Changelog

Notable changes to Numen will be documented in this file. See ./phrases/CHANGELOG.md for changes to the default phrases.

0.7

Added

• A test.
• The actions: run, load, hwheel, keydown, keyup, keydelay, keyhold, typedelay and typehold.
• The special phrase <complete>.
• Noise recognition of blow, hiss and shush.
• A –verbose option.
• An –audiolog=FILE option.

Changed

• Overhauled to be one binary instead of a weird libexec pipeline.
• The license changed from GPL to AGPL.
• The –mic and –list-mics options now match arecord.
• It’s now one action per line and the colon is mandatory.
• Bad and redefined phrase definitions now (just) print a warning.
• State env vars have been replaced by $NUMEN_STATE_DIR files.
• The eval action now blocks, fixing race conditions.
• The repeat action now covers more actions.
• The localeval and localpen actions have been merged into eval and pen.
• The scrollup and scrolldown actions have been replaced by wheel.
• The @rapidon and @rapidoff tags have been merged into stick.
• The –kernel option has been renamed –uinput.
• The capson/capsoff actions have become caps on/caps off.
• The stick/unstick actions have become stick on/stick off.

Fixed

• Some recognizer tweaks should make the recognition more robust.

Removed

• The –speechless option.

0.6

Added

• Support for multi-word phrases.
• –gadget mode for simulating input over USB.
• A numenc command for running actions programmatically.
• A –phraselog=FILE option.
• An –audio=FILE option.
• A –speechless option.
• $NUMEN_KEY_HOLD and $NUMEN_TYPE_HOLD.

Changed

• Now requires dotool>=1.1.
• dmenu, xdotool and xset are now optional.
• Now exits immediately if another instance is already reading the action pipe.
• The displaying command is now installed to libexec.

Fixed

• The tweaked key-down-up time should stop missed keys with some applications.
• Fixed the kernel handler ignoring $NUMEN_KEY_DELAY and $NUMEN_TYPE_DELAY.
• Made $NUMEN_TYPE_DELAY with the X11 handler consistent with the others.
• Fixed the @kernel and @x11 tags.

0.5

Changed

• Reimplemented @transcribe and 1 to slice the audio once the results have been finalized, rather than hotplugging the audio between commanding/transcribing and relying on unfinalized results.
• Now doesn’t exit if the microphone is unplugged and continues when it is plugged back in.

Fixed

• Fixed paths in ./install-numen.sh that ignored the DESTDIR argument.

Removed

• Removed the @instant tag now it’s no longer needed with @transcribe and

0.4

Added

• A –version flag.

Changed

• Now exits less confusingly if no model is installed.

0.3

Added

• This changelog har har har.

Changed

• The @transcribe tag now sets an environment variable to your sentence instead of typing it. This lets you apply a filter to the result.
• Simplified the runit service.

Fixed

• You no longer need to leave a slight pause before transcribing a sentence.
• Sticky mode now releases keys properly when using –kernel.
• Replaced a redundant udev in ./install-dotool.sh with ./install-user-udev-rule.sh.