MacWhisper Release Notes

5.7

• New:
  • Added support for notifications to remind you when a transcription has been finished.
  • You can now drag in (multiple) folders to perform batch transcriptions.
• Improved:
  • The quality of transcriptions should be better for certain files. If you were seeing repeated sentences, please let me know if this update fixes it.
  • Made it clearer that the language you select in the bottom left is the input language of the audio that you want to transcribe.
  • You should now be able to cancel an ongoing transcription without having to wait a long time.
  • Made the app 1MB smaller by removing some very large wallpapers that were only used in small sizes.
  • Show a "save confirmation" alert in more situations to prevent data loss.
  • Fixed an issue where the speed toggle didn't work for a very small number of people, let me know if it still happens for you.

5.4

• New:
• You can now add more files to the batch transcription window after it's been opened.
• Improved:
• You can now translate from the Segments view as well. Use this if you want to export your translated transcript.
• You can now split a segment by just pressing return. Hit shift-return to commit or click outside of the segment
• If you remove all text from a segment it will be deleted automatically
• While splitting segments the cursor will automatically move to the correct segment, making it easier to control with just your keyboard
• The "transcribe podcast" and "transcribe recording" buttons can no longer be tapped multiple times leading to strange behaviour in the app
• If you have enabled "play sound when finished" it will now also work on the menubar app
• The search/filter no longer uses the full url of the file but just the last part
• Increased history size from last 50 to 200

5.3.1

• Fixed an issue where transcripts would not complete if the Remove Duplicates features was turned off.

5.3

• New:
• Sometimes the transcription framework would return a lot of duplicate segments. This should no longer happen. You can disable this feature in Settings > Advanced.
• You can now set a maximum character limit for segments (useful if you want to adhere to the BBC subtitles size for example)
• You can now choose the location where recordings are saved
• You can now translate segments as well with DeepL
• Added support for all DeepL languages


• Improved:
• The app will now prompt you to make sure you really want to close a window or quit the app if it could lead to data loss
• Fixed typing glitch associated with committing a change
• Fixed an issue where colors were set incorrectly when switching between dark and light mode
• When searching you can now automatically scroll to the selected rows
• Fixed an issue where the segment highlighting would jitter while transcription was still being finished
• Improvements to splitting segments
• Fixes to selecting text in segments view

5.2

• Fixed an issue where sometimes the transcription would get stuck at 0%. Thanks for letting us know if you ran into this

5.1

• New:
• Split up segments! Press shift and return in the middle of a segment to split it up into a new line. More improvements coming to this area soon!
• Sentence view is back! On the transcripts page you can now click the sentence button in the top left to display your transcripts in a more structured formatted
• New save audio button to more easily export the audio file associated with a transcript. Click the waveform icon in the top left.
• You can now delete all occurrences of a segment by right clicking. Useful if there's some repeated sentences. We'll add more options to auto remove these in the next two weeks.
• Improved:
• Fixed an issue where the File menu did not show save or open buttons
• The pro upgrade screen can now be presented more consistently from the menubar app
• Searching through transcripts is now a looooot faster
• You can now open .whisper and audio/video files from each of the "open" flows in the app

5.0.1

• Menu bar app! Quickly dictate recordings from the menubar app and copy them into any textfield you need.
• View how long it took to transcribe the file after the transcription is finished
• Quickly open the original audio file for a (microphone) transcription by clicking the waveform icon in the bar at the top
• Added advanced settings to disable the confirmation alert when closing a transcript that has not been saved yet
• Loading .whisper files is faster now
• The progress bar is no longer shown when loading a .whisper file
• More consistent design for buttons in the header bar
• Files that are no longer available are automatically removed from your history
• The settings button now also works on newer operating systems
• Fixed an error when pasting a non-url into the url download bar
• You can now right click on the text as well in the segments view if you want to perform an action on that segment
• Fixed an issue where in system audio recording multiple recordings would stack
• Fixed an issue where you could not save a system audio recording (right now only your microphone audio is saved in the .whisper file)

4.6

• Added a button to unlock all features on the home screen if you're not using MacWhisper Pro

4.5

• If you click the back button from the transcription page without saving, an alert will pop up to ask if you want to save your transcript.
• The DeepL translation now takes into account punctuation (pretty silly we overlooked that) and works with more languages now.

