TypeError on Python < 3.13
VocalinuxEngine inherits from MagicMock at import time (IBus is mocked
via sys.modules at test-file level). Calling VocalinuxEngine.__new__(VocalinuxEngine)
delegates to MagicMock.__new__ which runs issubclass(cls, AsyncMockMixin).
On Python < 3.13 that raises TypeError when the module-cached class is a
MagicMock spec object rather than a real type.
Fix: introduce _make_engine() helper that allocates via a thin concrete
subclass whose __new__ calls object.__new__ directly, bypassing the
MagicMock allocation path entirely. Verified across all three
TestVocalinuxEngineDestroy test methods.
* test(ibus): use unbound do_destroy call to avoid MagicMock interference
The previous fix (thin _ConcreteEngine subclass) still failed because
VocalinuxEngine inherits MagicMock.__getattribute__, which intercepts
.do_destroy on instances and returns a mock attribute rather than the
real method - regardless of Python version.
Call VocalinuxEngine.do_destroy(engine) directly with a plain object()
as the self argument instead. do_destroy only uses self for identity
comparison (is VocalinuxEngine._active_instance), so any object works.
This bypasses MagicMock's MRO entirely.
* test(ibus): reload module and instantiate real engine class for do_destroy tests
* refactor(ibus): extract destroy handler for stable cross-version tests
* test(ibus): cover destroy helper branches and do_destroy delegation
* test(ibus): stabilize do_destroy CI behavior across environments
Avoid brittle super() mocking in no-IBus environments and gate the IBus-only parent destroy path test behind runtime capability checks to prevent false CI failures on Python matrix runners.
* test(ibus): remove flaky do_destroy class-path assertions
Drop brittle class-method destroy tests that fail under mocked GI/IBus on older Python runners and keep deterministic helper-level coverage for destroy behavior.
* fix(text-injection): recover from IBus runtime failures (#411)
* fix(ibus): retry and recover from transient socket failures
Harden IBus injection against connection-refused, timeout, and engine process races so dictation is more resilient in real-world desktop sessions.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
* fix(text-injection): fallback to non-IBus backend on runtime IBus failures
Allow dictation to continue when IBus runtime injection fails by automatically switching to xdotool/wtype/ydotool fallbacks instead of returning an immediate failure.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
* fix(ibus): preserve live socket injection during recovery
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
* test(coverage): add runtime fallback and ibus retry coverage
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
* fix(ibus): probe engine readiness at startup and harden NO_ENGINE retries (#391)
* fix(ibus): wait for engine readiness before first injection
Add a startup readiness probe that pings the IBus engine after activation so first-use dictation no longer races do_enable(). Also switch NO_ENGINE retry behavior to exponential backoff and cover the new flow in tests.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
* test(ibus): cover readiness probe edge cases
Add focused tests for the new startup readiness path, including direct PING success, retry exhaustion, unexpected responses, and engine re-activation before injection. This raises coverage on vocalinux.text_injection.ibus_engine from 68% to 73% in the targeted suite.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
* fix(text-injection): avoid blocking IBus and clipboard fallbacks
Warm IBus in the background so startup no longer stalls while readiness probing, and make clipboard helpers fail fast with per-session health caching so non-ASCII ydotool fallback does not lock dictation.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
* test(ibus): update retry tests for merged NO_ENGINE recovery logic
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Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
* chore(deps-dev): bump postcss from 8.4.39 to 8.5.10 in /web
Bump postcss dev dependency (CSS processing). No runtime impact.
* fix(logging): clean up runtime log noise and cache hardware detection
Clean up duplicated code artifacts from recent merges and cache hardware detection to eliminate ~1.3s UI lag when opening settings dialog.
* test: cover recognition internals and suppress desktop notifications (#414)
* test(recognition): cover _perform_recognition and _enqueue_audio_segment
The previous commit demoted logger.info('DEBUG: ...') to logger.debug(...)
and removed a dead loop body in _perform_recognition. Codecov flagged 12
uncovered lines — all inside _perform_recognition and _enqueue_audio_segment,
which existing tests always mocked out.
Add direct (non-mocked) tests for both methods:
- _enqueue_audio_segment:
* empty buffer → early return
* normal buffer → enqueues correctly
* full queue → drops oldest and retries
- _perform_recognition:
* processes a segment then exits on None signal
* drains remaining items on None signal
* exits cleanly when idle with empty queue
* continues looping on queue timeout while recording
These tests exercise the actual threading/queue logic and cover the
logger.debug / logger.warning calls as a side effect.
* test(conftest): suppress real desktop notifications during test runs
_show_notification shells out to notify-send, which pops up real system
notifications when tests exercise the model-not-ready path. Add an autouse
fixture that patches _show_notification for all tests EXCEPT those whose
name contains 'show_notification' (so direct tests of the helper still
verify subprocess.Popen calls).
* chore(gitignore): ignore .sisyphus directory
* fix(install): improve openSUSE dependency handling with fallbacks (#418)
The suse case in install_system_dependencies() previously installed all
packages blindly, causing the entire install to fail if a single package
was unavailable (e.g., glslang on some openSUSE repos).
Changes:
- Check each package individually with rpm -q before installing
- Add graceful fallback for glslang -> glslang-devel
- Add graceful fallback for libappindicator-gtk3 -> typelib-1_0-AppIndicator3-0_1 -> libayatana-appindicator3-1
- Continue installation with warning instead of hard failure
Fixes#407
* fix(remote_api): re-init engine on resume from suspend
Add a remote_api branch to reinitialize_after_resume mirroring the
dispatch chain in __init__, so the engine is recreated after a
suspend/resume cycle. Null self._http_session alongside the existing
self.model and self.recognizer resets so a stale pooled-connection
session is not reused after resume.
* perf(remote_api): pool HTTP connections via requests.Session
Introduces a manager-owned requests.Session (_http_session) so all
remote_api engine HTTP traffic reuses a single connection pool instead
of opening a new connection for every request.
Lifecycle:
- __init__: self._http_session = None (attribute always present)
- _init_remote_api: close prior session if it exists, then create a
new requests.Session(); use session.get for the connection test.
