- New word_timestamps option (default False) in client handshake
- When enabled, each segment includes 'words' array with per-word
start/end times and probability scores
- Wired through entire pipeline: client → server → backend → transcribe()
- Words include timestamp_offset for accurate absolute times
- REST API already supported word timestamps; now WebSocket does too
- Added 9 unit tests for word timestamp extraction and formatting
- New whisper_live/diarization.py: SpeakerDiarizer with online clustering
- Uses pyannote.audio speaker embeddings (optional dependency)
- Cosine similarity threshold for speaker matching (default 0.55)
- Running average embedding update for speaker stability
- Configurable max_speakers limit (default 10)
- Client options: enable_diarization, max_speakers
- Segments include 'speaker' field when diarization is active
- Graceful fallback: logs warning if pyannote not installed
- Added 12 unit tests (mock-based, no GPU required)
Aaron Boxer