What’s new
in Oscar.

Dictation says what you said

A team-vocabulary bug could balloon a short dictation into paragraphs of repeated nonsense. That is fixed at four independent levels — plus phantom sign-offs, meetings that would not delete, and update prompts that never arrived on Windows.

• FIXED

  Dictation no longer balloons into repeated nonsense when your team vocabulary contains an everyday word. Cleanup that outgrows the recording is rejected, your raw transcript is pasted instead, and no credit is charged.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Recordings no longer pick up a phantom "Thank you" at the end when you release the hotkey over a quiet tail.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Deleting a meeting actually deletes it. It used to report success and reappear on the next refresh — and if a delete is refused, you now get a reason instead of a false confirmation.

  MINUTES
• FIXED

  Minutes shared by email now match what you see on screen, without owner tags or leftover placeholder sections.

  MINUTES
• FIXED

  Windows installs left running for days now find new versions: Oscar retries the check at startup, rechecks periodically and on reconnect, and a dismissed update stays dismissed until a genuinely newer one ships.

  DESKTOP

Any key you like

• NEW

  Bare non-typing keys — F-keys, Right Ctrl, and friends — now work as the dictation hotkey on their own, with no modifier required.

  STREAM
• IMPROVED

  One shared language picker across the Meetings and Scribble tabs, so the transcription language reads the same everywhere.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Sign-in survives a flaky network on wake: session refresh retries before giving up, and revalidation after resume is throttled.

  DESKTOP

Your hotkey, your rules — plus better Hindi transcription

The dictation shortcut is finally yours to choose, Oscar can launch at login, Hindi recordings get a more accurate model, and the free tier moves to simple monthly credits.

• NEW

  Rebind the dictation hotkey to any shortcut you like — including a press-to-toggle mode — with sound feedback and your clipboard restored after paste.

  STREAM
• NEW

  Launch Oscar at login so the dictation pill is ready the moment you sit down.

  DESKTOP
• NEW

  The free tier now runs on 25 monthly credits, with live usage shown in Billing.

  WEB
• IMPROVED

  Hindi recordings are transcribed with a higher-accuracy setup, and Hinglish recognition is more reliable.

  STREAM
• IMPROVED

  Meeting details now sit at the top of your notes, action items no longer guess at owners, and regenerating shows progress instead of a blank screen.

  MINUTES
• FIXED

  Pricing and privacy pages now describe exactly what ships — no more, no less.

  WEB

Dictation stays alive after meetings

• FIXED

  Fixed a bug where dictation stopped responding after recording a meeting until the app was restarted.

  STREAM

Steadier everyday flow

Export finally works end-to-end, Scribbles download reliably, and a batch of paper-cuts across recording, Minutes, and the pill get smoothed out.

• FIXED

  Export Data now works end-to-end — your notes and meetings download straight to your computer.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Scribble downloads are reliable, with a clear status toast.

  SCRIBBLE
• NEW

  See your monthly Scribble usage at a glance.

  SCRIBBLE
• NEW

  Added a language picker to the Today flow.

  SCRIBBLE
• FIXED

  Cleaner, consistent Minutes notes on desktop and web, and hand-edited prose is preserved in structured notes.

  MINUTES
• FIXED

  Recording is disabled while Minutes are processing, and the Windows recording pill no longer steals focus or missizes.

  DESKTOP

More reliable auto-updates

• FIXED

  Updates now download from a faster, more reliable endpoint. If you're on v0.11.7 or older, grab the latest installer from the website once — updates are automatic after that.

  DESKTOP

The pill knows where you are

• NEW

  The dictation pill shows which app your words will land in while you record.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  A dead or missing microphone now shows a clear error instead of silently doing nothing.

  STREAM

Faster downloads & richer link previews

• IMPROVED

  Desktop downloads are served from a fast CDN.

  WEB
• IMPROVED

  Sharing an Oscar link now shows a branded preview card.

  WEB

A cleaner solo workspace & snappier dictation

Solo users lose the organization chrome they never needed, dictation warms up the instant you start recording so the first insert after a pause feels faster, and team navigation gets a couple of fixes.

