"""The dictation chain: transcribe → clean up → clipboard → paste.""" import os import shutil import sys import threading import time import traceback from PyQt6.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSignal import api import audio import config as cfg import paste import vad from i18n import t CHUNK_SECONDS = audio.CHUNK_FRAMES / audio.RATE class Pipeline(QObject): stage = pyqtSignal(str) # human-readable progress line finished = pyqtSignal(str, str, str) # raw transcript, final text, warning failed = pyqtSignal(str) def __init__(self, conf, parent=None): super().__init__(parent) self.conf = conf self._thread = None @property def busy(self): return self._thread is not None and self._thread.is_alive() def run(self, wav_path, duration, rms_values=()): if self.busy: return self._thread = threading.Thread( target=self._work, args=(wav_path, duration, list(rms_values)), daemon=True ) self._thread.start() def _work(self, wav_path, duration, rms_values): conf = self.conf started = time.monotonic() raw = "" # Room tone only: don't spend an API call, and don't invite a # hallucinated sentence back. if conf["skip_silent"]: stats = vad.analyse(rms_values, CHUNK_SECONDS, conf["speech_margin_db"]) if vad.is_silent(stats, conf["silence_db"], conf["speech_margin_db"], conf["min_voiced_seconds"]): self._discard(wav_path) self.failed.emit( t("No speech detected ({level} dB)", level=round(stats["speech_db"])) ) return try: self.stage.emit(t("Transcribing…")) target = conf.transcribe_target() raw = api.transcribe( target, wav_path, language=conf["language"], prompt=conf["transcribe_prompt"], ) if conf["filter_hallucinations"] and vad.looks_like_hallucination(raw, duration): self._discard(wav_path) self.failed.emit(t("Discarded a stock phrase: “{text}”", text=raw[:60])) return text = raw warning = "" if conf["cleanup_enabled"]: self.stage.emit(t("Cleaning up…")) try: text = api.cleanup( raw, conf.openrouter_key(), conf["cleanup_model"], conf.cleanup_prompt(), reasoning=conf["cleanup_reasoning"], base_url=conf["openrouter_base_url"], ) except api.ApiError as exc: # Keep the transcript, but never let the failure pass unseen: # a rejected key would otherwise look like working dictation. text = raw warning = str(exc) print(f"dikte: cleanup failed: {exc}", file=sys.stderr) previous = paste.read_clipboard() if conf["restore_clipboard"] else None paste.copy(text) if conf["auto_paste"]: self.stage.emit(t("Pasting…")) paste.press(conf["paste_shortcut"]) if previous is not None: time.sleep(0.35) paste.copy_bytes(previous) cfg.append_history({ "ts": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), "duration": round(duration, 1), "elapsed": round(time.monotonic() - started, 1), "model": target.model, "cleanup_model": conf["cleanup_model"] if conf["cleanup_enabled"] else "", "cleanup_error": warning, "raw": raw, "text": text, }) try: cfg.trim_history(conf["history_limit"]) except OSError as exc: print(f"dikte: could not trim the history: {exc}", file=sys.stderr) self.finished.emit(raw, text, warning) except (api.ApiError, paste.PasteError) as exc: print(f"dikte: {exc}", file=sys.stderr) self.failed.emit(str(exc)) except Exception as exc: # never fail silently traceback.print_exc() self.failed.emit(t("Unexpected error: {error}", error=exc)) finally: self._discard(wav_path) def _discard(self, wav_path): if not os.path.exists(wav_path): return if self.conf["keep_audio"]: try: cfg.RECORDINGS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) shutil.move(wav_path, cfg.RECORDINGS_DIR / (time.strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") + ".wav")) return except OSError: pass try: os.unlink(wav_path) except OSError: pass