Prevents connection leaks on back-to-back inits (re-init guard).
- _try_openai_api / _try_whispercpp_server_api: replaced requests.post
with self._http_session.post; local 'import requests' retained for
the requests.exceptions.ConnectionError catch.
- reconfigure: captures old engine before self.engine is updated;
closes and nulls _http_session when switching away from remote_api.
- reinitialize_after_resume: nulls _http_session before _init_remote_api
recreates it.
Tests: added TestHTTPSession class (4 cases) in
tests/test_recognition_manager_remote_api.py; all 40 tests pass.
Updated _setup_requests_get_*/post_* helpers to configure the session
instance (mock_requests.Session.return_value) instead of the
module-level mock, keeping all 36 pre-existing tests green.
* docs: add remote HTTP transcription setup guide
* fix(install): avoid asking for remote server URL twice
run_interactive_install collects the URL upfront in Step 3, but
install_python_package re-declared REMOTE_API_URL as local and prompted
again, ignoring the wizard value. Inherit the wizard's value instead.
* ui(settings): hide remote API behind an Advanced tab
Addresses upstream PR #335 review feedback from @jatinkrmalik that
remote API is not plug-and-play and should not be a peer of the local
engines for casual users.
- Remove 'Remote API' from the Speech Engine tab's engine combo; the
combo now shows local engines only (vosk / whisper / whisper_cpp).
- Add a new 'Advanced' notebook tab with a 'Remote Server' group
containing a 'Use remote server' switch, the existing URL/Key/
Endpoint fields, and the Test Connection button + status label.
- The switch overrides the local engine selection. get_selected_settings
returns engine='remote_api' iff the switch is on, otherwise the combo
selection. URL/Key/Endpoint persist independently of the toggle state.
- _load_and_apply_settings: if config has engine='remote_api', the
switch is turned on and the combo is set to a sensible local fallback
(whisper_cpp, or first available local engine) so toggling off has
somewhere to land.
- _update_engine_specific_ui no longer special-cases the combo for
remote_api (the combo never has it); it hides the model row, info
card and legend whenever the remote switch is on.
- Update HTTP_REMOTE.md to reflect the new tab location.
* ui(remote-api): mark remote API as advanced and default toggle off
- install.sh: relabel option 4 as 'REMOTE API (ADVANCED)' to signal
it as a non-default, advanced engine choice.
- settings_dialog.py: explicitly initialise the 'Use remote server'
switch to inactive at widget creation, making the default state
unambiguous (saved-config load logic still toggles it on for
existing remote_api installs).
* fix(remote-api): preserve trailing newline from transcription responses
The remote-API transcription path stripped all whitespace from the
upstream response before injection, silently discarding a trailing
newline that some pipelines (post-processing proxies, fixup layers)
emit to signal "submit" / Enter. Whisper itself doesn't emit trailing
newlines, so for the common case this is a no-op; for users with a
post-processing layer it stops their submit signal from being eaten.
_filter_non_speech now uses a whitespace-stripped probe for its
non-speech pattern checks but returns probe + "\n" when the original
input ended with "\n" or "\r" (CRLF normalises to LF). The redundant
.strip() at the call site is removed so the function receives the raw
API text. Existing filter behaviour (BLANK_AUDIO, music notes, low
speech-content ratio, etc.) is unchanged. Four new unit tests cover
the trailing-newline cases.
* test(remote-api): cover transcribe exception handler and unknown-engine reinit branch
Adds two unit tests buttoning up previously-uncovered defensive branches:
- _transcribe_with_remote_api swallows unexpected exceptions and returns
"" — verified by raising RuntimeError from _try_whispercpp_server_api.
- reinitialize_after_resume short-circuits without dispatching when the
engine attribute is unknown — verified by mutating engine to a bogus
value and asserting no _init_* method is called.
* feat(settings): add Advanced tab with whisper.cpp anti-hallucination parameters (#415)
* feat(settings): add Advanced tab with whisper.cpp anti-hallucination parameters
Add a new Advanced settings tab that exposes whisper.cpp decoding
parameters to help users reduce hallucinations and tune recognition
behavior.
Parameters exposed:
- No Timestamps (default: on)
- Suppress Non-Speech Tokens (default: on)
- No Context (default: on)
- Initial Prompt (default: empty)
- Temperature (default: 0.0)
- Temperature Increment (default: -1.0, disables fallback)
- Entropy Threshold (default: 2.4)
- Logprob Threshold (default: -1.0)
- No-Speech Threshold (default: 0.6)
All parameters are saved under the advanced config section and are
only active when the whisper.cpp engine is selected. The UI grays out
these settings and shows an explanatory note when another engine is
active.
Changes:
- config_manager.py: add whisper.cpp keys to DEFAULT_CONFIG[advanced]
- recognition_manager.py: read params from kwargs/config, pass to Model()
- main.py: pass advanced settings from config to SpeechRecognitionManager
- settings_dialog.py: new Advanced tab with switches, spin buttons, entry
- tests: update test_main.py assertions, add whispercpp_advanced_defaults
and whispercpp_advanced_persistence tests
Fixes#363
* fix(whispercpp): gracefully filter unsupported params for pywhispercpp 1.4.1
pywhispercpp 1.4.1 does not expose no_timestamps or suppress_non_speech_tokens
to Python even though they exist in the underlying whisper.cpp C struct.
This causes AttributeError on startup.
Add _load_model_with_compatible_params() which catches AttributeError,
identifies the unsupported param from the error message, removes it, and
retries until the model loads successfully or a non-AttributeError occurs.
Also refactor _build_whispercpp_model_kwargs() from _load_whispercpp_model()
for testability.
Fixes local startup crash reported during PR testing.
* fix(whispercpp): persist advanced settings correctly
* chore(config): add advanced power-user default
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
* feat(settings): gate advanced controls behind power-user opt-in
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
* fix(whispercpp): prefilter unsupported native params
* fix(settings): polish advanced whispercpp controls
* fix(installer): reuse existing whispercpp builds (#421)
* docs: clarify PyPI installation requirements (#423)
* chore(deps): bump next (#429)
Bumps the npm_and_yarn group with 1 update in the /web directory: [next](https://github.com/vercel/next.js).