• NEW

  If you're not on a team, Oscar no longer shows workspace or organization controls — a cleaner solo experience.

  TEAMS
• IMPROVED

  Dictation cleanup now starts warming up the moment you begin recording, so the first dictation after a pause feels faster.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Centered the navigation bar on team pages and made starring a note update instantly.

  WEB

Steadier dictation

A rare dictation freeze after the app sat idle is fixed, and slowdowns now leave a trace so they are easier to track down.

• FIXED

  Fixed a rare dictation freeze that could happen after the app had been idle for a while.

  STREAM
• IMPROVED

  Added behind-the-scenes timing so any dictation slowdown leaves a trace we can act on.

  STREAM

Faster dictation cleanup

Trimming redundant context work from the hot path roughly halves the wait for polished dictation, plus a macOS title-bar fix.

• IMPROVED

  Cut the wait for polished dictation roughly in half by dropping redundant context lookups from the hot path.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Fixed the native macOS title bar overlapping the in-app header.

  DESKTOP

Dictation cleanup, unified

Desktop dictation cleanup moves onto the same fast path as Scribble and reliably polishes inserts again, with sign-in and AI-request hardening.

• IMPROVED

  Streamlined how desktop dictation is cleaned up, for faster and more consistent results.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Fixed desktop dictation so AI cleanup reliably applies to every insert.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Hardened sign-in and AI-request authentication.

  DESKTOP

Minutes prompt fix & steadier libraries

Minutes prompt changes now line up with the shipped UI, desktop reading is cleaner, repeated audio loops are collapsed, and shared libraries load without requiring an active workspace.

• FIXED

  Reconciled the prompt update with the shipped Minutes UI so generated sections match what the app expects.

  MINUTES
• FIXED

  Removed a misleading back arrow from the desktop reading view.

  SCRIBBLE
• NEW

  Added repeated-phrase collapse for audio segments so transcription loops do not flood notes.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Blocked non-owner meeting edits and tightened landing-page spacing.

  WEB
• FIXED

  Scribble and meeting lists no longer disappear when there is no active organization selected.

  WEB

Scribble screens & tags

Scribble gets redesigned desktop surfaces, bulk tagging, and desktop-callable routes for transform, translate, and sharing.

• NEW

  Desktop can now call the web transform, translate, and share routes directly.

  DESKTOP
• NEW

  Added redesigned Scribble capture, transform, translate, share, and bulk-organize screens.

  SCRIBBLE
• NEW

  Added Scribble tags with bulk Add tag and row chips on desktop.

  SCRIBBLE

Waveform, Vulkan hardening, cleaner Minutes

Recording feedback is more alive, Windows Vulkan packaging is safer, and Minutes no longer shows a broken None captured state.

• NEW

  Added an audio-reactive recording waveform indicator.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Kept Windows Vulkan on the dynamic CRT after the static build crashed at runtime.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Fixed display of the "None captured" state in meeting minutes.

  MINUTES
• NEW

  Surfaced the compute backend in Settings during the Vulkan rollout.

  DESKTOP

Faster dictation path

Stream cleanup and paste now avoid unnecessary waits, with latency instrumentation to keep the hot path honest.

• IMPROVED

  Cut stream dictation latency with an abort deadline and already-clean fast path.

  STREAM
• IMPROVED

  Moved AppleScript context capture off the hotkey press path.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Prevented a Windows auto-update hang during pill teardown.

  DESKTOP
• IMPROVED

  Skipped target activation on paste when the target app is already frontmost.

  STREAM
• IMPROVED

  Set Whisper's flash-attention flag for forward compatibility on M5-class hardware.

  DESKTOP
• IMPROVED

  Instrumented cleanup latency splits and prewarmed the ai-process function.

  STREAM

Speech model hardening

Desktop model management is now variant-addressed, better gated, clearer during setup, and safer when clearing local data.

• FIXED

  Wrapped the sign-in fallback row instead of letting it overflow.

