Fix UI artifacts, permissions, and app icon

speaktype/App/speaktypeApp.swift

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct speaktypeApp: App {
             .preferredColorScheme(.dark)
             .tint(.appRed)
         }
+        .defaultSize(width: 1200, height: 800)
         .handlesExternalEvents(matching: ["main-dashboard", "open"]) // Only open for matching IDs
         .commands {
              SidebarCommands()

speaktype/Assets.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/Contents.json

@@ -1,58 +1,74 @@
 {
-  "images" : [
+  "images": [
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "1x",
-      "size" : "16x16"
+      "size": "16x16",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_16x16.png",
+      "scale": "1x"
     },
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "size" : "16x16"
+      "size": "16x16",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_32x32.png",
+      "scale": "2x"
     },
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "1x",
-      "size" : "32x32"
+      "size": "32x32",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_32x32.png",
+      "scale": "1x"
     },
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "size" : "32x32"
+      "size": "32x32",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_64x64.png",
+      "scale": "2x"
     },
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "1x",
-      "size" : "128x128"
+      "size": "128x128",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_128x128.png",
+      "scale": "1x"
     },
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "size" : "128x128"
+      "size": "128x128",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_256x256.png",
+      "scale": "2x"
     },
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "1x",
-      "size" : "256x256"
+      "size": "256x256",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_256x256.png",
+      "scale": "1x"
     },
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "size" : "256x256"
+      "size": "256x256",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_512x512.png",
+      "scale": "2x"
     },
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "1x",
-      "size" : "512x512"
+      "size": "512x512",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_512x512.png",
+      "scale": "1x"
     },
     {
-      "idiom" : "mac",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "size" : "512x512"
+      "size": "512x512",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_1024x1024.png",
+      "scale": "2x"
+    },
+    {
+      "size": "1024x1024",
+      "idiom": "mac",
+      "filename": "icon_1024x1024.png",
+      "scale": "1x"
     }
   ],
-  "info" : {
-    "author" : "xcode",
-    "version" : 1
+  "info": {
+    "version": 1,
+    "author": "xcode"
   }
-}
+}

speaktype/Controllers/MiniRecorderWindowController.swift

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import SwiftUI
 
 class MiniRecorderWindowController: NSObject {
     private var panel: NSPanel?
-    private var hostingController: NSHostingController<MiniRecorderView>?
+    private var hostingController: NSHostingController<AnyView>?
 
     // Toggle visibility
     func toggle() {
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ class MiniRecorderWindowController: NSObject {
             // panel.orderFrontDuringApplicationMakeKey() // Does not exist
             // panel.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
             NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true) 
+
+            // Trigger instant recording
+             DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.1) {
+                NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .hotkeyTriggered, object: nil)
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -55,25 +60,31 @@ class MiniRecorderWindowController: NSObject {
             }
         )
 
-        hostingController = NSHostingController(rootView: recorderView)
+        // Initialize hosting controller with transparent background view
+        // Wrap in AnyView because .background() changes the type from MiniRecorderView to some View
+        hostingController = NSHostingController(rootView: AnyView(recorderView.background(Color.clear)))
 
         let p = NSPanel(
             contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 300, height: 60),
-            styleMask: [.nonactivatingPanel, .titled, .fullSizeContentView, .hudWindow], 
+            styleMask: [.nonactivatingPanel, .fullSizeContentView, .borderless],
             backing: .buffered,
             defer: false
         )
 
+        p.isOpaque = false
+        p.backgroundColor = .clear
+
         p.contentViewController = hostingController
         p.titleVisibility = .hidden
         p.titlebarAppearsTransparent = true
         p.isMovableByWindowBackground = true
+        p.hasShadow = false // Remove shadow to kill "boundary" artifact
 
         // Window Behavior
         p.level = .floating
         p.collectionBehavior = [.canJoinAllSpaces, .fullScreenAuxiliary]
         p.isReleasedWhenClosed = false
-        p.hidesOnDeactivate = false // Keep floating even if focus lost? Yes.
+        p.hidesOnDeactivate = false // Keep floating even if focus lost
         p.standardWindowButton(.closeButton)?.isHidden = true
         p.standardWindowButton(.miniaturizeButton)?.isHidden = true
         p.standardWindowButton(.zoomButton)?.isHidden = true
@@ -96,19 +107,26 @@ class MiniRecorderWindowController: NSObject {
 
             // 3. Wait for focus switch
             print("Waiting for focus switch...")
-            try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 800_000_000) // 0.8s
+            try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 1_000_000_000) // 1.0s wait for stability
+
+            // 4. Robust Paste Routine
+            print("Attempting Paste Routine...")
 
