# KeyVox macOS v1.0.9 — Cleaner Final Dictation Tails

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Release date: 2026-04-22

Summary

Improves Parakeet dictation reliability and fixes a bug that could drop the tail of a long dictation.

What’s Included in v1.0.9

• Improved Parakeet final-chunk handling so short trailing words are less likely to be dropped at the end of a dictation.
• Added overlap-aware token merging for Parakeet decoding so rescued tail context can replace incomplete final output cleanly.
• Removed synthetic transcription silence padding from macOS recorder output.
• Removed recorder stop-delay handling while still draining queued capture work before final transcription.
• Reduced cases where padded capture duration could interfere with short-utterance and no-speech decisions.

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