v2.17.2

• Update pipewire-capture to 0.2.9 — fixes capture stall on single-buffer PipeWire setups (e.g., some Wayland compositors)

v2.17.1

Bug Fixes

• Fix Linux icon not appearing in application menu by using xdg-icon-resource for proper icon registration (#218, fixes #215)
• Upgrade protobuf to 6.33.5 to fix JSON recursion depth bypass vulnerability (#217)

v2.17.0

What's New

OCR Configuration Dialog

• New "Configure OCR" button replaces "Edit Exclusions"
• Live preview showing OCR detection boxes (green) and exclusion zones (red)
• Detected Japanese text panel for verifying recognition
• Per-window confidence slider for fine-tuning OCR filtering
• Settings persist per window title

Exclusion Zones

• Draw red exclusion zones to mask noisy UI regions from OCR
• Zones are saved per window and applied before OCR processing
• Useful for blocking HUD elements, logos, or other persistent false detections

UI Reorganization

• Main window reorganized into logical groups: Capture, Appearance, Status
• Preview now maintains captured window's aspect ratio and is centered
• Cleaner layout with related settings grouped together

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Wayland/X11 session detection for X11 systems using PipeWire

v2.16.0

What's New

Bug Fixes

• Fix empty window list on KDE Plasma (#207) - Use _NET_CLIENT_LIST (EWMH) for X11 window enumeration on reparenting window managers
• Fix Wayland detection on Steam Deck (#206) - Use D-Bus portal detection instead of WAYLAND_DISPLAY env var, fixing gamescope support
• Fix banner overlay appearing off-screen on startup (#204)
• Fix font size not working on Linux 4K monitors (#200)
• Fix Sugoi V4 failing with non-ASCII username paths (#199)

New Features

• Background opacity slider (#202) - Adjust overlay transparency
• Mode switch hotkey (#201) - Toggle between banner and inplace mode with a hotkey
• Debug logging for pipewire-capture (#205) - Enable with --debug flag
• Skip translation for non-Japanese text (#196) - Improves performance

Infrastructure

• Replace Tkinter overlay with Qt on Linux (#188)
• Unify Wayland and X11/macOS/Windows capture interfaces (#187)
• Dependency updates (urllib3, filelock)

Full Changelog: v2.15.0...v2.16.0

v2.15.0

What's Changed

• Replace PyGObject/GStreamer with pipewire-capture for Wayland (#186)
  • Fixes installation on Nobara, Steam Deck, and Arch Linux
  • No more Cairo/pycairo dependency issues
  • Simplified Wayland capture with single toggle button
• Add GitHub Actions workflow for PyPI publishing

v2.14.0

What's New

macOS Permissions UI

• Added a macOS Permissions section in the UI that shows the status of required permissions
• Screen Recording - Shows ✓ Granted or ✗ Required with a Grant button
• Accessibility - Shows ✓ Granted or ✗ Required with a Grant button
• Grant button triggers system permission dialog or opens System Settings directly

Uninstall Scripts

• Added uninstall.sh for macOS/Linux
• Added uninstall.ps1 for Windows
• Scripts remove the tool, config files, and cached models

How to Upgrade

macOS/Linux:

curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bquenin/interpreter/main/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

powershell -c "irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bquenin/interpreter/main/install.ps1 | iex"

v2.13.0

What's New

• HWND-based Windows capture: More reliable window capture that's immune to dynamic window titles (e.g., RetroArch showing FPS in title bar)

Changes

• Use HWND (window handle) for Windows capture instead of window title
• New windows-capture-interpreter package on PyPI with HWND support

Install

pip install interpreter-v2

v2.12.0

What's New

Models UI Section

• Added visible "Models" section at the top of the UI showing OCR and Translation model status
• Status indicators: Loading → Downloading → Ready (green) or Error (red)
• "Start Capture" button now disabled until both models are loaded

Fix Models Button

• Added "Fix Models" button that appears when model loading fails
• Clears corrupted caches and re-downloads models with a single click
• Shows "Downloading..." status during recovery

Improved Error Handling

• Added validation to detect corrupted/incomplete model downloads before use
• Clear error messages when models fail to load (#139)

Full Changelog

v2.11.0...v2.12.0

v2.11.0

What's Changed

Bug Fixes

• Fix Steam Deck/Arch Linux installation by using evdev-binary (#174)
  • Use pre-built wheels instead of compiling from source
  • No kernel headers required - works on immutable filesystems

Installation

curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bquenin/interpreter/main/install.sh | bash

v2.10.0

What's Changed

New Features

• Remember banner position - Position persists across sessions and mode switches
• Multi-monitor support - Banner resizes to match screen width when dragged between monitors
• Snap-to-screen option - Optionally snap banner to screen edges (configurable via checkbox in Settings)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Windows DPI scaling issues during cross-screen transitions

Platforms

• Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux (including Wayland)

Full Changelog: v2.9.0...v2.10.0