- Collapse intent tri-state (respond/rewrite/compose) to `personality: bool` on /generate, /speak, and voicebox.speak. Drop respond entirely; keep compose as a standalone button via /profiles/{id}/compose. Remove /rewrite, /respond, and /speak profile endpoints.
- FloatingGenerateBox: Wand2 persona toggle + Dices compose button appear when the selected profile has a personality. ProfileCard badges Wand2 alongside the effects Sparkles.
- MCP bindings: default_intent column → default_personality: bool. Migration drops the legacy column.
- i18n: en / ja / zh-CN / zh-TW translation files filled out and wired through the capture, server, and profile UI.
```ts
voicebox.speak({
text: "Deploy complete.",
profile: "Morgan",
personality: true, // rewrite through the profile's personality LLM
});
```
Ships the Capture release end to end. Global-hotkey dictation with
synthetic paste into the focused app on macOS and Windows, an on-screen
pill across recording / transcribing / refining, customizable push-to-
talk and toggle chords, and an accessibility-permission prompt scoped to
Settings → Captures with inline re-check feedback.
Voice profiles gain optional personalities that power compose / rewrite /
respond actions via a local Qwen3 LLM — shared with refinement, so there
is one local LLM in the app, not two.
Refinement hardened with deterministic Whisper-loop collapse before the
LLM sees the transcript, per-capture flag snapshots for re-runs, and a
ten-transcript evaluation harness across every bundled refinement size.
Version bump 0.4.5 → 0.5.0.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): add i18next foundation with English + zh-CN locales
Installs i18next + react-i18next + language detector and wires up a
language selector in the General settings page. Extracts strings from
the highest-visibility surfaces: all settings tabs, model management,
sidebar nav, main editor, and the floating generate box. Remaining
strings (profile forms, history, stories/effects/voices/audio tabs)
can land in follow-up PRs.
Closes#411.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* fix(i18n): ensure language switch actually re-renders the tree
- `nonExplicitSupportedLngs: true` was normalizing `zh-CN` → `zh` in
some code paths; since we have explicit `zh-CN` resources, swap it
for `load: 'currentOnly'` which keeps the code as-is.
- `react: { useSuspense: false }` — react-i18next v17 defaults Suspense
on, which can silently suspend components mid-switch and look like
"nothing happens" to the user.
- Use `i18n.language` (the raw current code) instead of
`resolvedLanguage` in the selector so the dropdown always mirrors
what we just set.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): localize ProfileCard, HistoryTable, and relative dates
- ProfileCard: "No description", "designed" badge, aria-labels, and
delete dialog.
- HistoryTable: delete / clear-failed / import / effects dialogs.
- formatDate: switch date-fns `formatDistance` locale based on
`i18n.language` so "5 minutes ago" becomes "5 分钟前" under zh-CN.
HistoryTable now subscribes via useTranslation so the table
re-renders when language flips.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): localize Stories tab (list, content, dialogs, toasts)
Covers the title + "New Story" button, empty states, story row
metadata (item count, updated time), the create/edit/delete dialogs,
and all toast notifications. Also handles StoryContent: "Select a
story" placeholder, search popover, "Export Audio" button, and the
"Generating N audios" pending indicator.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): localize history item and story item dropdown menus
Covers the "..." action menu on both the History table (Play, Export
Audio, Export Package, Apply Effects, Regenerate, Delete) and on
individual story chat items (Play from here, Remove from Story).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): localize Effects tab (list, detail, dialogs, toasts)
Covers EffectsList (title, "New Preset", section headers, preset
cards) and EffectsDetail (header buttons for Save / Save as Custom /
Delete, name/description fields, preview section, Save as Custom
dialog, all toasts).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): localize EffectsChainEditor and built-in preset names
- Effect type labels (Chorus/Flanger, Reverb, Delay, Compressor, Gain,
High-Pass, Low-Pass, Pitch Shift) and every param label (LFO speed,
Modulation depth, Threshold, Ratio, etc.) go through
`effects.types.<type>.{label,params.<param>}` with the backend string
as defaultValue fallback.
- Chain-level controls: "Load preset…", "Add effect…", "Clear",
Power/Remove button titles.
- Built-in preset names + descriptions (Robotic, Radio, Echo Chamber,
Deep Voice) are translated client-side; user-created presets keep
their original names.
