Release Notes: v0.8.0¶

Release Date: 2026-05-02

Highlights¶

CLI Tool: Command-line interface for speech-to-text transcription
Canonical Transcript Format: Re-exported from omnivoice-core for unified imports

New Features¶

CLI Tool¶

OmniVoice now includes a CLI for transcription without writing code:

# Install
go install github.com/plexusone/omnivoice/cmd/omnivoice@latest

# Basic transcription
export DEEPGRAM_API_KEY="your-api-key"
omnivoice transcribe podcast.mp3

# JSON output with full metadata
omnivoice transcribe -p deepgram --diarize --timestamps -f json -o transcript.json podcast.mp3

# Generate subtitles
omnivoice transcribe -p deepgram -f srt -o subtitles.srt podcast.mp3

Commands¶

Command	Description
`transcribe`	Transcribe audio files to text
`providers list`	List available STT providers

Output Formats¶

Format	Description
`text`	Plain transcript text (default)
`json`	OmniVoice Transcript format with full metadata
`srt`	SubRip subtitles
`vtt`	WebVTT subtitles

See the CLI Guide for full documentation.

Transcript Format¶

The canonical Transcript format is now available in omnivoice:

import "github.com/plexusone/omnivoice"

// Create transcript from transcription result
transcript := omnivoice.NewTranscript(result, "deepgram", "nova-2", "audio.mp3", config)

// Save to JSON (durations as milliseconds)
err := transcript.SaveJSON("output.transcript.json")

// Load from JSON
loaded, err := omnivoice.LoadTranscript("output.transcript.json")

Type Aliases¶

Type	Description
`Transcript`	Full transcription with metadata
`TranscriptSegment`	Segment with timing
`TranscriptWord`	Word with timing
`TranscriptMetadata`	Provider provenance
`TranscriptOptions`	Transcription options

Schema Package¶

Embedded JSON Schema for validation:

import "github.com/plexusone/omnivoice/schema"

schemaJSON := schema.TranscriptV1Schema

Dependencies¶

github.com/plexusone/omnivoice-core v0.8.0 → v0.9.0
Canonical Transcript format with DurationMilliseconds
Embedded JSON Schema

Installation¶

go get github.com/plexusone/omnivoice@v0.8.0

Migration Guide¶

From v0.7.1¶

No breaking changes. New features are additive:

CLI: Install with go install github.com/plexusone/omnivoice/cmd/omnivoice@latest
Transcript types: Import from github.com/plexusone/omnivoice (re-exported from omnivoice-core)
Schema: Import from github.com/plexusone/omnivoice/schema

Full Changelog¶

See CHANGELOG.md for the complete list of changes.