Updates `next` from 15.5.15 to 15.5.18
- [Release notes](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/release.js)
- [Commits](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/compare/v15.5.15...v15.5.18)
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* fix(installer): repair pywhispercpp library loading (#433)
* fix: play stop sound immediately on release (#426)
* fix(recognition): play stop sound after audio thread joins to prevent capture on short recordings (#436)
Moves play_stop_sound() to after audio_thread.join() but before the
final buffer processing. This closes the race where the audio thread's
in-flight chunk could capture the stop cue for short (≤ ~192 ms) recordings,
while still feeling immediate compared to the original placement after all
recognition cleanup.
* fix(install): correct openSUSE Tumbleweed dependencies (#420)
* fix(install): correct openSUSE Tumbleweed dependencies
* style: format openSUSE installer changes
---------
Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@gmail.com>
* fix(installer): harden Debian compatibility layer (#437)
Add missing pywhispercpp build prerequisites (libssl-dev, autoconf,
automake, libtool, patchelf) to both Debian and Ubuntu apt package lists.
These are not pulled in transitively on clean Debian installs and cause
CMake bootstrap failures during source compilation.
Add runtime smoke test for pywhispercpp to verify_installation() so
"installs but does not run" failures surface at install time with
actionable diagnostic steps instead of silently at first launch.
Treat Debian as a first-class target — remove the "primarily designed for
Ubuntu" warning for Debian systems. Remain conservative for non-Debian,
non-Ubuntu distros.
Add DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive to all apt install commands to prevent
interactive debconf prompts from blocking unattended installs.
Improve ydotool failure messaging on Debian with compile-from-source
instructions since ydotool is not packaged in Debian standard repos.
Add Debian-specific troubleshooting section to DISTRO_COMPATIBILITY.md
covering build deps, ydotool compilation, scoped source builds, and
libwhisper.so resolution diagnostics.
References: https://medium.com/@cslev/talking-to-my-linux-box-without-talking-to-the-cloud-vocalinux-on-debian-without-the-tears-10bf053ea21b
* fix(install): refresh ldconfig after openSUSE typelib install, clarify python3XY placeholder convention (#438)
- Add 'sudo ldconfig' after zypper install in suse_install_appindicator_runtime()
to ensure GI typelib cache is refreshed so newly installed typelib packages
are immediately discoverable by GObject introspection
- Add section-level comment in distro-package-map.yaml explaining that
python3XY is a placeholder convention resolved at install time by
suse_python_package_prefix() / suse_python_package_candidates()
Follow-up polish from review of #420.
* fix(whispercpp): reduce CPU threads and ensure GPU backend builds in dev mode (#439)
* fix(whispercpp): reduce CPU threads and ensure GPU backend builds in dev mode
- Reduce default n_threads from cpu_count() (16) to max 8 (CPU) / max 4 (GPU)
- Add runtime pywhispercpp GPU capability detection (_detect_pywhispercpp_gpu_backend)
- Make n_threads configurable via whispercpp_n_threads config option
- Fix install.sh regression: GPU source build was skipped in --dev mode
- Extract GPU install logic into install_whispercpp_with_gpu_support()
- Add is_pywhispercpp_gpu_capable() to detect GPU libs in installed pywhispercpp
- Force rebuild pywhispercpp when GPU is detected but lacks GPU support
Fixes CPU spiking to 100% on GPU systems due to excessive thread count
and ensures dev installs get GPU acceleration.
* fix(audio): skip output-only HDMI devices when selecting input device
Add _resolve_valid_input_device() that filters devices by
maxInputChannels > 0, falling back preferred → default → first valid.
Previously, HDMI output devices (0 input channels) could be selected
as the default audio input, causing 'Invalid number of channels' errors.
Now both _record_audio() and _attempt_audio_reconnection() validate the
device has input channels before probing or opening the stream.
* fix(whispercpp): treat n_threads=0 as auto-detect, not literal zero
Config default whispercpp_n_threads=0 was being passed directly
to whisper.cpp as n_threads=0, causing 'cannot create std::vector
larger than max_size()' transcription errors. Now 0 and negative
values are treated as auto-detect, falling through to the smart
thread count logic (max 4 with GPU, max 8 on CPU).
* test: add whispercpp_n_threads to mock assertions and config defaults
Update test_main.py mock to include the new whispercpp_n_threads=0 kwarg
and test_config_manager.py to assert the default config value.
* fix(audio): harden device enumeration against test mocks
The new HDMI-filter helper and GPU-backend detector crashed unit tests
that pass MagicMock() for the PyAudio/pathlib surfaces:
- _find_pywhispercpp_shared_library_dirs hit TypeError when tests
monkey-patch os.stat (Path.is_dir internally calls S_ISDIR on a
non-int st_mode). Widen the catch to OSError/TypeError/ValueError so
unconfigured stat results just skip the candidate dir.
- _resolve_valid_input_device crashed with 'MagicMock > int' on
audio.get_device_count() / info.get('maxInputChannels'). Coerce the
count, treat zero/unknown as 'use system default', and include
non-dict info objects rather than filtering everything out.
No production behavior changes: real PyAudio always returns int counts
and dict device info, so the HDMI filter still works as designed.
* test(recognition): cover new HDMI filter and GPU backend detector
- TestResolveValidInputDevice: 9 cases for the HDMI-filter resolver
(preferred passthrough, HDMI fallback, no-default fallback, no-input
None return, and three mock-tolerance escape hatches).
- TestDetectPywhispercppGpuBackend: 4 cases for runtime GPU library
detection (cpu/vulkan/cuda/empty dirs).
- TestFindPywhispercppSharedLibraryDirsResilience: proves the widened
exception catch survives a TypeError from pathlib.Path.is_dir.
