Product Updates
Changelog
A short timeline of major Dictata app updates.
Smoother Setup and Cleaner Dictation
This update improves first-run setup, fixes microphone setup issues on macOS, and makes everyday dictation cleaner and more reliable.
- First-run setup is now clearer, with better guidance around microphone access and setup recovery.
- Fixed a macOS microphone permission issue that could prevent the app from requesting microphone access correctly during onboarding.
- Dictation cleanup is more reliable, especially for short phrases, casual speech, and mixed-language text.
- The app now preserves the spoken language more consistently and avoids unwanted language switching or over-rewriting.
- Prompt, language, and model selection from the microphone menu feels smoother and easier to navigate.
- Includes general stability improvements and interface polish across the setup and dictation flow.
Faster Dictation, Smoother Experience
Dictation now feels quicker in everyday use, especially on short phrases, and silent taps are handled more cleanly.
- Short dictations now come back faster, so the app feels more responsive in normal daily use.
- Silence is detected more reliably again, which helps avoid confusing empty transcriptions.
- Overall cloud dictation feels more stable from phrase to phrase, with fewer random slow moments in regular flow.
- Behind the scenes, we improved request handling to make performance more consistent across desktop and mobile.
Faster Mic Feedback, Smoother Visuals
This release makes microphone feedback feel quicker and more stable, with cleaner visual behavior during both speech and silence.
- Microphone level bars now respond faster, so voice activity feels more immediate.
- Idle animation is more stable and no longer jitters as often when waiting.
- Silence and low-noise moments are handled more cleanly to reduce random visual spikes.
- Overall visualizer motion is smoother and easier to read during dictation.
Smoother Dictation, Better Clarity
This update makes Dictata feel more reliable day to day, with steadier background dictation, improved localization, and clearer usage messaging.
- Background dictation is now more dependable when the main window is hidden.
- Microphone feedback is clearer, including restored start sound behavior.
- Added French language support in the interface.
- Prompt Dropdown and Usage Insights now follow your selected app language more consistently.
Transcript Management Improvements
You can now manage recent transcripts more easily from Home.
- Added transcript deletion with a confirmation dialog.
- Improved history behavior for better long-term access in supported modes.
More Reliable Cloud Transcription Routing
Cloud transcription routing was improved to make EU processing more stable.
- Adjusted regional routing for supported model setups.
- Reduced failed attempts in affected regional flows.
Prompt Actions and Model Compatibility
Quick action behavior is now safer when certain models are not available.
- Disabled incompatible quick action modes where needed.
- Improved prompt dropdown behavior to avoid invalid combinations.
Language Picker Flow Updated
The UI language selection flow was reorganized to be clearer during setup and settings.
- Moved language switcher into onboarding flow.
- Refined language picker placement in settings.
Session and Deep Link Stability
Sign-in and app-open behavior were improved in edge cases.
- Improved session recovery in auth-related flows.
- Improved deep link normalization across platforms.