Backend keeps returning English — frontend intercepts and translates
via key lookup, defaulting to the backend string so unknown
effects/params don't break.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): localize Create/Edit Voice modal and audio sample panels
ProfileForm now routes its title, description, voice-source toggle
(Clone from audio / Built-in voice), field labels (Name, Description,
Language, Engine, Voice, Reference Text, Default Engine, Default
Effects), sample tabs (Upload / Record / System Audio), action
buttons, and every toast + Zod validation message through i18n.
Also covers the three AudioSample panels (Upload/Record/System) — the
choose-file / start-recording / start-capture call-to-actions, the
"N remaining" countdown, "Recording complete" / "Capture complete"
states, and the Play / Transcribe / Remove / Record Again buttons.
SampleList too — the "No samples yet" empty state, per-sample edit
mode, mini-player aria labels, Delete Sample dialog, and toasts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): localize Audio Channels tab (list, dialogs, device picker)
Covers the "Audio Channels" title and "New Channel" button, the empty
state, per-channel section labels (Output Devices / Assigned Voices),
the Available Devices right pane with its three contextual hints, the
"No voices assigned" fallback, and both Create/Edit dialogs (titles,
descriptions, field labels, Select placeholders, and the "(default)"
badge).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): localize Voices tab (table header, search, inspector)
VoicesTab now translates the "Voices" title, search placeholder,
"New Voice" button, all six table column headers (Name, Language,
Generations, Samples, Effects, Channels), the avatar alt text, and
the per-row channel MultiSelect (placeholder + "(Default)" suffix).
VoiceInspector routes its form labels through the existing
`profileForm.fields.*` keys, has its own "Default Effects" hint and
avatar/save toasts, and reuses the ProfileForm Zod validation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): localize ProfileList unsupported-model note and empty state
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): add Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) locale
Adds a zh-TW translation with Taiwan vocabulary conventions
(e.g. 預設 / 儲存 / 載入 / 匯入 / 匯出 / 設定 / 檔案 / 伺服器 / 裝置 / 網路).
Registers it alongside en and zh-CN; the language dropdown picks it up
automatically from SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(i18n): add Japanese (ja) locale
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* fix(i18n): localize relative dates for ja and zh-TW
formatDate only mapped zh-CN, so history timestamps stayed in English for
ja and zh-TW users even after the rest of the UI translated. Extend the
switch to ja and zhTW from date-fns/locale.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* fix(i18n): address PR review feedback
Bugs:
- GeneralPage: network access toast used the keep-server-running title key
(wrong semantic scope). Add networkAccess.updatedTitle and use it.
- GeneralPage: fallback "Unknown" version was stored as a translated string
in state, so it stayed stale across language switches. Store null, resolve
the label at render time.
- GeneralPage: memoize the zod resolver on t and retrigger validation when
the locale changes so existing error messages retranslate.
- GpuPage: adding t to the CUDA progress EventSource effect deps caused the
SSE connection to be torn down and reopened on every language change,
potentially dropping in-flight download events. Capture t in a ref.
- HistoryTable: Effects dialog still rendered English "Source" / "Select
source version" / "Cancel" / "Apply" / "Applying..." — localize them.
- Locales: zh-CN / zh-TW / ja devSuffix was missing the leading space before
"(开发版)"/"(開發版)"/"(開発版)", so dev builds rendered "v0.4.2(开发版)"
instead of "v0.4.2 (开发版)".
Nits:
- ModelManagement: rename .find((t) => ...) callback param to avoid
shadowing useTranslation().t.
- GenerationPage: rename chunkLimit.value interpolation key from count →
chars so i18next doesn't silently activate pluralization if a translator
later adds _one/_other forms.
- LanguageSelect: narrow onValueChange handler param to LanguageCode.
Key count now 559 across en/zh-CN/zh-TW/ja (added 4 effectsDialog keys
plus networkAccess.updatedTitle).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Catches format drift that accumulated across 13 authored files in
app/src and docs/. Auto-generated artifacts (tauri/src-tauri/gen,
docs/openapi.json, docs/cli.json, app/src/lib/api) were left alone
since the build regenerates them on each run — baking their formatted
state into git just causes churn next build.