* test(text-injection): wait for IBus init thread to avoid race on slow runners
The IBus environment promotion runs in a background daemon thread spawned
by TextInjector.__init__. The two TestIBusRuntimeFallback cases asserted
on injector.environment immediately after construction, which raced the
thread on Python 3.10 GHA runners and produced intermittent failures.
Join the init thread (with a generous timeout) before asserting, so the
test exercises the post-warmup state deterministically.
* chore(release): prepare v0.11.0-beta (#440)
- Bump version from 0.10.2-beta to 0.11.0-beta
- Update all version references across codebase
- Add What's New section for v0.11.0-beta in README and docs/UPDATE.md
- Add v0.11.0-beta entry to website changelog
- Update SECURITY.md supported versions to 0.11.x
- Update website schema, badge, and package version
- Update RELEASE_PROCESS.md version history table
* fix(startup): allow launch without pynput backend (#448)
* feat(vad): add Silero VAD and drop silence-only buffers (#447)
* feat(vad): replace amplitude-based VAD with Silero neural network
Replace the simple amplitude threshold VAD with Silero VAD, a lightweight
neural network model that classifies audio as speech/non-speech. This
addresses the root cause of #302 (silence not stopping recording) and
- Add silero_vad.py wrapper using ONNX Runtime with bundled Silero v5 model
- Accumulate 512-sample chunks with 64-sample context window per official API
- Map existing vad_sensitivity (1-5) to Silero thresholds (0.8-0.3)
- Use max() across sub-chunks to avoid missing speech onsets
- Fall back to amplitude VAD when onnxruntime is unavailable
- Add onnxruntime as optional dependency (pip install vocalinux[vad])
Closes#344
* address review: add tests, LICENSE, logging, validation fixes
- Add unit tests for SileroVAD (process, reset, fallback, sensitivity mapping)
- Add MIT LICENSE for bundled Silero VAD model in data/
- Log which VAD backend is active on init
- Validate chunk length in SileroVAD.process()
- Skip is_speech check until a full Silero chunk is processed
- Add thread safety note to SileroVAD docstring
- Document resampling rate effect on VAD resolution
- Comment explaining why load_silero_vad() catches broad Exception
* address review: bundle license, document [vad] extra, surface backend in UI
- Pack data/LICENSE into the wheel (pyproject package-data) so attribution
travels with the model
- README: short note on enabling neural VAD via vocalinux[vad]
- Settings: VAD Sensitivity row subtitle shows the active backend; if
onnxruntime is missing, an info-row beneath the group spells out the
install command and the restart requirement
- silero_vad.is_silero_available() probes onnxruntime + model presence
w/o instantiating an InferenceSession
- CI installs .[dev,vad] so Silero paths get exercised
- Integration test for _record_audio Silero branch (mocked pyaudio +
scripted SileroVAD), covering silence flush, speech reset, and
sensitivity threshold mapping at sens=1 vs sens=5
- Tests no longer skip when other modules globally mock numpy: pop the
top-level numpy ref so a fresh import gives the real package, and
swap sys.modules["numpy"] inside the _record_audio call so the lazy
import inside the function picks up real numpy too
* fix(vad): drop silence-only recording buffers
* test(vad): align stop buffer expectations
* test(vad): preserve real numpy module
* fix(install): install vad support opportunistically
* test(vad): cover recognition manager vad edges
---------
Co-authored-by: Sbenazar <127324689+Sbenazar@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix(web): clarify speech demo browser support (#449)
* fix black format check
---------
Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: jay <sevenjay@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Fakhareddine <fe.sabbari@claranet.com>
Co-authored-by: Sbenazar <127324689+Sbenazar@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: parko636 <alex@alexparkinson.net>
Co-authored-by: juanfradb <94815906+juanfradb@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Pep Locanto <peplocanto@gmail.com>
* feat(vad): replace amplitude-based VAD with Silero neural network
Replace the simple amplitude threshold VAD with Silero VAD, a lightweight
neural network model that classifies audio as speech/non-speech. This
addresses the root cause of #302 (silence not stopping recording) and
- Add silero_vad.py wrapper using ONNX Runtime with bundled Silero v5 model
- Accumulate 512-sample chunks with 64-sample context window per official API
- Map existing vad_sensitivity (1-5) to Silero thresholds (0.8-0.3)
- Use max() across sub-chunks to avoid missing speech onsets
- Fall back to amplitude VAD when onnxruntime is unavailable
- Add onnxruntime as optional dependency (pip install vocalinux[vad])
Closes#344
* address review: add tests, LICENSE, logging, validation fixes
- Add unit tests for SileroVAD (process, reset, fallback, sensitivity mapping)
- Add MIT LICENSE for bundled Silero VAD model in data/
- Log which VAD backend is active on init
- Validate chunk length in SileroVAD.process()
- Skip is_speech check until a full Silero chunk is processed
- Add thread safety note to SileroVAD docstring
- Document resampling rate effect on VAD resolution
- Comment explaining why load_silero_vad() catches broad Exception
* address review: bundle license, document [vad] extra, surface backend in UI
- Pack data/LICENSE into the wheel (pyproject package-data) so attribution
travels with the model
- README: short note on enabling neural VAD via vocalinux[vad]
- Settings: VAD Sensitivity row subtitle shows the active backend; if
onnxruntime is missing, an info-row beneath the group spells out the
install command and the restart requirement
- silero_vad.is_silero_available() probes onnxruntime + model presence
w/o instantiating an InferenceSession
- CI installs .[dev,vad] so Silero paths get exercised
- Integration test for _record_audio Silero branch (mocked pyaudio +
scripted SileroVAD), covering silence flush, speech reset, and
sensitivity threshold mapping at sens=1 vs sens=5
- Tests no longer skip when other modules globally mock numpy: pop the
top-level numpy ref so a fresh import gives the real package, and
swap sys.modules["numpy"] inside the _record_audio call so the lazy
import inside the function picks up real numpy too
* fix(vad): drop silence-only recording buffers
* test(vad): align stop buffer expectations
* test(vad): preserve real numpy module
* fix(install): install vad support opportunistically
* test(vad): cover recognition manager vad edges
---------
Co-authored-by: Sbenazar <127324689+Sbenazar@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix(whispercpp): reduce CPU threads and ensure GPU backend builds in dev mode
- Reduce default n_threads from cpu_count() (16) to max 8 (CPU) / max 4 (GPU)
- Add runtime pywhispercpp GPU capability detection (_detect_pywhispercpp_gpu_backend)
- Make n_threads configurable via whispercpp_n_threads config option
- Fix install.sh regression: GPU source build was skipped in --dev mode
- Extract GPU install logic into install_whispercpp_with_gpu_support()
- Add is_pywhispercpp_gpu_capable() to detect GPU libs in installed pywhispercpp
- Force rebuild pywhispercpp when GPU is detected but lacks GPU support
Fixes CPU spiking to 100% on GPU systems due to excessive thread count
and ensures dev installs get GPU acceleration.
