Handy v0.10.1 pastes into Linux terminals and says when your mic is silent

Handy on Linux now pastes into terminals and regular apps with the same key. It puts your words on the clipboard and the primary selection, presses Shift+Insert, then puts both back.

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01 · LINUX

Handy v0.10.1 pastes into Linux terminals and says when your mic is silent

kitty Ghostty Alacritty GNOME Terminal

Source: cjpais/Handy · src/content/release-notes/0.10.1.linux.md

Shift+Insert is the default only on new installs, so if you paste with Direct, consider switching. Direct presses a key for each character, so on non-US layouts it can drop capitals and accented letters, or type the wrong ones.

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01 · LINUX

Still typing with Direct? Switch to Shift+Insert

Direct presses one key per character, so on non-US layouts it can drop capitals and accented letters. Advanced → Paste Method

Source: cjpais/Handy · src/content/release-notes/0.10.1.linux.md

Transcribe File now opens Opus audio, the format inside most ogg, opus and webm voice notes. Until now the file picker left those types out, because Handy could not decode them.

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02 · FILES

Transcribe File now opens Opus audio

.ogg .oga .opus .webm

Source: cjpais/Handy · src/components/settings/history/transcribeFiles.ts

Handy now says when your microphone sends only silence. A missing model gets a No Model Selected notice. And on Windows, Handy says when an admin app blocks the paste. To paste there, run Handy as admin too.

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03 · NOTICES

Handy names the problem instead of failing quietly

• Microphone Is Silent your mic sent only silence
• No Model Selected replaces a blank error
• Can’t Paste into Admin Apps Windows · run Handy as admin too

Source: cjpais/Handy · src/i18n/locales/en/translation.json

A noise clip that came back as a lone period no longer gets pasted. Neither does Qwen3 ASR repeating your custom words on a silent take. And mixed Mandarin and English now converts to your chosen Chinese script.

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04 · TEXT

• A lone period from a noise clip, no longer pasted
• Your custom words, read back by Qwen3 ASR on a silent take, dropped
• Mixed Mandarin and English now converted to your Chinese script

Source: cjpais/Handy · compare v0.10.0...v0.10.1 · PRs #2434, #2506 · chinese_script.rs

After a GPU error, Handy retries in a fresh worker, then on the CPU, with no restart. A post-processing server that never answers gets 60 seconds, then your text pastes as is. And a quick tap right after launch keeps recording.

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05 · RECOVERY

Handy recovers on its own, without a restart

• GPU error fresh GPU worker, then the CPU
• Post-processing that never answers 60 s, then your text pastes as is
• Quick tap right after launch no longer stops the recording

Source: cjpais/Handy · compare v0.10.0...v0.10.1 · PRs #2485, #2097

Handy also updates its TLS libraries, the code behind its encrypted connections, to fix a set of published security advisories.

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06 · SECURITY

Handy’s TLS libraries are updated for security advisories

Including CVE-2026-41677

Source: cjpais/Handy · src-tauri/Cargo.lock · PR #2432

The Linux AppImage can now opt into native Wayland, which can fix a frozen Language dropdown or a black window after relaunching. It stays off by default, because of a known bug. The steps are in Handy's README, under Linux Notes.

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07 · LINUX

The Linux AppImage can opt into native Wayland

Steps: Handy’s README, under Linux Notes.

Source: cjpais/Handy · README.md