No behavioral changes. Trailing commas, line wrapping, and indentation
only.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>
- Add cleanup for requestAnimationFrame and setTimeout in scroll effect
to prevent stale DOM writes on unmount or rapid selection changes
- Fix disabled+selected card click: bounce the selection to re-trigger
the engine auto-switch instead of deselecting
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>
- Show all voice profiles with unsupported ones grayed out (opacity) instead of hidden
- Clicking a grayed-out profile selects it and auto-switches the engine to a compatible one
- Sort supported profiles first, with info tip about compatibility at the bottom
- Scroll to selected profile after engine/sort changes with safe margin
- Fix engine desync on tab navigation by initializing form engine from store
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Add Kokoro-82M as a new TTS engine — 82M params, CPU realtime, 8 languages,
Apache 2.0. Unlike cloning engines, Kokoro uses pre-built voice styles, which
required a new profile type system to support non-cloning engines cleanly.
Kokoro engine:
- New kokoro_backend.py implementing TTSBackend protocol
- 50 built-in voices across en/es/fr/hi/it/pt/ja/zh
- KPipeline API with language-aware G2P routing via misaki
- PyInstaller bundling for misaki, language_tags, espeakng_loader, en_core_web_sm
Voice profile type system:
- New voice_type column: 'cloned' | 'preset' | 'designed' (future)
- Preset profiles store engine + voice ID instead of audio samples
- default_engine field on profiles — auto-selects engine on profile pick
- Create Voice dialog: toggle between 'Clone from audio' and 'Built-in voice'
- Edit dialog shows preset voice info instead of sample list for preset profiles
- Engine selector locks to preset engine when preset profile is selected
- Profile grid filters by engine — shows Kokoro voices when Kokoro selected
- Custom empty state when no preset profiles exist for selected engine
Bug fixes:
- Fix relative audio paths in DB causing 404s in production builds
- config.set_data_dir() now resolves to absolute paths
- Startup migration converts existing relative paths to absolute
Also updates PROJECT_STATUS.md and tts-engines.mdx developer guide.
- Add is_favorited column with toggle endpoint and star button on history
- Show sparkles icon on profile cards that have effects configured
- Gold ring on selected profile cards
- Smaller, gray action buttons with brighter hover
- Clamp player time to duration to prevent runaway playback
- Align profile card icon to top for wrapped names
- Flush bottom corners on history card when versions expanded
- Simplify .gitignore data/ rule
- Fix inverted effects toggle in FloatingGenerateBox
- Add Save button + API method for editing custom effect presets
- Return early on effects save failure in ProfileForm
- Fix no-op ternary in effectsStore
- Handle duplicate preset names with proper 400 response
- Use effects_chain is None instead of label for clean version lookup
- Move blocking audio ops to asyncio.to_thread in async endpoints
- Log warnings instead of silently swallowing parse errors
Adds a full effects pipeline powered by Spotify's pedalboard library,
enabling users to apply professional DSP effects (flanger, reverb, delay,
compressor, pitch shift, filters, gain) to generated audio.
Key features:
- Effects chain editor with drag-and-drop reordering (dnd-kit)
- Generation versions: clean copy always saved, processed versions created on top
- Built-in presets (Robotic, Radio, Echo Chamber, Deep Voice) + custom user presets
- Per-profile default effects chain (auto-applied to new generations)
- Per-generation effects override from the generation form
- Apply effects to existing generations from history (creates new version)
- Ephemeral preview endpoint for auditioning effects without persisting
- Dedicated Effects sidebar tab with preset management and live preview
- Version switcher in history cards with expandable panel
- Backward-compatible: existing generations backfilled as clean versions
- HistoryTable: skip row key handler when focus is on Actions button (Enter/Space)
- StoryList: expose selected story (aria-pressed, 'Selected' in label)
- ProfileCard: skip card key handler when focus is on Export/Edit/Delete
- VoicesTab: keep table semantics; edit button in first cell instead of role=button on row
- PR-ACCESSIBILITY.md: 'Fine-tune' wording, 'focus on the text area' phrasing
Made-with: Cursor
- Audio player: aria-labels for Play/Pause, Loop, Mute, Close; labelled playback and volume sliders
- Generation: aria-labels for Generate speech and Fine tune instructions buttons
- Voice cards: focusable, labelled, Enter/Space to select
- History rows: focusable, labelled, Enter/Space to play; transcript textarea labelled
- Voices tab: focusable rows, labelled, Enter/Space to edit; Actions button labelled
- Model management: focusable model rows and labelled Download/Delete buttons
- Server tab: regions with aria-label and tabIndex for Connection, Status, App Updates
- Stories: focusable story rows, labelled, Enter/Space to select; Actions and track editor buttons labelled
- Voice profile samples: Play/Pause/Stop and mini-player slider labelled
Tested with NVDA and Narrator on Windows. See docs/PR-ACCESSIBILITY.md for full description.