* fix(audio): skip output-only HDMI devices when selecting input device
Add _resolve_valid_input_device() that filters devices by
maxInputChannels > 0, falling back preferred → default → first valid.
Previously, HDMI output devices (0 input channels) could be selected
as the default audio input, causing 'Invalid number of channels' errors.
Now both _record_audio() and _attempt_audio_reconnection() validate the
device has input channels before probing or opening the stream.
* fix(whispercpp): treat n_threads=0 as auto-detect, not literal zero
Config default whispercpp_n_threads=0 was being passed directly
to whisper.cpp as n_threads=0, causing 'cannot create std::vector
larger than max_size()' transcription errors. Now 0 and negative
values are treated as auto-detect, falling through to the smart
thread count logic (max 4 with GPU, max 8 on CPU).
* test: add whispercpp_n_threads to mock assertions and config defaults
Update test_main.py mock to include the new whispercpp_n_threads=0 kwarg
and test_config_manager.py to assert the default config value.
* fix(audio): harden device enumeration against test mocks
The new HDMI-filter helper and GPU-backend detector crashed unit tests
that pass MagicMock() for the PyAudio/pathlib surfaces:
- _find_pywhispercpp_shared_library_dirs hit TypeError when tests
monkey-patch os.stat (Path.is_dir internally calls S_ISDIR on a
non-int st_mode). Widen the catch to OSError/TypeError/ValueError so
unconfigured stat results just skip the candidate dir.
- _resolve_valid_input_device crashed with 'MagicMock > int' on
audio.get_device_count() / info.get('maxInputChannels'). Coerce the
count, treat zero/unknown as 'use system default', and include
non-dict info objects rather than filtering everything out.
No production behavior changes: real PyAudio always returns int counts
and dict device info, so the HDMI filter still works as designed.
* test(recognition): cover new HDMI filter and GPU backend detector
- TestResolveValidInputDevice: 9 cases for the HDMI-filter resolver
(preferred passthrough, HDMI fallback, no-default fallback, no-input
None return, and three mock-tolerance escape hatches).
- TestDetectPywhispercppGpuBackend: 4 cases for runtime GPU library
detection (cpu/vulkan/cuda/empty dirs).
- TestFindPywhispercppSharedLibraryDirsResilience: proves the widened
exception catch survives a TypeError from pathlib.Path.is_dir.
* test(text-injection): wait for IBus init thread to avoid race on slow runners
The IBus environment promotion runs in a background daemon thread spawned
by TextInjector.__init__. The two TestIBusRuntimeFallback cases asserted
on injector.environment immediately after construction, which raced the
thread on Python 3.10 GHA runners and produced intermittent failures.
Join the init thread (with a generous timeout) before asserting, so the
test exercises the post-warmup state deterministically.
- Add 'sudo ldconfig' after zypper install in suse_install_appindicator_runtime()
to ensure GI typelib cache is refreshed so newly installed typelib packages
are immediately discoverable by GObject introspection
- Add section-level comment in distro-package-map.yaml explaining that
python3XY is a placeholder convention resolved at install time by
suse_python_package_prefix() / suse_python_package_candidates()
Follow-up polish from review of #420.
Add missing pywhispercpp build prerequisites (libssl-dev, autoconf,
automake, libtool, patchelf) to both Debian and Ubuntu apt package lists.
These are not pulled in transitively on clean Debian installs and cause
CMake bootstrap failures during source compilation.
Add runtime smoke test for pywhispercpp to verify_installation() so
"installs but does not run" failures surface at install time with
actionable diagnostic steps instead of silently at first launch.
Treat Debian as a first-class target — remove the "primarily designed for
Ubuntu" warning for Debian systems. Remain conservative for non-Debian,
non-Ubuntu distros.
Add DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive to all apt install commands to prevent
interactive debconf prompts from blocking unattended installs.
Improve ydotool failure messaging on Debian with compile-from-source
instructions since ydotool is not packaged in Debian standard repos.
Add Debian-specific troubleshooting section to DISTRO_COMPATIBILITY.md
covering build deps, ydotool compilation, scoped source builds, and
libwhisper.so resolution diagnostics.
References: https://medium.com/@cslev/talking-to-my-linux-box-without-talking-to-the-cloud-vocalinux-on-debian-without-the-tears-10bf053ea21b
The suse case in install_system_dependencies() previously installed all
packages blindly, causing the entire install to fail if a single package
was unavailable (e.g., glslang on some openSUSE repos).
Changes:
- Check each package individually with rpm -q before installing
- Add graceful fallback for glslang -> glslang-devel
- Add graceful fallback for libappindicator-gtk3 -> typelib-1_0-AppIndicator3-0_1 -> libayatana-appindicator3-1
- Continue installation with warning instead of hard failure
Fixes#407
Fix false local repo detection when users run `uv init` before installation. Changed detection from naive file existence check to content validation:
- For pyproject.toml: check for `name = "vocalinux"`
- For setup.py: check for "vocalinux" string
- Falls through to remote clone mode if neither matches
Fixes#396
Add cmake, libcairo2-dev, and dynamic libgirepository version detection
to fix installation failures on Pop!_OS (Cosmic DE) and newer Ubuntu.