  DESKTOP
• NEW

  Added a variant-addressed Whisper model service.

  DESKTOP
• NEW

  Added model orchestration, busy gates, and deferred model swaps.

  DESKTOP
• NEW

  Reworked clear-local-data so local models, sessions, and perf logs are removed in the right order.

  DESKTOP
• NEW

  Added truthful readiness UX across speech-to-text surfaces.

  DESKTOP
• NEW

  Added a language step to onboarding so the first model download matches the user's choice.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Pinned the onnxruntime-web CDN load and added SRI.

  WEB

Responsiveness patch

• FIXED

  Fixed an app-not-responding issue.

  DESKTOP

Smoother first launch

The app now opens instantly and prepares your speech model in the background, instead of waiting on the download.

• FIXED

  Fixed a blank screen on the first launch after updating — the app now opens immediately and downloads your speech model in the background, with visible progress.

  DESKTOP
• IMPROVED

  First-time setup downloads the model for your selected language directly, avoiding a redundant second download.

  DESKTOP

Hinglish, in your own words

Dictation, notes, and meetings now understand Hindi–English code-switching and write it back in plain Roman letters — powered by India-tuned speech models that run fully on your device.

• NEW

  Pick “Hinglish” as your language and dictation transcribes code-switched Hindi–English straight into readable Roman script — no Devanagari middle step.

  STREAM
• NEW

  Hinglish meetings use a higher-accuracy on-device model tuned for Indian-accented, code-switched speech.

  MINUTES
• NEW

  Voice notes recorded in Hinglish come out in clean Roman-letter Hinglish too.

  SCRIBBLE
• IMPROVED

  The app automatically picks the right on-device speech model for your language and hardware, and falls back gracefully on low-memory machines.

  DESKTOP

Steadier Stream, safer Minutes

A broad hardening pass: dictation paste and context capture are more reliable and private, meeting notes are tougher against bad input, desktop sign-in is clearer, and the web app reads consistently end to end.

• FIXED

  Dictation keeps your raw transcript even when AI cleanup comes back empty — words are never lost.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Paste is steadier: Ctrl is always released after the keystroke, Windows paste no longer targets a stale window, and rapid start/stop is handled cleanly.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Active-app context capture is hardened — injection-safe app names, a timeout so it can't hang, and transcript PII kept out of local logs.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Meeting enhancement is guarded against PII leaks and prompt injection from org context, and empty-notes cases no longer fall through to the model.

  MINUTES
• FIXED

  Per-segment transcription failures now surface instead of being dropped, and system-audio buffers are scoped per session to stop cross-session corruption.

  MINUTES
• FIXED

  Meeting search ignores citation and evidence artifacts for cleaner matches.

  MINUTES
• NEW

  Redesigned the desktop sign-in hand-off to the browser, with clearer state while you authenticate.

  DESKTOP
• IMPROVED

  One consistent header and footer across every page, and the changelog is reachable from your account menu — signed in or out.

  WEB

Team auto-join & tougher sign-in

Claim your email domain so teammates land in your workspace automatically, sign-in only trusts a flow you started, and a shaky network no longer logs you out.

• NEW

  Claim an email domain for your org so anyone who signs up with that domain joins your workspace automatically.

  TEAMS
• IMPROVED

  Desktop sign-in fails closed — only the exact sign-in you started on this device is accepted.

  DESKTOP
• IMPROVED

  A flaky or offline network no longer signs you out; your session is kept and retried.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Deleting a note updates Trash immediately instead of lagging behind.

  SCRIBBLE

Security & editing hardening

Sign-in and shared links are tougher, editing reshaped notes no longer loses work, and your free monthly limit now reads true.

• FIXED

  Editing a note in bullet, summary, or email view no longer does nothing or overwrites your original — edits land where you expect.

  SCRIBBLE
• FIXED

  Free plan now shows the correct monthly Scribble limit, matching what's enforced.

  WEB
• IMPROVED

  Hardened sign-in so only a sign-in you started is accepted.

