v3.7.9

affaan-m/ECCv3.7.9Mar 25, 2026by Barabazs

AI Summary

A backport release restoring the ability to generate timestamps for words containing digits, symbols, or foreign scripts, alongside new testing infrastructure.

Key Highlights

Restore timestamps for unalignable characters (digits, symbols)
Add regression test for issue #1372
Add pytest dev dependency
Add CI test workflow

Full Release Notes

Backport of word-level timestamp fixes from v3.8.4.

## Bug Fixes

- **Restore timestamps for unalignable characters** (39aa9f5): Words containing digits, symbols, or foreign script (e.g. `4,9`, `£13.60`) now get proper timestamps via a wildcard emission column. The previous patch (v3.X.Y) reverted PR #986 which removed wildcard support entirely. Fixes #1372.

## Testing

- Add regression test for #1372 (da072d6)
- Add pytest dev dependency and CI test workflow (f9a3f8f)

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX/compare/v3.7.8...v3.7.9