Solace Dictate 0.9.8-solace.1 (Windows x64) - 14-day free trial
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Free trial
- Every feature works for 14 days from the first time you run it. The tray
  menu shows "Trial: N days left - Buy". After 14 days the app shows a page
  with a Buy button instead of starting. The full version is a one-time
  purchase (no subscription) and is the same app without the time limit:
  https://solacesoftware.smilingface.cloud/products/solace-dictate
- The trial itself makes no network connections and needs no admin rights;
  it keeps a small date file in %LocalAppData%\SolaceSoftware\Trial and
  %AppData%\SolaceSoftware\Trial.

Press a shortcut, speak, and your words are typed into whatever app you are
using. Speech recognition runs entirely on your PC; audio never leaves it.

Requirements
- Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit, with current updates.
- A 64-bit CPU with AVX2 (Intel 4th generation "Haswell" / 2013 or newer,
  AMD Ryzen or newer).
- Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime (built into Windows 11 and current Windows 10).
- 1 to 2 GB of free disk space for a speech model.
- Internet only for the one-time model download.

Getting started
1. Unzip this folder anywhere (for example Documents\Solace-Dictate) and keep
   all files together.
2. Run SolaceDictate.exe. Windows SmartScreen may warn because the build is not
   code-signed: click "More info" then "Run anyway".
3. Pick a speech model when asked. Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 is recommended for
   English and 24 other European languages; Whisper models cover about 99
   languages. Models download once from the SolaceSoftware mirror and are
   checked against a built-in SHA-256 hash.
4. Hold the transcribe shortcut (Ctrl+Space by default) while you speak and
   release it, or tap it once to start and again to stop. The text is pasted
   where your cursor is.

Privacy
- Transcription is local. Optional AI post-processing in Settings is OFF by
  default and only works with an API key you add yourself.

Updates
- This build does not update itself. New versions are posted to your
  SolaceSoftware product page:
  https://solacesoftware.smilingface.cloud/products/solace-dictate

Uninstall
- Quit from the tray menu and delete the folder. Settings, history and
  downloaded models are in %APPDATA%\com.solacesoftware.dictate; delete it
  too for a clean removal.

License: see LICENSE.txt and NOTICES.txt.