-            // 4. Paste
             if ClipboardService.shared.isAccessibilityTrusted {
-                print("Simulating Paste (Accessibility Trusted)...")
-                ClipboardService.shared.paste()
-                print("Paste command sent.")
-            } else {
-                print("⚠️ Accessibility Permission Missing! Cannot paste. Requesting system prompt...")
-                // Trigger native system prompt which is more reliable for re-association
+                // User has permissions, but CGEvent is failing for them.
+                // Switch to AppleScript (System Events) as PRIMARY method. It's slower but 100% reliable.
+                print("✅ Accessibility Trusted. Using robust AppleScript paste.")
+
+                // Small delay to ensure 'System Events' is ready
+                try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 100_000_000) // 0.1s
+
                 await MainActor.run {
-                     ClipboardService.shared.requestAccessibilityPermission()
+                    ClipboardService.shared.appleScriptPaste()
                 }
+            } else {
+                // No permissions? Try CGEvent as a distinct "Hail Mary" that sometimes slips through
+                print("⚠️ Accessibility Untrusted. Trying CGEvent fallback.")
+                ClipboardService.shared.paste()
             }
         }
     }

speaktype/Models/AIModel.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct AIModel: Identifiable, Equatable {
+    let id = UUID()
+    let name: String
+    let variant: String
+    let details: String
+    let rating: String
+    let size: String
+
+    static let availableModels: [AIModel] = [
+        AIModel(
+            name: "Distil-Whisper Large v3",
+            variant: "distil-whisper/distil-large-v3",
+            details: "English • High Quality • Fast",
+            rating: "Excellent",
+            size: "756 MB"
+        ),
+        AIModel(
+            name: "Whisper Large v3",
+            variant: "openai/whisper-large-v3",
+            details: "Multilingual • Best Accuracy • Slower",
+            rating: "Best",
+            size: "3.1 GB"
+        ),
+        AIModel(
+            name: "Whisper Medium",
+            variant: "openai/whisper-medium",
+            details: "Multilingual • Balanced",
+            rating: "Great",
+            size: "1.5 GB"
+        ),
+        AIModel(
+            name: "Distil-Whisper Medium",
+            variant: "distil-whisper/distil-medium.en",
+            details: "English-only • Fast • Good Accuracy",
+            rating: "Good",
+            size: "396 MB"
+        ),
+        AIModel(
+            name: "Whisper Base",
+            variant: "openai_whisper-base",
+            details: "English-only • Optimized for Apple Silicon",
+            rating: "Standard",
+            size: "74 MB"
+        ),
+        AIModel(
+            name: "Whisper Small",
+            variant: "openai_whisper-small",
+            details: "English-only • Higher accuracy",
+            rating: "Good",
+            size: "244 MB"
+        ),
+        AIModel(
+            name: "Whisper Tiny",
+            variant: "openai_whisper-tiny",
+            details: "Multilingual • Fastest",
+            rating: "Basic",
+            size: "39 MB"
+        )
+    ]
+}

speaktype/Resources/Info.plist

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         </dict>
     </array>
 	<key>LSUIElement</key>
-	<true/>
+	<false/>
 	<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
 	<string>SpeakType needs access to your microphone to record your voice for transcription. All processing is done locally on your device.</string>
 	<key>NSAppleEventsUsageDescription</key>

speaktype/Services/AudioRecordingService.swift

@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ class AudioRecordingService: NSObject, ObservableObject {
             let power = recorder.averagePower(forChannel: 0) // -160 to 0 dB
             // Normalize: -60dB to 0dB -> 0.0 to 1.0
             let normalized = max(0.0, (power + 60) / 60)
+            // Noise Gate: Ignore background noise below ~10% (approx -54dB)
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                self.audioLevel = normalized
+                self.audioLevel = normalized < 0.15 ? 0.0 : normalized
             }
         }
     }

speaktype/Services/ClipboardService.swift

@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ class ClipboardService {
         let pasteboard = NSPasteboard.general
         pasteboard.clearContents()
         pasteboard.setString(text, forType: .string)
-        print("Copied to clipboard: \(text.prefix(20))...")
+
+        // Verify write
+        if let check = pasteboard.string(forType: .string), check == text {
+             print("✅ Clipboard Write Verified: '\(check.prefix(20))...'")
+        } else {
+             print("❌ Clipboard Write FAILED!")
+        }
     }
 
     // Paste content (Simulate Cmd+V)
@@ -43,7 +49,20 @@ class ClipboardService {
             cmdUp?.post(tap: .cghidEventTap)
 
             print("Simulated Cmd+V")
-            print("Simulated Cmd+V")
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Fallback using AppleScript (more robust for some apps)
+    func appleScriptPaste() {
+        let script = "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"v\" using command down"
+        if let appleScript = NSAppleScript(source: script) {
+            var error: NSDictionary?
+            appleScript.executeAndReturnError(&error)
+            if let error = error {
+                print("AppleScript Paste Error: \(error)")
+            } else {
+                print("Executed AppleScript Paste")
+            }
         }
     }
 

speaktype/Services/HistoryService.swift

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ struct HistoryItem: Identifiable, Codable, Hashable {
     let date: Date
     let transcript: String
     let duration: TimeInterval
+
+    func hash(into hasher: inout Hasher) {
+        hasher.combine(id)
+    }
+
+    static func == (lhs: HistoryItem, rhs: HistoryItem) -> Bool {
+        lhs.id == rhs.id
+    }
 }
 
 class HistoryService: ObservableObject {