Show a translucent, click-through bubble the moment recording starts (by
hotkey or wakeword): a pulsing microphone, a live waveform of the mic
level, and the recognised text (word-by-word when streaming, otherwise a
brief final-result confirmation). The tail points at the text caret via
AT-SPI accessibility, falling back to the mouse pointer, then a screen
corner. Also gives hands-free wakeword sessions visible feedback, whose
notifications are suppressed by design. X11 only.
- overlay.py: GTK override-redirect HUD (mic + waveform + bubble), drawn
with Cairo; thread-safe, marshalled onto the GTK loop.
- caret.py: best-effort anchor (AT-SPI caret -> pointer -> window/corner).
- daemon: optional level_cb/text_cb hooks; reuses the VAD level meter for
non-streaming, a dedicated meter for streaming. Stays UI-agnostic.
- gtkui: instantiate the overlay, drive show/update/hide from status.
- General settings: "Visual overlay" toggle; config overlay_enabled /
overlay_anchor (default on, "caret").
- Docs: CHANGELOG 1.5.0, version bump, README + MANUAL.
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Bump version to 1.4.0 and cut the [1.4.0] - 2026-06-07 changelog section:
- "Announce matched preset" notification (shown even hands-free) + per-preset
emoji icons.
- Voice-routing no-keyword default now prefers a transcribe preset instead of
the first preset.
Refresh the README status line.
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Bump version to 1.3.0 and cut the [1.3.0] - 2026-06-07 changelog section
(wakeword pause toggle, independent hands-free audio cues, configurable
auto-stop silence, notification hygiene, PortAudio noise suppression, and the
new MANUAL.md). Refresh the README status line.
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packaging/build-deb.sh builds an installable blitztext_<ver>_arm64.deb with a
desktop entry, app icon, and launcher. Bundles a relocatable venv (all Python
deps, no pip at install) and declares system deps (python3-gi, xdotool,
libnotify-bin, recorder). Built on /usr/bin/python3 so the tray works out of
the box. Installs via the Software app or `apt install ./…deb`.
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Minimal flat design with the Ubuntu font: clickable workflow rows with hover
(click to record/stop), muted descriptions and hotkey hints, subtle dividers,
and text-style Settings/Quit. Drops monogram avatars and per-row buttons.
Settings window restyled to match.
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The upstream app is macOS-only (Swift/SwiftUI, CoreML/WhisperKit) and can't
run on Linux or in a container. This adds a native host tool under linux/ that
reproduces the workflow: focus any text field, press a hotkey, speak, and the
optionally-rewritten text is typed into that field.
- Engine: pynput global hotkeys → mic record → local faster-whisper →
optional OpenAI-compatible rewrite → xdotool typing into the focused window
- Frontends: system tray (AppIndicator, default), tkinter control panel,
and headless modes
- Config-driven workflows in ~/.config/blitztext/config.toml with per-workflow
prompt/model/temperature overrides
- Packaging: install.sh, requirements.txt, systemd user unit
- Targets X11; local transcription runs CPU int8 on this arm64 host
See linux/CHANGELOG.md and linux/README.md for details.
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