YAWT v0.5.0

Release Notes - v0.5.0

Major Changes

Transcription Engine

• Completely refactored transcription engine with improved chunking and retry logic
• Added support for overlapping segments to improve transcription quality
• Implemented dynamic stride adjustment for short segments
• Added sequence merging capability for better handling of long audio files

Model Support

• Added support for new Whisper models:
  • whisper-large-v3
  • whisper-large-v3-turbo
• Improved model loading with configurable batch sizes and chunk lengths
• Added support for newer transformers features (4.26.0+)

Output

• Generates STJ 0.6.0-compatible stjson files
• Uses STJLib v0.5.0

Context Handling

• Added context prompt support for improved transcription accuracy
• Implemented better language detection and confidence scoring
• Added support for secondary language fallback

Performance & Reliability

• Improved error handling and retry mechanisms
• Added dynamic batch size adjustment based on model type
• Implemented memory-efficient processing for long audio files
• Added overlap duration configuration for better segment handling

Configuration

• Added new configuration options for model settings
• Improved handling of API tokens and environment variables
• Added support for custom model parameters

Technical Updates

• Updated Python version requirement to 3.8-3.10
• Updated dependencies including transformers to 4.46.1
• Added support for newer CUDA libraries
• Improved logging and debugging capabilities

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues with segment timing and overlap
• Improved handling of empty transcriptions
• Fixed memory leaks in long-running transcriptions
• Resolved issues with language detection in mixed-language content

Documentation

• Updated README with new command line arguments
• Added detailed configuration examples
• Improved installation instructions

Breaking Changes

• Changed minimum Python version requirement
• Modified transcription API interface
• Updated configuration format for model settings

YAWT 0.4.0

Switched from JSON export to STJ

YAWT 0.3.1

Updated README.md

YAWT 0.3.0

A good number of bug fixes, code cleanup and restructuring

YAWT 0.2.0

First public release