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Add ability to change transcription engine from Settings
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New features:
- Settings > Transcription Engine > "Change Transcription Engine"
  button stops the sidecar, deletes downloaded files, and reloads
  the app to show the engine selection screen
- Improved SidecarSetup descriptions with detailed explanations
  of each variant and "Recommended" tag on Cloud (Deepgram)
- Cloud option listed first as the recommended choice
- New reset_sidecar Tauri command that cleans up sidecar files

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-04-07 17:02:31 -07:00
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@@ -84,11 +84,29 @@
{#if setupState === "choose"}
<p class="setup-description">
The app needs to download its transcription engine before you can start.
Choose the version that best fits your hardware.
Choose a transcription engine. You can change this later in Settings.
</p>
<div class="variant-options">
<label class="variant-option" class:selected={variant === "cloud"}>
<input
type="radio"
name="variant"
value="cloud"
bind:group={variant}
/>
<div class="variant-info">
<span class="variant-name">Cloud (Deepgram)</span>
<span class="variant-desc">~50 MB download</span>
<span class="variant-detail">
Fast, accurate streaming transcription via Deepgram's servers.
Requires internet and a Deepgram API key.
Best for most users — low resource usage, works on any hardware.
</span>
<span class="variant-tag recommended">Recommended</span>
</div>
</label>
<label class="variant-option" class:selected={variant === "cpu"}>
<input
type="radio"
@@ -97,8 +115,13 @@
bind:group={variant}
/>
<div class="variant-info">
<span class="variant-name">Standard (CPU)</span>
<span class="variant-desc">Works on all computers (~500 MB download)</span>
<span class="variant-name">Local - CPU</span>
<span class="variant-desc">~500 MB download</span>
<span class="variant-detail">
Runs Whisper AI models locally on your CPU. No internet needed
after download. Good for privacy or offline use, but slower and
uses more system resources than cloud.
</span>
</div>
</label>
@@ -110,21 +133,13 @@
bind:group={variant}
/>
<div class="variant-info">
<span class="variant-name">GPU Accelerated (CUDA)</span>
<span class="variant-desc">Faster transcription with NVIDIA GPU (~2 GB download)</span>
</div>
</label>
<label class="variant-option" class:selected={variant === "cloud"}>
<input
type="radio"
name="variant"
value="cloud"
bind:group={variant}
/>
<div class="variant-info">
<span class="variant-name">Cloud Only (Deepgram)</span>
<span class="variant-desc">Lightweight, requires Deepgram API key (~50 MB download)</span>
<span class="variant-name">Local - GPU (NVIDIA CUDA)</span>
<span class="variant-desc">~2 GB download</span>
<span class="variant-detail">
Runs Whisper AI models locally using your NVIDIA GPU for fast
transcription. No internet needed after download. Requires an
NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support.
</span>
</div>
</label>
</div>
@@ -273,6 +288,30 @@
color: #888;
}
.variant-detail {
font-size: 11px;
color: #666;
line-height: 1.4;
margin-top: 2px;
}
.variant-tag {
display: inline-block;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: 600;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 0.5px;
padding: 2px 6px;
border-radius: 3px;
margin-top: 4px;
width: fit-content;
}
.variant-tag.recommended {
background: rgba(76, 175, 80, 0.15);
color: #4CAF50;
}
.download-btn {
display: block;
width: 100%;