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v0.8.2

abus-aikorea/voice-prov0.8.2Apr 2, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release introduces support for the new Cohere Transcribe model and improves Parakeet transcription performance. It also adds Hebrew language support and fixes several bugs related to logging, tray functionality, and legacy portable installs.

Key Highlights

  • Support for the new Cohere Transcribe model
  • Hebrew language support
  • Bug fixes for logging cloud provider keys
  • Improved Parakeet transcription performance
  • Preservation of legacy portable installs during updates

New Features

  • Cohere Transcribe model integration
  • Hebrew language support

Full Release Notes

New Model Alert! Handy now supports the new [Cohere Transcribe](https://cohere.com/blog/transcribe) model! Parakeet transcription performance should also be slightly improved and fail less often. Other bug fixes in this release as well

## What's Changed
* Add Hebrew language support by @tomerar in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1155
* Use a more conservative OpenCC conversion for zh-Hant transcription by @Roger-Wu in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1171
* docs: add feature freeze notice to CONTRIBUTING.md and fix typo by @collinstevens in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1175
* [bugfix] remove long repeating words by @AlexanderYastrebov in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/976
* fix: don't log cloud provider keys by @shaankhosla in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1145
* docs: add manual release signature verification steps by @AICatKing in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1178
* fix(tray): set tray tooltip text on Windows by @tomerar in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1185
* Load the VAD in parallel to ASR model by @jacksongoode in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1177
* upgrade transcribe rs to 0.3.5 by @cjpais in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1188
* Preserve legacy portable installs during updates by @ferologics in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1167
* fix(nix): remove onnxruntime overlay, use nixpkgs native package by @xilec in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1149
* add cohere by @cjpais in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1200
* Update Italian translation by @albanobattistella in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1202
* fix crash on old cpus by @cjpais in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1176

## New Contributors
* @tomerar made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1155
* @Roger-Wu made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1171
* @collinstevens made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1175
* @shaankhosla made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1145
* @AICatKing made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1178

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/compare/v0.8.1...v0.8.2