Releases: bread22/voice-typing
Releases · bread22/voice-typing
v0.2.0 — Multi-Language & Marketplace Ready
What's New
Multi-Language Support
- Whisper
basemodel (multilingual) is now the default - Auto-detect spoken language (
-l auto) — supports Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and 90+ languages - LLM rewrite preserves the original language of your speech
Extension Icon & Marketplace Polish
- New AI-themed extension icon (microphone + code brackets)
- Keywords, categories, and gallery banner for marketplace discoverability
Slimmer Package
- VSIX reduced from ~634 KB to ~174 KB
- Excluded source maps and stale build artifacts
Installation
Download voice-prompt-0.2.0.vsix and install:
code --install-extension voice-prompt-0.2.0.vsix
Or in Cursor:
cursor --install-extension voice-prompt-0.2.0.vsix
v0.1.0 — Cross-Platform Local-First Release
What's New
First public release with full cross-platform support.
Highlights
- Local-first STT — Uses whisper.cpp CLI directly. No Python, no server, no cloud.
- Cross-platform audio — Auto-detects SoX (macOS/Linux), arecord (Linux), or FFmpeg (Windows).
- Auto model download — GGML whisper model (~75 MB) downloads automatically on first use.
- Works in VS Code and Cursor — Standard VS Code extension APIs only.
- macOS, Linux, Windows — Platform-specific install instructions in README.
Features
- Press Alt+V (Option+V on Mac) to start recording
- Voice Activity Detection (VAD) auto-stops on silence
- Local LLM rewrite via Ollama (optional) cleans up filler words
- Cloud rewrite fallback (OpenAI-compatible, opt-in)
- Cursor stays at end of inserted text with trailing space
- Configurable model size, VAD sensitivity, rewrite style, and more
Install
- Install
whisper-cpp:brew install whisper-cpp(macOS) — see README for other platforms - Install an audio recorder:
brew install sox(macOS) — auto-detected on all platforms - Download
voice-prompt-0.1.0.vsixfrom this release - In VS Code/Cursor: Ctrl+Shift+P → "Install from VSIX" → select the file
- Press Alt+V and start talking!
Optional
- Install Ollama +
ollama pull llama3.2:3bfor LLM rewrite - Without Ollama, raw transcripts are inserted directly (still useful)