June 7th, 2026

Vowen v0.4.5 Release notes

New

  • Screenshots as meeting context — attach screenshots so the AI can read your screen for better summaries (macOS + Windows)

  • Rich-text threads — bold, italic, and links, with plain text, markdown, and HTML output

  • Idle pill — an optional minimized bar at the screen edge; hover to expand and record

  • Paste last dictated text — a shortcut to re-paste your most recent dictation anywhere

  • Search threads, dictionary & expansions — filter entries with built-in search

  • Speaker label suggestions — autocomplete speaker names from ones you've used before

  • Copy part of a command-mode result — select and copy just a sub-section

  • Optional timestamps — turn off per-segment timestamps when transcribing a file

Improved

  • Streamlined export options for notes and transcriptions in one cleaner modal

  • Custom expansions no longer limited by the built-in ones

  • Cleaner date separators in the notes list

  • Refreshed Cerebras model lineup

  • More accurate names in AI enhancement

  • Pick which OneDrive account to sync with (Pro)

Fixed

  • OpenAI temperature issue when connecting through OpenRouter

  • Webhooks now send an application/json content-type

  • Transcription error states now clear at the right time

  • Stuck modifier keys after system resume

  • More reliable local Whisper server recovery

  • Local Whisper crashing on the latest NVIDIA GPUs (Blackwell / RTX 50-series)

  • Parakeet & Whisper failing to run on pre-2012 CPUs