v1.7.4

[sandrohanea]

We're thrilled to announce the release of whisper.net 1.7.4, featuring a host of improvements and new functionalities.

Key Features and Changes

• Custom Alignment Heads for DTW: Now, you can define custom alignment heads for Dynamic Time Warping (DTW), enhancing the accuracy of speech-to-text alignment in various scenarios.
• Upgrade to Whisper.cpp 1.7.3 which included multiple updates and fixes:
  • WithNoSpeechThreshold Support: This allows for better handling of silent segments in audio, improving transcription accuracy.
  • Performance Enhancements: Significant improvements, especially on the Metal runtime for macOS, ensuring faster processing times.
  • Library Split: The native libraries are now split into multiple files (libggml-whisper, libggml-base-whisper, etc.), allowing for more modular use and easier updates.
• MAUI App Testing for iOS: Added tests for MAUI applications on iOS, ensuring better support for cross-platform development. 🚀
• Whisper Factory Options: Introduced new options at the WhisperFactory level for more granular control over configurations, previously managed through a singleton at the library level (RuntimeOptions). This improves flexibility and maintainability. Note: RuntimeOptions are still available but only to configure the way how the native runtime is being loaded.
• The continuous recognition example has been deprecated in favor of EchoSharp, which provides a more robust and up-to-date demonstration of continuous speech recognition capabilities.

What's Changed

• Bumped version 1.7.3 by @sandrohanea in Bumped version 1.7.3 #292
• Bump FluentAssertions from 6.12.2 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot in Bump FluentAssertions from 6.12.2 to 7.0.0 #291
• Bump Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.TestRunners.Xunit from 10.0.0-prerelease.24575.1 to 10.0.0-prerelease.24604.1 by @dependabot in Bump Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.TestRunners.Xunit from 10.0.0-prerelease.24575.1 to 10.0.0-prerelease.24604.1 #294
• Bump Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.TestRunners.Xunit from 10.0.0-prerelease.24604.1 to 10.0.0-prerelease.24610.1 by @dependabot in Bump Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.TestRunners.Xunit from 10.0.0-prerelease.24604.1 to 10.0.0-prerelease.24610.1 #298
• Support setting custom alignment heads for dtw by @jettoblack in Support setting custom alignment heads for dtw #301
• Added Whisper Factory Options by @sandrohanea in Added Whisper Factory Options #302
• Added test reporter by @sandrohanea in Added test reporter #303
• Removed unnecessary instances and simplified LogProviders + RuntimeOptions by @sandrohanea in Removed unnecessary instances and simplified LogProviders + RuntimeOptions #304
• Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.8.2 to 3.0.0 by @dependabot in Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.8.2 to 3.0.0 #306
• Bumped Whispercpp 1.7.3 that adds WithNoSpeechThreshold by @sandrohanea in Bumped Whispercpp 1.7.3 that adds WithNoSpeechThreshold #305
• Removed continuous recognition example and replaced it with a link the echosharp by @sandrohanea in Removed continuous recognition example and replaced it with a link the echosharp #309

Full Changelog: 1.7.3...1.7.4

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This discussion was created from the release v1.7.4.