v2026.6.18

Added chunked streaming dictation for local STT backends so longer recordings are transcribed in bounded windows instead of retaining one large capture until push-to-talk release.

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Highlights #

• Added chunked streaming dictation for local STT backends so longer recordings are transcribed in bounded windows instead of retaining one large capture until push-to-talk release.
• Added live transcript events in the Settings UI, including partial/final transcript display and stale transcript suppression.
• Bounded audio/transcription queues and terminal recording caches to prevent long-running dictation sessions from growing memory without limit.
• Preserved stop-time audio callbacks and short final tails so streamed recordings do not lose the last spoken words.
• Kept hosted STT providers on final-audio transcription unless their backend explicitly opts into chunk streaming.

Changes #

• Added chunked streaming dictation for local STT backends so longer recordings are transcribed in bounded windows instead of retaining one large capture until push-to-talk release.
• Added live transcript events in the Settings UI, including partial/final transcript display and stale transcript suppression.

Fixes #

• Bounded audio/transcription queues and terminal recording caches to prevent long-running dictation sessions from growing memory without limit.
• Preserved stop-time audio callbacks and short final tails so streamed recordings do not lose the last spoken words.
• Kept hosted STT providers on final-audio transcription unless their backend explicitly opts into chunk streaming.

Contribution record #

CHANGELOG/records/2026.6.18.md lists every pull request in this release once, with its related issues and thanks.