Made-with: Cursor
- Implemented delete confirmation dialogs for both HistoryTable and SampleList components to enhance user experience and prevent accidental deletions.
- Added state management for handling the selected item to be deleted and the visibility of the delete dialog.
- Refactored delete handling functions to utilize the new dialog confirmation flow, improving code clarity and maintainability.
- Updated HistoryTable to implement infinite scrolling for loading history items dynamically.
- Introduced state management for accumulated history and total item count.
- Added Intersection Observer for triggering additional data fetches when scrolling.
- Implemented cache clearing functionality in the backend to manage voice prompt caches effectively.
- Improved loading indicators and user feedback for data fetching states.
- Refactored code for better readability and maintainability.
- Replaced direct Tauri API calls with a unified platform context across multiple components, enhancing code maintainability and readability.
- Removed the deprecated tauri.ts file, consolidating platform-related logic into the new PlatformContext.
- Updated components such as App, AudioPlayer, and ServerSettings to utilize the new platform context for lifecycle management and server interactions.
- Improved platform detection and handling for audio playback and system audio capture functionalities.
- Ensured consistent error handling and user feedback across the application when interacting with platform-specific features.
- Updated README.md to highlight MLX backend performance improvements on Mac with Metal acceleration.
- Refined ProfileCard and ProfileForm components by optimizing imports and improving error handling for avatar uploads.
- Adjusted landing page content to better describe features, including a new multi-voice narrative editor and performance optimizations for different platforms.
- Bumped version to 0.1.11 in Cargo.lock to reflect recent changes.
- Updated button styles in ProfileForm for better visual consistency and user experience.
- Replaced Pencil icon with Edit in SampleList for clearer action representation.
- Introduced CircleButton component for action buttons in SampleList, enhancing UI responsiveness and clarity.
- Improved layout and hover effects for action buttons in SampleList to streamline user interactions.
- Added functionality to upload, delete, and retrieve avatar images for voice profiles.
- Introduced new API endpoints for avatar management, including upload and delete operations.
- Enhanced profile forms and components to support avatar image handling, including previews and error handling.
- Updated database schema to include avatar_path for profiles and added necessary migrations.
- Implemented image validation and processing utilities to ensure proper avatar uploads.
- Reorganized import statements for clarity.
- Enhanced conditional checks for restoring saved files with improved formatting.
- Streamlined draft saving logic by consolidating variable declarations.
- Updated UI components for better structure and readability in the form layout.
- Created a new .npmrc file to enforce bun usage.
- Bumped version numbers for multiple packages to 0.1.9 in bun.lock.
- Added react-sound-visualizer dependency to enhance audio visualization features.
- Introduced convert:assets script in package.json for asset optimization.
- Updated CONTRIBUTING.md with instructions for converting assets to web formats.
- Added documentation files for API endpoints and developer guidelines in the docs directory.
- Introduced functionality to save and restore form state as a draft when creating a new voice profile.
- Added helper functions for converting files to and from base64 format to facilitate file handling.
- Updated the API types to use a more flexible LanguageCode type for language parameters.
- Enhanced the UI store to manage profile form drafts, improving user experience during profile creation.
- Updated CONTRIBUTING.md to include instructions for building with a local Qwen3-TTS development version, facilitating easier testing and development.
- Refactored FloatingGenerateBox component to streamline the rendering of text and instruct fields, improving code readability and maintainability.
- Added functionality to handle auto-resizing of text areas based on content changes, enhancing user experience.
- Improved event handling for keyboard interactions in StoryTrackEditor, allowing for play/pause functionality with the spacebar.
- Introduced a MiniSamplePlayer component in SampleList for better audio playback control, including play, pause, and seek features.
- Implemented sample update functionality in the backend, allowing users to edit reference text for audio samples, with appropriate error handling and user feedback.
- Updated AudioPlayer to auto-play only if the shouldAutoPlay flag is set, enhancing user control over playback.
- Refactored HistoryTable, SampleList, and useGenerationForm to utilize setAudioWithAutoPlay for consistent audio loading and playback behavior.
