What's new in SpeechPulse 4.1.0
May 10, 2024
- SpeechPulse now supports recording your dictations as WAV files inside the "Documents/SpeechPulse" folder.
- You can configure how many days of previous recordings to keep or disable history recordings via "Settings->Options->General settings".
- The new history window allows you to process your previous dictation recordings using different speech models, language models, AI Templates, or any other different settings.
- Now supports importing other compatible offline language models. For example, you can run LLAMA 3 using SpeechPulse. Just place the GGUF language model file inside the SpeechPulse models directory. SpeechPulse will automatically detect the model on startup. More info about model compatibility will be published soon.
- Fixed an issue that caused SpeechPulse to skip AI formatting when dictated to MS Word, WordPad, and the built-in editor.
- UI changes for better usability on high DPI screens.
New in SpeechPulse 4.0.1 (May 3, 2024)
- A new option to increase the context length of the AI language models (longer context lengths require more RAM/VRAM).
- A new extended trial mode to allow previous users with their trial periods expired to try SpeechPulse again.
- Replaced the original English (standard) AI language model with a slightly better one.
New in SpeechPulse 4.0.0 (May 2, 2024)
- SpeechPulse now supports offline AI language models for text formatting (currently only for the English language). You can use them to enhance your dictated text in real time.
- Common use cases include grammar, spelling, and punctuation correction, summarizing text, formatting text for Email, chat, notes, etc.
- AI language models support prompting to get the desired output. SpeechPulse has an "AI Templates" feature where you can customize the prompts for your specific use cases.
- AI language models support both CPU and GPU execution. However, a GPU is recommended for faster live transcription.
- File mode also supports AI language models for text processing.
- A new option to customize the deactivation delay in the Automatic speech input mode.
New in SpeechPulse 3.7.0 (Apr 24, 2024)
- You may have to modify your existing custom mappings with this update (especially the mappings that include the period symbol).
- Manual punctuation mode now supports automatically formatting numbers, dates, currency values, etc.
- Fixed an issue that caused missing punctuation marks in the manual punctuation mode.
- A new option to press the ENTER key after inserting text into the text edit area.
- Allow file mode even if no microphone is connected.
- UI improvements.
New in SpeechPulse 3.6.9 (Apr 16, 2024)
- A new option to press the ENTER key after inserting text into the text edit area.
- Allow file mode even if no microphone is connected.
- UI improvements.
New in SpeechPulse 3.6.8 (Apr 10, 2024)
- Fixed a crash that occurred when switching models or quitting the program on a GPU.
- Misc. improvements.
New in SpeechPulse 3.6.7 (Apr 9, 2024)
- Fixed an issue that prevented graceful termination.
- Misc. improvements.
New in SpeechPulse 3.6.6 (Apr 7, 2024)
- Preserve punctuation mode when switching languages.
- Export/import custom mappings to easily transfer mappings from one installation to another.
- A new controls overview window to explain different punctuation, spacing, and speech input modes.
- Fixed an issue that prevented graceful termination.
- Faster model load times.
- Misc. improvements.
New in SpeechPulse 3.6.5 (Apr 5, 2024)
- Fixed an issue that caused missing words after a hyphen in the manual punctuation mode.
- Capitalization correction now supports phrases with hyphens (e.g. Wi-Fi).
- UI improvements.
New in SpeechPulse 3.6.4 (Apr 1, 2024)
- Fixed an issue that caused incorrect mappings.
New in SpeechPulse 3.6.3 (Mar 29, 2024)
- Fixed an issue caused by incompatible character encodings on different systems.
New in SpeechPulse 3.6.2 (Mar 28, 2024)
- File mode now supports manual punctuation (For English full-text transcription).
- Faster initial load times.
- Misc. improvements.
New in SpeechPulse 3.6.1 (Mar 26, 2024)
- On Windows, prevent hotkeys from making a notification sound.
New in SpeechPulse 3.5.3 (Mar 20, 2024)
- A new option to automatically reduce system output volume during push-to-talk.
- Improved capitalization in the manual punctuation mode.
New in SpeechPulse 3.5.0 (Mar 4, 2024)
- Now supports manual spacing.
- A new option to load SpeechPulse in the background and automatically minimize to the system tray.
- A taskbar notification to indicate if the microphone is not working (need to enable via Settings).
- Two new hotkeys for push-to-talk with auto punctuation and manual punctuation.
New in SpeechPulse 3.4.2 (Mar 3, 2024)
- Reduce text hallucinations.
New in SpeechPulse 3.4.1 (Feb 21, 2024)
- A history page to display previously dictated text of the current session.
- Disabled Speech Profiles in the push-to-talk mode.
- UI improvements.
New in SpeechPulse 3.4.0 (Feb 15, 2024)
- Push-to-talk speech input with a new hotkey.
New in SpeechPulse 3.3.6 (Feb 8, 2024)
- Automatically transfer focus from the SpeechPulse window to the last active text edit.
- Displays a "No text edit in focus!" message if there's no text edit in focus.
New in SpeechPulse 3.1.0 (Jan 9, 2024)
- Now remembers language model, device, microphone, and file mode output folder settings between sessions.
- With the manual punctuation mode, you can dictate common punctuation marks like commas, periods, question marks, exclamation marks, colons, semicolons, etc.
New in SpeechPulse 2.1.0 (Nov 8, 2023)
- Now supports voice commands and hotkeys
- Lower latency in live mode