4.4

• Fixed an issue where the microphone recording was not transcribed during System Audio Recordings.
• When "Play sound when finished" is enabled, the app will now only play the sound at the end of batch, podcast and system audio recordings and no longer for each file.

4.3

• Fixed an issue where new users couldn't see the language and model quality selectors. Sorry about that!

4.2

• New Home Screen design
• History now shows up to 50 of your last used files
• You can now search through your history
• The speed selector can now be long pressed to select a specific speed
• The used language is now presented in the top bar after a transcription is finished
• Added support buttons to each section which give you more info on how to get the most out of the features
• The system audio page now looks more in line with the rest of the app
• Find and replace does not show “0 matches” when you have not entered any text yet
• The translate button now shows even if you have not added your DeepL api key

4.1

• Fixed a crash when searching for words in a transcript
• You can now switch display modes while a file is being transcribed
• Speakers are now available on the top level menu when right clicking a segment instead of in a sub menu?
• You can toggle the auto scroll feature in the segments mode from the menu bar Transcripts > Toggle Auto Scroll
• The record feature will now remember the last input device you used and will default to that if it’s available
• Added a speaker limit of two for non Pro users

4.0.1

• The focus for version 4.0 was performance and speed! We spent weeks rewriting the segments view in the app so that it scrolls fast even for super long transcripts.
• You can now edit all text directly in the segments mode, without having to first click on a text label
• Right click on the background of a segment to favorite, add speakers or delete the segment
• You can now fill in any video or audio url to transcribe them directly, not just YouTube urls
• Double click a cell to start playback from it
• Improved scroll to segment performance while playing a track
• You can now save your audio recordings from the File menu
• Toggle timestamps on or off for the Segments view from within settings
• YouTube made some changes under the hood so some videos might not be able to be transcribed
• Fixed an issue where the textfield for adding names for podcast hosts would lose focus while you were typing

3.5.1

• You can now export transcript to a .whisper format from the export / batch screens as well. Useful for if you want to transcribe files and save them as a .whisper file which contains the audio AND the transcripts and edits you've made. You can also use File > Save as... to achieve the same thing
• YouTube downloads are significantly faster and now shows a progress indicator so you know how long a download will take.
• Added a view to compare the quality of the different transcription quality models. This will help you decide which model you need for your purposes.
• Added the option to save batch transcription exports to the same folder as the files you selected.
• A bunch of quality of life improvements and design tweaks
• The translation feature now supports more input languages such as Japanese and Russian
• The models should now be able to be downloaded more reliably if your network has restrictions (such as a VPN or work network)
• Fixed an issue where exports in paragraph view did not match the preview
• Fixed a lot of small stuff that were noticed by Harrison!

3.3.1

• This update fixes a bug where the app could crash when selecting a microphone in System Audio recordings. Sorry about that and thanks for letting me know so quickly so I could put out a fix!

3.3

• Improved performance when viewing large transcripts. Scrolling should be snappier now.
• Advanced Translation! You can now translate entire transcripts by using your own (free) DeepL API key. You will need a free (or Pro) DeepL API key, it's very easy to set up and you'll get 500.000 free translation characters every month. Be aware that when you translate your transcript, the content is sent to the DeepL servers for translating. This feature requires Whisper Pro. Right now you can translate into six different languages, but more are coming soon. Please send me any feedback on how you want to use it.
• You can now select which input device to use for your Microphone Recordings or System App Audio Recordings
• Made Find and Replace clearer