- Improved user experience by ensuring audio is only played when explicitly intended, reducing unexpected playback.
- Introduced useGenerationForm hook to streamline audio generation form handling, including validation and model download management.
- Updated FloatingGenerateBox and GenerationForm components to utilize the new hook, enhancing code organization and reducing duplication.
- Replaced console logging with a debug utility for better logging control during audio playback and generation processes.
- Improved error handling in HistoryTable and MainEditor components by integrating toast notifications for user feedback.
- Adjusted audio recording duration limits across various components for consistency.
- Updated App, AppFrame, and AudioTab components to utilize new TOP_SAFE_AREA_PADDING and BOTTOM_SAFE_AREA_PADDING constants for consistent layout adjustments.
- Enhanced Sidebar and MainEditor components for better organization and user experience.
- Improved VoicesTab and ProfileList components by integrating new layout features and removing redundant import functionality.
- Streamlined HistoryTable and ModelManagement components for better visual consistency and interaction.
- Deleted .gitkeep files from Generation, ServerSettings, VoiceProfiles, and hooks directories as they are no longer necessary.
- Updated the ProfileList component to increase bottom padding for improved layout consistency.
- Introduced the FloatingGenerateBox component for audio generation, enhancing user interaction with voice profiles.
- Updated App component to integrate FloatingGenerateBox and removed the GenerationForm component.
- Enhanced the layout for better responsiveness and added functionality to manage audio playback state.
- Updated UpdateStatus component to include new update handling logic and improved UI feedback for update readiness.
- Removed the ProfileDetail component to streamline the ProfileCard functionality.
- Updated ProfileCard to eliminate the detail view and associated state management.
- Enhanced ProfileForm to manage audio samples more effectively, including improved UI for sample management.
- Adjusted SampleList to ensure proper button types for better accessibility.
- Improved the UpdateStatus component to show download progress and total bytes downloaded during updates.
- Refactored AudioSampleRecording and AudioSampleSystem components for cleaner button rendering and consistent layout.
- Updated import order in SampleUpload component for better organization.
- Introduced `AudioSampleRecording`, `AudioSampleSystem`, and `AudioSampleUpload` components to handle audio recording, system audio capture, and file uploads respectively.
- Implemented play/pause functionality for audio playback across all components, enhancing user interaction.
- Refactored `ProfileForm` and `SampleUpload` to utilize new audio components, improving code organization and maintainability.
- Added hooks for audio playback management, ensuring consistent audio handling and cleanup across the application.
- Introduced play/pause functionality for audio samples, allowing users to preview uploaded audio files.
- Added drag-and-drop support for file uploads, improving user experience when selecting audio files.
- Refactored audio validation and error handling to ensure proper feedback for audio file requirements.
- Updated UI elements for better clarity and consistency in audio file management.
- Updated getAudioDuration function to utilize recordedDuration property for files, addressing metadata issues on Windows.
- Modified onRecordingComplete callbacks in audio recording hooks to pass the actual recorded duration.
- Adjusted error handling in ProfileForm and SampleUpload components to clear validation errors for recorded files.
- Ensured consistent handling of audio file duration across components.
- Added endpoints for exporting generations as ZIP archives and audio files.
- Implemented import functionality for generations from ZIP archives with validation.
- Updated HistoryTable component to support new export and import features.
- Improved error handling and user notifications for export/import processes.
- Refactored related hooks and API client methods to accommodate new functionalities.
- Updated import order in App component for consistency.
- Enhanced Sidebar component with loading indicator for audio generation state.
- Integrated generation state management using Zustand in GenerationForm and Sidebar.
- Improved ProfileList component formatting for better readability.
- Added new generationStore for managing audio generation state across components.
- Implemented API endpoints for exporting and importing voice profiles as ZIP archives.
- Enhanced the frontend with new hooks and components for profile export and import, including file handling and user dialogs.
- Integrated Tauri plugins for file system access and dialog interactions to facilitate seamless user experience.
- Updated ProfileCard and ProfileList components to support new export and import features, improving overall functionality.
- Added necessary error handling and validation for file operations to ensure robustness.
- Added a new API endpoint to serve profile sample audio files.
- Introduced a method in the apiClient to generate sample audio URLs.
- Refactored the SampleList component to utilize the new API for audio playback, enhancing the user experience.
- Cleaned up unused imports and optimized the handlePlay function for better performance.
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