  DESKTOP
• IMPROVED

  Hardened redirect handling and added browser security headers across the app.

  WEB

Sharper dictation, steadier sign-in

Whisper handles repetition and Hinglish more gracefully, expired desktop sessions send you back to sign-in cleanly, and this changelog is new.

• FIXED

  Transcription is more robust against repetition loops, hallucinations, and Hinglish speech.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  An expired session now lands you on the sign-in screen instead of a stuck recording pill.

  DESKTOP
• NEW

  Added this changelog page with a release timeline.

  WEB

Stream goes local-first

Dictation now stays on your machine and behind sign-in, you can leave feedback on any result, and Minutes are ready to share with a link.

• NEW

  Stream is now local-only and sign-in gated — dictations never leave your machine or reach the web.

  STREAM
• NEW

  Leave free-text feedback on any dictation; submitting it persists the stream.

  STREAM
• NEW

  Meetings are public-by-default, so sharing Minutes is a single step.

  MINUTES
• NEW

  Shared Minutes now link straight back to the full minutes in Oscar.

  MINUTES
• FIXED

  Shortened the stream row's “Save as Scribble” action to just “Save”.

  STREAM

Sharper context, safer transcripts

• FIXED

  The Stream pill now shows a context label for both known and unknown apps.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Transcripts are saved before AI distillation and recover gracefully from quota failures.

  SCRIBBLE
• FIXED

  Whisper reads the language from a ref, fixing stale state when switching pills.

  STREAM

macOS packaging & audio, hardened

The macOS bundle is sealed and verified at build time, and recorded audio is decoded natively for fewer surprises.

• FIXED

  macOS builds now produce a valid signature seal, gated by a verify step.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Recorded audio is decoded in Rust rather than the WKWebView.

  DESKTOP

Windows audio capture fix

• FIXED

  Prefer WebM over MP4 to dodge the AAC decoder gap on Windows.

  DESKTOP

Scribble on Mercury 2 — faster, sturdier

Scribble generation moves to Mercury 2 for lower latency, alongside a wide sweep of reliability fixes across saving, translation, recording, and billing.

• NEW

  Scribble generation migrated to Mercury 2 — noticeably lower latency.

  SCRIBBLE
• NEW

  Added a microphone-only mute capability.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  More resilient Scribble saving when the database suppresses a returning row.

  SCRIBBLE
• FIXED

  Confirm before trashing a Scribble.

  SCRIBBLE
• FIXED

  Fixed bidirectional translation, including English → Hindi.

  SCRIBBLE
• FIXED

  Continue Recording resumes only once speech-to-text is ready.

  SCRIBBLE
• FIXED

  Restart the WebKit STT session to capture the full transcript.

  SCRIBBLE
• FIXED

  Dictation cleanup now honors the selected language.

  STREAM
• FIXED

  Restored back navigation on gated org analytics & audit pages.

  TEAMS
• FIXED

  Library list syncs via the React Query cache after writes.

  WEB
• FIXED

  Missing-API-key errors are now provider-neutral.

  WEB
• FIXED

  Recreate a stale Razorpay customer when keys rotate.

  WEB
• FIXED

  Refresh a stale Supabase token before user-scoped writes.

  WEB
• FIXED

  Restored the stock updater install flow.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Stop the pill hover poller before installing an update — fixes a hung Restart.

  DESKTOP
• FIXED

  Reopen the main window after closing on Windows & macOS.

  DESKTOP

Share a meeting with a link

• NEW

  Public shareable links in meeting summaries.

  MINUTES

Settings, redesigned

The Settings screens are rebuilt in the v2 editorial system, with a couple of layout and titling fixes alongside.

• NEW

  Settings screens rebuilt in the v2 editorial design system.

  WEB
• FIXED

  Minutes result columns stack cleanly below ~1040px.

  MINUTES
• FIXED

  Disabled 2.5-flash thinking on the title route so titles generate reliably.

  SCRIBBLE

Recordings survive navigation

• FIXED

  A recording stays alive across back navigation and tab switches.

  SCRIBBLE