v1.19.0
m-bain/whisperXv1.19.0Sep 9, 2026by abimaelmartell
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AI Summary
This release focuses on refining text extraction accuracy, specifically improving font mappings, bold styles, and symbol metadata handling across Rust and Node platforms.
Key Highlights
- Preserve stroke-simulated bold in text extraction
- Honor horizontal text scaling settings
- Recover stale single-byte font mappings
- Expose legacy symbol-rewrite metadata in Rust and Node
- Keep separately clipped text runs distinct
Breaking Changes
- Rust migration: `TextItem` literals must set `legacy_symbol_rewrite: false` for items without symbol cleanup
- Node `legacySymbolRewrite` field is optional and only emitted when cleanup changes a character
New Features
- Expose legacy symbol-rewrite metadata in Rust and Node
Full Release Notes
Changes since **1.18.0**: - Preserve stroke-simulated bold. [#511](https://github.com/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/pull/511) - Honor horizontal text scaling. [#510](https://github.com/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/pull/510) - Recover stale single-byte font mappings. [#516](https://github.com/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/pull/516) - Expose legacy symbol-rewrite metadata in Rust and Node. [#519](https://github.com/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/pull/519) - Keep separately clipped text runs apart. [#518](https://github.com/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/pull/518) **Rust migration:** `TextItem` literals need `legacy_symbol_rewrite: false` for items without symbol cleanup. The Node `legacySymbolRewrite` field is optional and emitted only when cleanup changed a character. [Full changelog](https://github.com/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/blob/v1.19.0/CHANGELOG.md) · [Compare with 1.18.0](https://github.com/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/compare/v1.18.0...v1.19.0)
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