v0.3

This release brings a major upgrade to usability, sharing, and platform management, along with improvements to performance limits and setup.

Highlights

🔗 Shareable Presentation Pages

• Create clean, read-only views of your projects.
• Share them via a simple link—no login required (if enabled).
• Great for presenting transcripts, interviews, or meetings.

🌐 Embeddable Project Clips (Live Quotes)

• Generate embeddable quotes that can be placed on websites.
• Easily showcase audio + transcript snippets externally.
• Ideal for articles, blogs, portfolios, or documentation.

✂️ Word-Level Transcription

• See your transcripts play word by word
• Splitting and editing is now performed with words in mind
• Editing text will now flag it as stale, and it will allow retranscription to regenerate words

🔗 Hyperlinks

• Add hyperlinks into the text

📉 Project Management

• Reduce storage usage by removing original audio after processing.
• Keep optimized versions while saving space.

🐞 Built-in Bug & Feature Reporting

• Submit feedback directly inside the app.
• Makes it easier to report issues or request improvements.

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Changelog

Added

• Server admin system

  • Added ADMIN_UIDS config for privileged server admins.
  • New admin-only API endpoints for:
    • viewing current admin profile
    • managing users
    • managing projects and folders
    • managing subscription tiers
    • listing and deleting embeds
    • viewing analytics and collecting snapshots
    • triggering usage rollovers
    • sending broadcast email dispatches and previewing recipient counts

• Public presentation mode

  • Added /presentation/<project_id> pages for read-only transcript presentation.
  • Supports server-side rendering (SSR) for projects with any_with_link.
  • Added unauthenticated audio streaming for shared projects.

• Embeds

  • Added public /embeds/<embed_id> route for iframe-embeddable content.
  • Added APIs to create, list, and delete embeds.
  • Adjusted security headers to allow embedding.

• Bug / feature reporting

  • Added /api/report endpoint for user-submitted reports.
  • Integrated GitLab issue creation (confidential issues).
  • Added environment variables:
    • GITLAB_URL
    • GITLAB_PROJECT_ID
    • GITLAB_TOKEN

• Live Quotes embed

  • Added LIVE_QUOTES_EMBED_URL config for optional landing page content.

• Changelog system

  • Added /changelog index and versioned changelog routes.

• License page

  • Added /license route to render bundled AGPL license.

• Waveform and annotation APIs

  • Added waveform metadata save endpoint.
  • Added annotation get/save endpoints.

• Compression tools

  • Added endpoints to inspect compression savings.
  • Added ability to remove original audio and retain MP3.

• Page title fetcher

  • Added /api/fetch-page-title with SSRF protections and fallback logic.

• Segment retranscription

  • Added /api/projects/<project_id>/retranscribe_segments.
  • Supports partial audio retranscription with word-level timestamps.

• Local console log capture

  • Added /api/console-log for browser log collection in local mode.

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Changed

• Version bumped from 0.2.1 to 0.3.7

• Project duplication

  • Permission requirement reduced from editor → viewer.
  • Added support for target folder and ownership reassignment.

• Audio and transcript delivery

  • Audio endpoint supports format selection (e.g. MP3) and downloads.
  • Transcript endpoint prefers JSON (transcript.json) over CSV.

• Transcription pipeline

  • Switched from CSV segment output → JSON paragraph format.
  • Added transcription usage tracking.
  • Added tier-based restrictions:
    • allowed Whisper models
    • per-file duration limits
    • monthly transcription limits

• Storage accounting

  • Storage usage refreshed after:
    • project create/update/delete
    • transcript deletion
    • audio deletion
    • compression
    • duplication
  • Uploads and duplication enforce storage limits.

• Beta signup flow

  • Stores survey responses in user preferences.
  • Admin notifications include survey data and email opt-in.

• Frontend templates

  • Passes app_version to landing and app views.
  • Updated onboarding and messaging content.

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Improved

• Security

  • Conditional framing restrictions (disabled for /embeds/).
  • SSRF protections for external URL fetching.

• Documentation / setup

  • Added PostgreSQL installation steps.
  • Added virtual environment setup instructions.
  • Added Modal CLI setup instructions.
  • Added Firebase setup guide.
  • Added HuggingFace token/license steps.
  • Expanded environment variable documentation.
  • Added explicit DB creation instructions.
  • Updated run instructions (run.sh, run.bat).

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Removed

• Pre-push Husky hook
  • Removed automatic npm run lint and npm run test.

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Misc

• Minor formatting adjustment in LICENSE.