Handy [BUG] handy fails to load whisper Turbo on ARM Mac

Hi just downloaded and updated handy to latest version 0.5.4. on my M1 max ARM Mac Studio running latest Tahoe beta. I dowloaded the Whisper Turbo model. Handy says it's active but having an alert at bottom of left pane telling failed to load Whisper Turbo, so I'm stuck...

Oct 28 '25 09:10 ihubgit

Could you share a screenshot if possible?

I just tried 0.5.4 with Turbo on my M4 Max MBP and it loads without issue

I'm hoping in the near future I will be able to add some debug logging to help pin down things like this.

Oct 28 '25 12:10 cjpais

sure here u go : https://postimg.cc/tZK13HML

Oct 28 '25 12:10 ihubgit

While it's not a solution for the Whisper issue, does Parakeet work fine? Just curious

When I get better debug logging in can I @ you on this to help test so I can fix the issue?

Oct 28 '25 13:10 cjpais

not really. Parakeet does load and has a green dot. But trying to start and stop dictate both with the default as with custom keyboard shortcut simply doesn't have any effect. Tried both in Pages and Textedit. I did grant the permissions the initial Handy setup asked me for.

Oct 28 '25 13:10 ihubgit

ok have an update. Now it works, both Parakeet and Whisper turbo. Uninstalled the app and reinstalled latest version. First tried with Parakeet and then with Whisper Turbo. I unchecked the push to talk feature and now it works.

Oct 29 '25 09:10 ihubgit

Interesting. Thanks for the info, what keyboard shortcut were you using? Just wondering if I'll be able to replicate

Oct 29 '25 13:10 cjpais

i believe it was option command h

Oct 29 '25 14:10 ihubgit

Closing this for now since it was resolved enough

Nov 03 '25 15:11 cjpais