- 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]>
* fix(landing): use qwen_custom_voice in API example (instruct is CustomVoice-only)
The curl snippet showed engine: "qwen" alongside an instruct field, but base
Qwen3-TTS has no instruct path — that's a Qwen CustomVoice feature.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* fix(landing): use a realistic UUID for profile_id in API example
Profile IDs are str(uuid.uuid4()), not slugs (see backend/services/profiles.py:175).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* feat(landing): add polished /download page — no more dumping users on GitHub
Users were clicking download, landing on the GitHub releases page, and filing
confused comments along the lines of "I ended up on some blog site called
GitHub." We now route every download CTA through a dedicated /download page
that auto-triggers the platform-specific download and gives users a polished
post-click experience with donate + docs + AI help prompts.
- New /download page:
- Big app logo + "Your download has started" messaging.
- Auto-detects platform from ?platform=X or navigator.userAgent.
- Programmatically clicks a hidden anchor to trigger the file download
without leaving the page.
- Platform-specific buttons as a visible fallback for "download not
working" / manual-pick.
- Personal donate spiel + Buy Me a Coffee button.
- Resources grid: docs, DeepWiki ("got questions? ask AI"), GitHub.
- Landing page download section cards now link to /download?platform=X
instead of the asset URL directly.
- /download/[platform] (used by README/docs links) now redirects to the
/download page rather than straight to the asset or to GitHub on error.
- Drops unused downloadLinks state from the landing page.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* fix(landing): use official platform brand icons via simple-icons
The hand-rolled Linux SVG path wasn't actually Tux — it was a symmetric
placeholder shape. Apple/Windows were close but not canonical either.
- Apple + Linux: pulled from @icons-pack/react-simple-icons (SiApple, SiLinux).
- Windows: simple-icons drops the Microsoft mark over trademark policy, so
the Windows 11 flag is inlined from Microsoft's public brand guidance.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* fix(landing): route Download CTAs to /download page, not the section anchor
Hero CTA, navbar link, and footer link were all scrolling to #download
(the section at the bottom of the page) instead of going to the new
/download page that triggers the actual download.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* chore(landing): run dev server on Node instead of Bun runtime
Bun runtime + Next 16 Turbopack dev server intermittently trips a
JavaScriptCore allocator panic ('pas panic: deallocation did fail ...
Alloc bit not set') after a few requests. Dropping --bun keeps Bun as
the package manager but runs next dev on Node, which is stable.
Build + start keep --bun since one-shot invocations don't exhibit the
allocator drift.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* fix(landing): route Linux users to /linux-install instead of attempting download
No prebuilt Linux binary exists yet (see /linux-install for build-from-source
instructions). The /download page previously treated Linux like the other
platforms — auto-triggering a non-existent AppImage and offering a dead
manual button.
- /download page: if platform resolves to 'linux' via ?platform or UA detect,
window.location.replace('/linux-install') — never try to auto-download.
- Manual Linux card: label changed to "Build from source" and links to
/linux-install (no download attribute, no asset URL).
- /download/linux pretty URL: 307s straight to /linux-install.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* docs: consolidate troubleshooting into the MDX docs site + status updates
- Delete docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md; the canonical troubleshooting guide now
lives under docs/content/docs/overview/troubleshooting.mdx so it's served
from docs.voicebox.sh alongside the rest of the docs.
- CONTRIBUTING.md + README.md: repoint "Troubleshooting" references to the
new MDX path. README gets a top-level callout so users hit the guide
before filing an issue.
- PROJECT_STATUS.md: refresh issue/PR counts, document the flash-attn
warning (cosmetic on all platforms; CUDA-only, fallback is PyTorch SDPA
which is near-FA2 on Ampere+) with per-platform context + community
Windows wheels + SageAttention/xformers alternatives, add WebAudio
audio-session bug note (tracked separately in PR #486), and expand the
Qwen 0.6B→1.7B MLX fallback explanation for triage.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
* fix(landing): address PR #487 review feedback
- Preserve canonical camelCase platform aliases (macArm, macIntel) in the
/download/[platform] redirect so those URLs don't lose their platform param.
- Add accessible title + role="img" to the inline Windows SVG so it passes
Biome's a11y rule and announces to screen readers.
- On /api/releases fetch failure, show an explicit error state with a single
intentional link to GitHub releases — no more silent GitHub fallback or
disabled-button UX lie. Keeps normies off GitHub unless they opt in.
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]>
Remove @torch.jit.script from the DAC shim's snake() function —
TorchScript calls inspect.getsource() which fails in PyInstaller
binaries (no .py source files).
Update all user-facing docs: 4 → 5 TTS engines, add TADA row to
every engine comparison table, mark TADA as Shipped in the upcoming
engines list, update architecture diagrams and tech stack tables.
- 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.
- Added support for MLX backend on Apple Silicon, enabling optimized performance for TTS and STT tasks.
- Implemented platform detection to dynamically select between MLX and PyTorch based on the runtime environment.
- Updated build process to include MLX-specific dependencies and configurations for macOS.
- Refactored backend code to improve model loading and inference logic, accommodating backend-specific requirements.
- Enhanced documentation to clarify backend selection and performance benefits for different platforms.
- Streamlined installation instructions and troubleshooting guidance for MLX-related issues.
- Updated API endpoints from `/api/...` to `/...` for consistency.
- Modified the speech generation example to include a language parameter.
- Revised the profile creation example to use JSON format instead of form data.
- Changed section title from "Why Voicebox?" to "What is Voicebox?" for better clarity.
- Expanded description to emphasize local-first voice cloning capabilities and professional tools.
- Highlighted privacy, model flexibility, and native performance as key advantages over cloud services.
- Added multi-sample support for higher quality cloning.
- Introduced a new Stories Editor section with features for multi-track composition, inline audio editing, auto-playback, and voice mixing.
- Updated recording section to include system audio capture for macOS and Windows.
- Replaced existing screenshot paths in README and landing page with new assets.
- Added additional screenshots to the landing page for enhanced visual representation.
- Updated version in Cargo.lock from 0.1.6 to 0.1.7.
- Wrapped the app screenshot in a link to the demo video on voicebox.sh for better accessibility.
- Added a descriptive text below the image to encourage users to click and watch the demo video.
- Updated download links for macOS and Windows, including new file formats and naming conventions.
- Removed Linux download option, with a note indicating that Linux builds are coming soon due to GitHub runner disk space limitations.
- Updated CONTRIBUTING.md with detailed setup instructions for Bun, Python, and Rust.
- Removed SETUP.md as its content is now integrated into CONTRIBUTING.md.
- Adjusted README.md to reference the new contribution guidelines.
- Improved the HistoryTable component for better accessibility and user interaction.
- Updated global styles and landing page elements for improved aesthetics and functionality.
- Introduced a new section in README.md showcasing a demo video for Voicebox.
- Added a demo video section in the landing page with responsive design and improved aesthetics.
- Updated video source paths for consistency across the application.
- Updated the README to feature a new layout with centered headings and images for better visual appeal.
- Enhanced the introduction to clearly define Voicebox as an open-source voice synthesis studio.
- Added sections for API usage, tech stack, and roadmap to provide comprehensive information about the project.
- Removed outdated content and streamlined the structure for easier navigation and understanding.
Jamie Pine