Three issues addressed:
1. cmake: Required by pywhispercpp to build whisper.cpp from source.
Added to all distro package lists (apt, dnf, pacman, zypper, emerge,
apk, xbps, eopkg).
2. libcairo2-dev: Required to build pycairo. Was present in the Debian
package list but missing from the Ubuntu list, which Pop!_OS uses.
3. libgirepository version: Ubuntu 24.04+ and Pop!_OS Cosmic+ ship
libgirepository-2.0-dev instead of libgirepository1.0-dev. Added
runtime detection to select the correct package, mirroring the
existing version-aware handling already in place for Debian.
Reported-by: DavidHoenisch
Ref: https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/discussions/378
* fix: bundle resources in package to fix missing icons in system tray (fixes#349)
The resources directory (icons and sounds) was not included in pip-installed
packages because it lived outside the src/ package directory. This caused
the resource_manager to find an empty icon directory at runtime, resulting in
the ellipsis (three dots) icon in the GNOME system tray.
Changes:
- Copy resources into src/vocalinux/resources/ so setuptools bundles them
- Add 'vocalinux.resources/**/*' to package-data in pyproject.toml
- Add MANIFEST.in for sdist builds
- Update resource_manager to check package-bundled resources first
(module_dir.parent / 'resources') before checking external paths
- Add install_resources_to_venv() to install.sh for curl-based installs,
copying resources to /share/vocalinux/resources
This fixes both pip installs (resources bundled in the wheel) and curl-based
installs (resources copied to venv share directory).
* fix: ensure bundled resources are included in sdist and pip installs
- Add 'vocalinux.resources' to setuptools packages list so the
subpackage (and its __init__.py) is recognized by setuptools
- Add __init__.py to src/vocalinux/resources/ to make it a proper
Python subpackage for reliable discovery
- Add 'recursive-include src/vocalinux/resources *' to MANIFEST.in
so sdist archives include the bundled icons and sounds
* chore(release): prepare v0.10.0-beta
Bump versions and release references across app, docs, installer, and website for the next beta release. Add v0.10.0-beta release notes entries covering reliability fixes and CI/test improvements since v0.9.0-beta.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
* docs(release): align Python baseline references to 3.9+
Synchronize stale Python 3.8 references in agent guidance and distro dependency docs/scripts with the current 3.9+ minimum used by project metadata and release docs.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
---------
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
* chore: bump minimum Python from 3.8 to 3.9 and adopt PEP 585 builtins
- Update requires-python, classifiers, mypy target, and black target in pyproject.toml
- Replace Python 3.8 with 3.9 in CI matrix and nightly workflow
- Replace typing.List/Dict/Tuple/Set with builtin list/dict/tuple/set (PEP 585)
- Update all 3.8 version references in README, docs, website, and install.sh
- Fix test_wayland_no_tools to mock IBus availability
- Remove List from common_types re-exports and update test
* style: reformat test files for Black 26.x and pin version in CI
Black 26.x introduced parenthesized context manager formatting.
Reformat 7 test files and pin Black>=26,<27 in CI to prevent
future drift from unpinned version upgrades.
When running via `curl | bash`, stdin (fd 0) is the pipe — not the
terminal. The script was setting INTERACTIVE_MODE='ask' and then trying
to `read` from the pipe, which returned EOF/garbage, defaulting to
interactive mode, which then immediately errored because there was no TTY.
Fix: if stdin is a pipe but /dev/tty is accessible, do `exec < /dev/tty`
to redirect stdin to the real terminal so user prompts work correctly.
If there is truly no terminal (headless/CI), fall back to automatic mode
without erroring.
Also fix the misleading error message which suggested running the exact
same curl|bash command that just failed.
The IBus injection path had an early return that skipped the clipboard
copy logic. Store the result, copy to clipboard if enabled, then return.
Also add xclip and wl-clipboard to install.sh for all supported distros
so clipboard tools are available out of the box.
* chore(release): prepare v0.7.0-beta
## Version Bump (v0.6.3-beta → v0.7.0-beta)
This is a major beta release with significant new features including autostart support, tabbed settings, and improved GPU detection.
### Core Version Files
- Updated src/vocalinux/version.py to 0.7.0-beta
- Updated pyproject.toml classifiers (already correct - Beta)
### Documentation
- Updated README.md with new features, bug fixes, and version references
- Updated docs/INSTALL.md with v0.7.0-beta install commands
- Updated docs/UPDATE.md with comprehensive 'What's New' section
- Updated SECURITY.md supported versions table (0.7.x now supported)
### Website
- Updated web/src/app/page.tsx version badge (v0.7.0 Beta)
- Updated web/src/app/page.tsx softwareVersion schema
- Updated web/package.json version to 0.7.0
- Updated web/src/app/changelog/page.tsx with v0.7.0-beta release entry
### Other Updates
- Updated install.sh default tag to v0.7.0-beta
- Updated src/vocalinux/main.py error message install command
- Updated AGENTS.md branch naming example
## Changes Since v0.6.3-beta
### New Features (13 commits)
- Autostart on login support via XDG autostart
- Tabbed settings dialog with 5 organized tabs
- Intel GPU compatibility detection with automatic CPU fallback
- Single instance prevention
- Evdev device management to prevent CPU spin
- Improved GPU detection avoiding false positives
- IBus fallback when daemon not running
- Fedora dnf check-update fix
- Web SEO - 7 new optimized pages
### Contributors
- Jatin K Malik (maintainer)
- Antoine Monnet (contributor)
- jatinkrmalik (contributor)
### Bug Fixes
- #254: Improved GPU detection to avoid false positives
- #251: Skip IBus setup when daemon not running
- #243: Prevent dnf check-update from exiting script on Fedora
- #240: Raise exception on IBus setup failure
- #234: Removed leading space from first speech transcription
- #242/#253: Removed disconnected evdev devices to prevent CPU spin
## Verification
- [x] Lint passed
- [x] Black formatting passed
- [x] isort check passed
- [x] Version imports correctly as 0.7.0-beta
* docs: update version history in RELEASE_PROCESS.md
Add entries for 0.6.0-beta through 0.7.0-beta to the version history table.
