• NEW: ButlerCards with topics – Doctor, Pharmacy, Shopping, Directions, Authorities, Emergency: show ready-made phrases with one tap • Speech recognition on the device by default – nothing leaves your iPhone • Faster live text with automatic punctuation • Focus mode: while recording, the whole screen belongs to the text • Turn upside down: the person opposite reads along • Smooth two-finger zoom • New guide, ⓘ explanations, 6 new accent colors

An update for readability and reliability. • The app now starts in your device's language – German used to be hard-wired • On a fresh install the writing board comes pre-filled in your language ("Yes", "Thank you", "Help!" instead of English) • A brief drop of the internet connection no longer ends the recording – the app retries on its own • The writing board's bin now clears as reliably as the main one: deleted text does not come back • The emergency alarm flashes more slowly and keeps the text readable – gentler for light-sensitive users • Much better readability in light mode: header, status line and board captions were washed out there • Error messages and hint texts have stronger contrast • If speech recognition fails to start, the app now says so instead of silently showing "recording"

This release is mostly about one thing: noticeably better recognition. • Clearly more accurate transcription – the app now uses the best result the recogniser offers instead of a weaker one • Punctuation and capitalisation from the "Enhanced" mode actually reach the text now • English can be chosen separately as US and UK • Languages your device does not support are marked in the settings, along with the ones available offline • With "German (Switzerland)" the app points out that Swiss Standard German is recognised and that no speech recogniser supports the dialect • Finished sentences step back in grey, the current one stays bright – you can see at a glance what is new • The bin now clears properly: deleted text no longer comes back • No more error message when you stop recording • The bottom line stays fully visible even at very large type sizes • Writing pad: tapping beside the text closes the keyboard • Switchable recognition engine, an open-source licence screen, and many screen-reader improvements Feedback is very welcome.

• Writing board with presets • Alarm effect: red flashing border for emergencies • Party effect: colorful rainbow border • Effect intensity: gentle or strong (pulsing text + scale)• Effect intensity: gentle or strong – wider border, faster flash, pulsing text scale • 8 pre-installed presets on first launch: Yes, No, Thank you, Sorry, Water, WC, Help!, Pain • Help! preset automatically activates the alarm effect

NEW: iOS 26 — SpeechAnalyzer VoiceButler now integrates Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer engine on iOS 26: significantly more accurate recognition, noticeably lower latency, fully local — no internet required, maximum privacy. NEW: Session Log (optional) Conversations can now be automatically archived locally. Access them anytime via the book icon — read, share, or simply turn the feature off in Settings. BUG FIXES • Trash during recording: deleted text no longer reappears • Stability improvements

VoiceButler 1.9.0 — personalization & reliability • Onboarding wizard for first-time users (13 languages) • 7 accent colors to personalize the app theme • Recognition mode selector: Automatic / Local / Online • Added Austrian and Swiss German (de-AT, de-CH) • iPad support enabled • Auto-restart after 3 minutes to prevent recognition stall • Fixed: clearing text now fully resets the recognition engine • Improved: transcribed text stays highlighted longer before fading