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v0.8.2

antgroup/echomimicv0.8.2Apr 2, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

Handy v0.8.2 adds support for the Cohere Transcribe model and Hebrew language, improves transcription performance, and fixes various stability issues.

Key Highlights

  • Added Cohere Transcribe model support.
  • Added Hebrew language support.
  • Improved Parakeet transcription performance.
  • Load VAD in parallel to ASR model.

New Features

  • Cohere Transcribe model support
  • Hebrew language support
  • Conservative OpenCC conversion for zh-Hant
  • Remove long repeating words bugfix
  • Parallel VAD loading
  • Legacy portable installs preservation
  • Set tray tooltip text on Windows

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