v2.5.22026-06-12
Windows mic reliability + quit from the dashboard
BridgeVoice 2.5.2 repairs silently dead Windows mic streams while the app is idle, stops sending builders to privacy settings they already fixed, and adds an explicit Quit so exiting never depends on finding the tray icon.
- Dead mic streams heal before you dictate. A Windows watchdog now detects a silently dead microphone stream while BridgeVoice is idle and rebuilds it before your next push-to-talk — and fails over to another microphone if the device stays silent.
- No more false microphone setup warnings. The dashboard banner now trusts Windows' own permission registry and live capture state, so it only appears for a real privacy block or a genuinely missing microphone.
- Quit BridgeVoice from the dashboard. Closing the dashboard now explains that BridgeVoice keeps running in the tray, and both the dialog and the account menu offer a real Quit.
Added
- One-time notice after the first dashboard close explaining that BridgeVoice keeps running in the system tray, with a Quit BridgeVoice button.
- Quit BridgeVoice item in the account menu, mirroring the tray quit teardown exactly.
Fixed
- Windows: an idle watchdog now rebuilds a microphone stream that silently died between recordings, so the first dictation after a driver or audio-engine hiccup is no longer lost.
- Windows: when a rebuilt stream stays silent, BridgeVoice fails over once to a different microphone for that recording instead of giving up.
- Windows: the 'Microphone setup needed' banner no longer fires on flaky device probes — a real privacy block shows 'Microphone access blocked by Windows', zero devices shows 'No microphone detected', and a working mic never banners.