Updates — SimplyTalk Release Notes & Downloads

⚑ Critical Fixes

Float32 JSON serialization (P0) — Resolves config save crashes and eliminates the majority of unclean shutdowns.
Shutdown safety net (P1) — _do_quit() no longer crashes if config save fails, ensuring a clean exit every time.

🛡️ Stability

Orb health monitor (P2) — Automatically detects and restarts the equalizer orb if its process dies silently.
Modifier hold threshold (P2) — Increased from 400ms to 600ms, reducing accidental hotkey triggers during normal typing.
Usage stats restore (P3) — Merges backup data if primary stats were reset during an upgrade, preserving your history.

🔧 Quality of Life

Log rotation — Automatically trims the log file to 1 MB on startup, preventing unbounded disk usage.
Reduced log verbosity — Combined INJECTING/INJECTED events into a single log line for cleaner diagnostics.

✨ Interface

⚡ Performance

🔧 Stability

🎨 Interface

Redesigned License page — New hero status card with visual indicators for Licensed, Trial, and Expired states. Cleaner key entry area with monospace formatting and a refined layout throughout.
Redesigned About page — Privacy-first messaging with visual pillars highlighting No Cloud, No Subscription, and No Tracking. Improved text hierarchy, clickable website link, and version badge.
Premium card styling — Technology specs and open-source acknowledgments now feature icon headers and alternating row backgrounds for better readability.
Software Updates section repositioned above Technology for faster access.

⚡ Performance

GPU detection caching — System hardware info is now cached after the first lookup, eliminating repeated delays when navigating to the About page.
Persistent audio stream — The microphone stream stays open for the lifetime of the app, removing the overhead of opening/closing it on every dictation.
Performance diagnostics — Each dictation now logs memory usage, inference time, and stream health for proactive monitoring.
GPU memory management — Automatic garbage collection after every dictation to reclaim GPU tensor memory and prevent accumulation during long sessions.

🛡️ Stability

Fixed shutdown crash — Resolved a JSON serialization error (float32) that could cause a crash when saving calibration data on exit.
Fixed desktop shortcut icon — The installer now explicitly sets the SimplyTalk icon on all shortcuts, preventing Windows from displaying a generic icon due to stale cache.
Migrated to file logging — All diagnostic output is written to simplytalk.log instead of console, ensuring errors are always captured in the bundled application.
RNNT engine cleanup — Proper GPU resource release when switching between voice engines.

🔧 Quality of Life

License transfer — Deactivate your license on one machine and re-activate it on another. Your key stays valid.
Hotkey injection guard — Dictation input is suppressed while text is being pasted, preventing accidental re-triggers.
Auto-save config defaults — New settings are automatically populated with safe defaults on first launch, preventing missing-key errors.
Custom app icon — SimplyTalk now displays its own icon in the taskbar, system tray, title bar, and desktop shortcut.

✦ Initial Release