Two reported bugs:
1) Notifications still appeared during hands-free use while away. A wakeword
hit arriving while the previous clip was still transcribing went through
toggle(), which popped a "Busy" notification — the away-from-keyboard
notification storm. Wakeword triggers now call start_dictation(silent=True)
directly, so a busy/not-ready state is ignored silently. Transcription and
rewrite failures during a silent session are now logged instead of raising
critical desktop notifications.
2) "Wakeword did not work" with the log line "muted via /tmp/wake_muted": a
stale mute flag silently disabled detection. The tray "Pause wakeword"
toggle (already added) clears it; the daemon now also logs a clear
"Starting PAUSED" warning when it boots with the flag present.
Adds tests/test_daemon_notify.py covering silent-session suppression and the
busy-while-wakeword no-notify path.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bug: a stale /tmp/wake_muted flag silently disabled wakeword detection
with no in-app way to clear it (the flag was read but never written by
any code or UI).
- wakeword.py: expose MUTE_FILE + is_muted()/set_muted() helpers
- tray.py: add a "Pause wakeword" CheckMenuItem (shown when wakeword is
enabled) that toggles the flag and reflects current state
- config.py: document the tray toggle instead of the bare /tmp file
- CHANGELOG: record the wakeword pause toggle and the existing notify
hygiene fixes (transient/single-bubble notifications, silent
hands-free sessions)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add a plain-language info box to the top of every Settings tab (Presets,
Engines, Input, General, Benchmark, Log, About), exposed to screen readers, and
tooltips (wired to ATK descriptions) on the preset, general, and input-mode
controls — for non-technical and blind users (barrierefrei).
Complete the unreleased 1.2.0 changelog with the engine manager, Benchmark tab,
custom audio cues, Log tab, click-to-bind hotkeys, the GTK rebuild, voice
routing, the modifier hotkey scheme, and the quality gate.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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`.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