3.2

• Improved the recording screen experience.
• Your recording audio volume is now displayed to make it clearer that your microphone is picking up what you're saying
• Fixed an issue where audio you recorded could not be played back on the transcription screen
• If you have denied permission for the System App Audio Recording feature, the app will now redirect you to the settings when you click on the menu option
• WebVTT exports now display the speaker names in front of the transcript if you've added a speaker

3.0

• Starting with MacWhisper 3.0, new updates will only support macOS 13.0 (Ventura) and up. I had to update my test device to the new Sonoma beta, and it's very hard to support older versions of macOS while keeping my sanity. You can continue using up to 2.21 on Monterey for as long as you need. You can download old versions of the app from the Gumroad page.
• New display mode which shows the full transcript as one long piece of text. Thanks for all the requests!
• Made it easier to toggle between display modes
• You can now choose where to export batch transcription files to
• Batch export to DOTE file format
• Export to full transcript text file

2.20

• Podcast Transcriptions! Easily transcribe your podcast by providing audio files for each host and MacWhisper will automatically transcribe them, separating each speaker's dialogue. Please keep in mind that this feature is still in beta testing, so you may encounter some issues. This feature will be Pro only starting in a later release, and is only available on macOS Ventura and up.
• Save and load your transcriptions in a .whisper file format! You can now save transcribed files as .whisper files which you can easily share with others. They will include the audio file as well, so they can open them as if they made them themselves! Let me know if you run into anything!
• You can now play a sound to be notified when a transcription is finished
• Added a settings screen which you can access from the toolbar, menubar or by pressing "Cmd + ,". You'll find some common settings there that used to be in the toolbar.
• Improved the design of the batch settings screen.
• You can now access your recently used apps more easily for system app recording
• Your recently used languages are now shown at the top of the language picker list
• Greatly reduced memory usage when using different models in the same app run
• Fixed a bunch of small bugs here and there
• Editing segments performs a lot better now
• Show icons in the history

2.17

• Fixed an issue in System Audio Recording mode where the audio for the app recording would fail.

2.16

• Fixes an issue where the microphone recording during System Audio recording could keep recording after you finished.
• Microphone recordings are now saved with unique names to your Documents directory instead of as output.wav

2.15

• Up to 40% speed boost! MacWhisper can now use all the CPU cores on your Mac. For M1/M2 Pro/Max computers this should result in around 40% faster transcription!
• Added initial implementation for recording system audio from apps. This features is only available on Ventura because it uses APIs that are only available on Ventura. This feature will become for Pro users only in a later release. There will be bugs, so please report them to support@macwhisper.com.
• Rewrote the foundations for the model downloader so they should fix issues with downloads
• If a model download stops halfway through you can resume it later
• Models are now grouped based on if they're English only or Multilingual
• Added support to export to the DOTE transcription format
• New app icon!

2.13

• Manual speaker selection! You can now add speakers from the toolbar and then right click on single or multiple segments to add speakers. This is still very early and work in progress so please send me feedback :)
• Batch export now works properly on Monterey
• You can now export to multiple formats at once when performing batch transcription
• Global Find & Replace can be accessed from everywhere
• Hopefully fixed an issue where the cursor would jump to the end of the segment when editing the text
• You can now adjust the text size

2.12

• Batch Transcription! Drag and drop multiple files on MacWhisper to transcribe and export them one after another. Great if you need to transcribe a large number of audio files at the highest quality. You can just leave your Mac running overnight and wake up to fresh transcripts. This feature is available for MacWhisper Pro users only.
• Added keyboard shortcuts to quickly open a file or start a recording (Cmd+O and Cmd+R) from the start screen
• Some small design tweaks here and there

