Changelog

• Microphone priority list: Choose from three selection modes—System Default (follows macOS), Specific (pick one device), or Priority (ranked list where the first available device is auto-selected)

• Simplified audio settings: removed volume slider, now auto-sets to max on recording start

• Microphone selection now stays in sync across menu and settings

• System default checkmark displays correctly when priority devices disconnect

• Clearer error messages when enhancement fails—History now shows specific reasons (disabled provider, missing API key, etc.) instead of generic failure messages

• Raycast integration: Control OwlSay directly from Raycast with customizable actions

• New deep link support for copying transcriptions to clipboard

• Improved settings window activation reliability

• Navigate sidebar sections with Command+1-5 keyboard shortcuts
• Redesigned menu bar following Apple Human Interface Guidelines
• Improved window focus behavior with dock icon

• OwlSay now runs exclusively as a menu bar app (dock icon removed)
• Closing windows now returns focus to your previously active app

• Update dialog now shows release notes during app updates.

• Instruction set editing is better organized and easier to scan.

• General stability and polish improvements.

• Toast notifications now show progress timer
• Fixed animation lag in recording window
• Clearer auto-paste warning message

• Toast notifications for feedback and status updates
• Added OpenRouter as an AI provider option
• Press Escape to cancel recording
• Improved keyboard shortcut handling

• Updated default prompts
• Improved error messages

• Improved audio recording quality
• Centered audio waveform visualization
• Recording window now appears instantly
• Updated default instruction sets
• Better error handling

• Redesigned History view with inspector panel
• Redesigned AI Providers screen
• Improved speech recording
• Better screen context handling
• Consistent sheet and dialog styling throughout the app

• New Dashboard with usage metrics and activity charts
• Improved onboarding experience
• Better window sizing and layout
• General UI improvements

• Fixed transcription history migration for some users

• Fixed an issue where transcription history could be lost after updating

• Improved audio recording quality
• Improved audio visualization
• Fixed onboarding window positioning

• Added automatic app updates

Initial release of OwlSay.

• Voice-to-text transcription with on-device Apple Speech recognition
• AI-powered text enhancement with support for Anthropic, OpenAI, and Groq
• Screen context capture for smarter transcription enhancement
• Auto-paste transcription directly into the active app
• Floating recording window with real-time audio visualizer
• Global keyboard shortcuts for hands-free recording
• Transcription history with search and details