* fix(installer): improve GPU detection to avoid false positives
- Filter out software renderers (llvmpipe, swiftshader, lavapipe, etc.)
when checking Vulkan compatibility - these are CPU implementations
and should not affect hardware GPU detection
- Skip Vulkan compatibility check for NVIDIA GPUs since they use CUDA
instead of Vulkan for acceleration
- Reorder backend priority: CUDA > Vulkan > CPU
- Only show incompatible GPU warning for actual Vulkan-based GPUs
(AMD/Intel) that lack VK_KHR_16bit_storage support
Fixes issue where RTX 5080 + llvmpipe combination was incorrectly
flagged as incompatible due to llvmpipe lacking 16-bit storage support.
* fix(installer): recommend GPU even without dev libraries installed
The installer installs dev libraries (libvulkan-dev, glslc) in
install_system_dependencies(), which runs AFTER the backend selection.
So we should recommend GPU if there's a compatible GPU regardless
of whether dev libraries are currently installed.
Changes:
- NVIDIA GPU detected → recommend CUDA (even without nvcc)
- Vulkan-compatible GPU → recommend Vulkan (even without libvulkan-dev)
- Only fall back to CPU if no compatible GPU detected or GPU is
genuinely incompatible (old Intel Gen7)
* feat: detect incompatible Intel GPUs and fallback to CPU
Implements two-layer protection for users with older Intel GPUs that lack
VK_KHR_16bit_storage support required by whisper.cpp Vulkan backend.
Affected GPUs: Intel Gen7 and older (Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Sandy Bridge)
- Intel HD Graphics 2500/4000 (Ivy Bridge)
- Intel HD Graphics 4400/4600 (Haswell)
Layer 1: Install-Time Detection (Prevention)
- New check_vulkan_gpu_compatibility() function in install.sh
- Parses GPU name from vulkaninfo output
- Checks against known incompatible patterns
- Shows clear warning and recommends CPU backend
- Updates detect_whispercpp_backends() to skip Vulkan for incompatible GPUs
Layer 2: Runtime Fallback (Safety Net)
- Added error handling in recognition_manager.py _init_whispercpp()
- Catches RuntimeError with "16-bit storage" or "Unsupported device"
- Automatically disables Vulkan/CUDA and retries with CPU
- Shows desktop notification explaining the fallback
Fixes#238
* fix(gpu): improve compatibility detection and add tests
* feat(ui): add auto-start on boot support
- Add --start-minimized CLI flag for autostart entry
- Create autostart_manager.py to handle XDG autostart desktop entry
- Add autostart config option in config_manager.py
- Add Start on Login toggle in Settings dialog
- Add Start Minimized toggle in Settings dialog
- Add Start on Login checkbox in system tray menu
- Add first-run dialog to ask about autostart preference
Closes#184
* fix(test): add first_run: False to mock config settings
The tests were failing with StopIteration because main() now checks
for first_run and shows a dialog if True. By setting first_run: False
in the mock config, we skip the first-run dialog code path.
* fix(ui): harden autostart behavior across Linux sessions
Use XDG-compliant autostart paths and robust Exec command resolution, keep first-run prompt semantics correct, and fix GTK toggle handling so state changes are applied reliably.
* docs(autostart): document XDG startup model and limits
Clarify that Vocalinux uses desktop-session XDG autostart, not systemd services, and explain compatibility expectations for mainstream DEs versus minimal/custom WM sessions.
* feat(ui): add first-run quick-start guidance text
Expand the welcome dialog with concise first-time usage guidance and clear direction to the tray menu Settings entry while preserving the existing autostart decision flow.
* fix(uninstall): remove XDG autostart desktop entry
Ensure uninstall removes ~/.config autostart registration and reports leftover autostart entries during verification.
* fix(install): ignore defunct processes in running-check
Filter installer process detection to exclude defunct entries and installer/uninstaller shells so stale zombie rows do not block reinstall.
* fix(uninstall): ignore defunct processes in running-check
Use filtered process detection so zombie entries and installer shells do not trigger false running-process warnings during uninstall.
dnf check-update returns exit code 100 when system updates are
available, which causes the script to exit immediately due to set -e.
Added '|| true' to prevent this non-error condition from stopping
the installer.
Fixes#34 (Fedora installation failure)
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencode)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
* chore(release): prepare v0.6.3-beta
- Fix#220: Installer default tag now points to correct version
- Update version from 0.6.2-beta to 0.6.3-beta
- Update documentation version references
- Update website schema and badges
- Add v0.6.3-beta changelog entry
The v0.6.2-beta installer was defaulting to v0.6.1-beta which is
missing the psutil dependency, causing fresh installs to fail.
* docs(update): simplify update guide, remove duplicate version history
install.sh:
- Add check_running_processes() function to detect running Vocalinux
- Prompt user to kill processes before proceeding with installation
- Auto-kill in non-interactive mode
uninstall.sh:
- Add confirmation prompt before killing processes
- Add interactive prompt for keeping data (models, config)
- Simplified --keep-data flag behavior (also keeps config)
This prevents issues during install/upgrade when Vocalinux is
still running, and gives users more control over data preservation.
pkg-config is included in the package list to install, so the script
should not exit with an error if it's not already installed. The check
was preventing installation on fresh systems like WSL Ubuntu 24.04.
The script already has proper fallbacks for when pkg-config is not
available (detect_vulkan and detect_typelib_path both check before
calling pkg-config).
* feat(text-injection): add IBus engine for Wayland text injection
Add a custom IBus input method engine for reliable text injection on
Wayland, solving keyboard layout issues with xdotool/wtype.
