v1.6.0
altic-dev/FluidVoicev1.6.0Jun 22, 2026by altic-dev
AI Summary
Introduces Fluid Intelligence, a local on-device AI runtime for smart dictation enhancement, refreshes the onboarding flow, adds local audio history, and introduces adaptive theming.
Key Highlights
- Introduction of Fluid Intelligence, a local AI runtime for context-aware dictation enhancement.
- Refreshed onboarding flow with language-first setup and real dictation tryout.
- Added optional local dictation audio history with ZIP export.
- Adaptive light/dark theme and centralized typography tokens.
New Features
- Fluid Intelligence (local AI)
- Local audio history with export
- Refreshed onboarding flow
- Adaptive light/dark theme
Full Release Notes
# FluidVoice v1.6.0 ## What's New ### Fluid Intelligence - Fills a missing piece in local dictation apps — on-device AI runtime for smart formatting, context-aware capitalization, and post-processing, all running locally with zero data leaving your Mac - Specifically trained on 100,000+ dictation data points for accurate, context-aware enhancement - Requires ~3.5 GB disk space for the model and ~3.5 GB RAM while running - Simpler setup with clear model download progress and warm start for lower first-run latency - Optional report button in history to flag when Fluid Intelligence gets it wrong, so we can keep improving ### Dictation Improvements - Parakeet is even faster with near-instant text insertion and zero delay - Dictation formatting split into four toggles: lowercase first letter, remove trailing period, space between dictations, and smart capitalization based on the focused field - Faster recording and processing overlays ### Onboarding - Refreshed onboarding flow with language-first voice engine setup, real dictation tryout, and AI enhancement setup in one pass - Apple Speech voice engine option with language-aware setup and no-download fallback - Cleaner permission guidance and tighter low-resource handling ### UI & Theming - Adaptive light/dark theme with a compact toolbar switcher - Centralized typography and card surface tokens for more consistent Mac UI - Cleaner sidebar, playground recording area, and AI settings layout - Today-usage stats header card and toolbar pill for quick daily visibility ### Audio History - Optional local dictation audio history with budget controls and ZIP export — find it in Preferences → Audio History - Fixed budget pruning for restored history with missing or orphaned audio files ### Other - Unified Cohere and Nemotron language selection inside the active speech model row - Made launch window display optional for login-item launches - Some feedback system improvements ## Contributors - Thanks to @postoso for making the launch window optional for login-item launches. - Thanks to @EliseiNicolae for improving the Pill recording overlay visuals. ## Need Help? - Report issues: https://github.com/altic-dev/FluidVoice/issues