FastWord 0.4.0 — dynamic Whisper model picker
New — closes #1
Settings → Models now lets you pick which whisper.cpp ggml model FastWord uses.
Curated list of 9 multilingual variants:
| Model | Size |
|---|---|
| Whisper Tiny | 78 MB |
| Whisper Base | 148 MB |
| Whisper Small | 488 MB |
| Whisper Medium | 1.5 GB |
| Whisper Large v3 Turbo Q5 (bundled, default) | 547 MB |
| Whisper Large v3 Turbo Q8 | 874 MB |
| Whisper Large v3 Turbo (full) | 1.6 GB |
| Whisper Large v3 Q5 | 1.1 GB |
| Whisper Large v3 (full) | 3.1 GB |
The bundled turbo-Q5 stays in the DMG and remains the default. Everything else downloads on demand from huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp with a live progress bar into ~/Library/Application Support/FastWord/Models/.
Each row shows an Active / Installed badge. Switching the active model restarts the sidecar transparently. Downloaded models can be deleted; the bundled one and the currently-active one can't.