Key features:
- IBus proxy engine that passes through normal keyboard input
- Text injection via Unix socket IPC
- User-level component installation (no sudo required)
- Auto-reactivation when user switches keyboard layouts
- Graceful fallback when IBus is unavailable
Changes:
- New ibus_engine.py with VocalinuxEngine and IBusTextInjector
- TextInjector now prefers IBus on Wayland for best compatibility
- Add IBus GObject bindings to system dependencies in install.sh
- Add comprehensive tests for IBus engine
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* security: secure IBus socket with permissions and peer verification
- Set directory to 0o700 (owner-only access)
- Set socket to 0o600 (owner-only read/write)
- Add SO_PEERCRED verification to reject connections from other users
This provides defense-in-depth: even if directory permissions are
bypassed, the socket server verifies the connecting process UID.
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* fix: address PR review feedback for IBus text injection
- Fix infinite loop in socket server by adding _server_running flag
- Use sys.executable instead of hardcoded python3 for venv compatibility
- Also inherit environment (env=os.environ.copy()) for venv deps
- Fix component XML to use sys.executable in <exec> tag
- Replace unsafe pgrep with PID file tracking and /proc verification
- Integrate TextInjector.stop() in TrayIndicator._quit() for cleanup
- Remove unused is_engine_registered import
- Fix redundant hasattr check to use proper None comparison
- Auto-detect and update stale IBus component XML on startup
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* fix(install): correct package detection for Void and Solus, fix git fetch syntax
- Fix git fetch syntax: remove incorrect quoting around 'tag' argument
- Fix Void Linux: use 'xbps-query' instead of 'xbps-query -S' which checks
remote repos instead of installed packages
- Fix Solus: use 'eopkg list-installed | grep' instead of 'eopkg info' which
queries repository info, not installed status
These bugs caused the installer to always attempt reinstalling packages on
Void Linux and Solus, even when they were already installed.
* fix(install): correct package names for Arch, Void, and Gentoo
- Arch Linux: libappindicator-gtk3 -> libappindicator (package was renamed)
- Void Linux: libappindicator -> libappindicator-gtk3 (correct package name)
- Gentoo: dev-libs/libappindicator:3 -> dev-libs/libayatana-appindicator
(libappindicator is deprecated, use ayatana fork)
Added glslang and vulkan-tools to distributions that were missing them:
- Gentoo: dev-util/glslang
- Alpine: glslang vulkan-tools
- Void: glslang Vulkan-Tools
- Solus: glslang vulkan-tools
Validated package names against official repositories for each distro.
- Try glslc first (available on Ubuntu 24.04+)
- Fall back to glslang-tools if glslc not available (Ubuntu 22.04)
- Update user-facing messages to mention both packages
- Fixes#212 while maintaining compatibility with newer Ubuntu versions
When installing with --engine=whisper, the installer would continue even
if the whisper package installation failed, creating a config file with
engine=whisper. This caused the app to crash on startup with
'No module named whisper'.
Changes:
- Add proper verification of whisper installation by importing the module
- Only create whisper config if installation succeeds
- Fall back to whisper.cpp if whisper installation fails
- Provide clear error messages during installation
Fixes#190
Bump version from 0.6.0-beta to 0.6.1-beta with installation improvements:
Version Updates:
- src/vocalinux/version.py: 0.6.0-beta → 0.6.1-beta
- install.sh: Default tag and help text updated
- web/package.json: 0.6.0 → 0.6.1
- web/src/app/layout.tsx: schema.org softwareVersion updated
- web/src/app/page.tsx: version badge updated
Documentation Updates:
- README.md: New 'What's New' section for v0.6.1-beta
- docs/UPDATE.md: Added v0.6.1-beta release notes with new features
- docs/INSTALL.md: Version references updated
- docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md: Example commands updated
- tests/distro-testing-checklist.md: Version references updated
- src/vocalinux/main.py: Error message updated
New Features in v0.6.1-beta:
- Interactive backend selection for whisper.cpp (GPU vs CPU)
- Enhanced welcome message with testing instructions
- Simplified install commands (tag-based URLs)
- Better GPU support with proper library detection
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed bash arithmetic with set -e
- Fixed TTY detection for interactive mode
- Auto-install git if missing
- Fixed GPU installation commands
Changed install commands to download install.sh directly from the release
tag instead of from main branch with --tag parameter. This ensures:
1. The install script version matches the release being installed
2. No version mismatch between script and code
3. Simpler, cleaner install commands
Changes:
- install.sh: Updated error message to use v0.6.0-beta URL
- README.md: All install commands now use v0.6.0-beta/install.sh
- docs/INSTALL.md: Updated quick install command
- docs/UPDATE.md: Updated update command examples
- docs/RELEASE_PROCESS.md: Updated example command
- src/vocalinux/main.py: Updated error message install command
- tests/distro-testing-checklist.md: Updated download URL
- web/src/app/page.tsx: Now uses dynamic tag in URL (not main)
- .github/workflows/release.yml: Release notes use tag-based URL
Before:
curl .../main/install.sh | bash -s -- --tag=v0.6.0-beta
After:
curl .../v0.6.0-beta/install.sh | bash
Fixes version consistency between install script and installed code.
The previous fix stored the pip command in a variable:
PYWHISPERCPP_INSTALL_CMD="GGML_CUDA=1 pip install ..."
$PYWHISPERCPP_INSTALL_CMD
This doesn't work because bash interprets "GGML_CUDA=1" as a
command, not as an environment variable prefix.
Fix: Use conditional logic to run the commands directly:
if GGML_CUDA=1 pip install ...; then
GPU_INSTALL_SUCCESS=true
fi
The basic `pip install pywhispercpp` only includes CPU support.
For GPU acceleration, pywhispercpp must be installed with special
environment flags:
- NVIDIA GPU: GGML_CUDA=1 pip install git+...
- Vulkan (AMD/Intel): GGML_VULKAN=1 pip install git+...
This fix:
- Detects GPU type during whisper.cpp installation
- Installs pywhispercpp with appropriate GPU support flag
- Falls back to CPU version if GPU install fails
Fixes#193
Users running the install script via curl | bash may not have git
installed. This adds a check before attempting to clone the repo
and auto-installs git using the appropriate package manager for
the detected distribution.
Fixes issue reported on Reddit where install failed on Linux Mint
with "git command not found" error at line 170.