2.11

• Transcription will now continue at full speed even if you run MacWhisper in the background!
• Made it clearer that you can not close the model downloader screen until you've downloaded at least one model or if you're downloading a model.
• Added buttons to open the Finder location for the downloaded models.
• Global Find and Replace. Add words or phrases to be automatically replaced in new transcripts. This can be helpful for accents or names. Note: Right now the system replaces the text wherever it's found (even within other words) so, for example, replacing “you” will also replace the same letters in the word “your.” Access it from the settings icon in the toolbar.
• You can now change the display mode for the transcript by clicking the display mode button in the toolbar
• In Reader mode you can switch between showing the whole transcript as one chunk, or split up by sentences. The copy button will adjust based on your current mode.
• The home screen now provides quick access to your three last used audio files (for now they will need to be re-transcribed each time, working on a way to save completed transcripts so you can continue working on them)
• Clicking on a segment will now no longer play from that location but instead will let you edit. You can play a segment by clicking the play button on the right side
• While editing a segment the text will no longer under/overlap with the buttons on the right side
• You can now export to HTML, as in, the button works
• You can now export to PDF as well

2.10

• Fixed an issue in 2.9 since that update was accidentally sandboxed (normally meant for the Mac App Store). If you downloaded 2.9 you will probably have to manually update to 2.10 by downloading it directly from https://macwhisper-site.vercel.app/releases/MacWhisper.zip. Before you update you should delete all the models that were downloaded (again) in version 2.9 as they are saved in a different directory and would otherwise take up space on your Mac. Sorry about this!

2.9

• You can now transcribe YouTube videos by pasting the url. This feature is only available for MacWhisper Pro users and only on Ventura, but you can test to see if it works if you're a free user as well :). Videos are downloaded to your documents folder for now, but please send me feedback on how well / not well this works for you!
• HTML Export! Export your transcript into an HTML page. This version is very early and needs some design love, but I'm not great with HTML and CSS so bear with me here :)
• If you copy the transcript from the toolbar or reader view it will now be exported as individual sentences instead of one big chunk
• Fixed an issue where the reader view could not be opened on Monterey
• Fixed an issue where export was not working on Monterey

2.8

• Fixed an issue where the app would crash on Monterey

2.7

• Added a new export preview screen where you can see what the output file will look like

2.6

• Favourite segments are now highlighted on the slider bar at the bottom
• Find and replace. You can now find and replace words across your transcript. Note that currently it will replace all occurrences of the string you're replacing, also if it's part of a larger word. Please send me feedback if you run into anything (Ventura only for now)
• The reader mode now splits up the transcript in sentences for easier, well, reading!

2.5

• Added a button in the toolbar that notifies when a new version is available

2.4

• Fixed an issue where the app would sometimes randomly crash when transcribing files while it would work on the next try with no issues. Thanks a lot for sending the crash reports!

2.3

• When you record audio with your microphone, the app will now show "New Recording" as the title of the file instead of an empty space
• You can now change the playback speed of the audio recording. Play your audio at 0.5x up to 3x speeds by toggling with the button in the bottom right of the playback bar.
• After you finish a microphone recording the app won't go back to the home screen until transcriptions are displayed.
• The file formats that are presented on the landing screen are no longer spoken through Voice Over.

2.2

• Fixed an issue where the microphone could not be used.

2.1

• Downloaded Whisper Models are now saved in the Application Support/MacWhisper/models directory and they're excluded from backups.

2.0

• The app is now very small! You will have to download the different quality levels manually, but they will persists across updates. This will make it a lot easier to handle updates in the future :)
• The app can now automatically update itself without you having to download it again from the website
• You can now favorite individual segments. This will be useful in a later version where you can save and load .whisper files
• The scrub bar now shows the segment text while scrubbing so you can more easily find specific parts of a transcript
• Click on a segment to play
• Drag and Drop Voice Memos directly from the Voice Memos app into MacWhisper
• Edit a segment by clicking on the edit button
• Design tweaks to make the app nicer to look at
• Fixed a crash where 8 bit mp3 files weren't able to be transcribed
• Added a warning for users with 8GB of RAM to inform them that the higher quality transcription levels might not work on their device.
• Improved support for dropping .m4a files
• You can show your transcript in Compact Mode which hides the timestamps