Updates

Sofer.Ai now has one place for product updates, feature launches, and rule changes.

• The Updates nav item opens a timeline that is visible to signed-in and signed-out visitors.
• Each entry supports a type, summary, detail bullets, and optional labels.

Create a batch manifest directly from a podcast RSS feed. Users provide an RSS URL, and the API extracts podcast episode audio links into a standard batch manifest that can be used for batch transcription.

French is now available as a primary transcription language.

Important service notices can now appear directly in Sofer.Ai when an outage or degraded provider affects transcription.

• Status messages can be updated quickly without waiting on a new app release.

MyTAT and TorahAnytime short links are normalized correctly when importing audio by link.

Plan access and usage limits for transformations and automations now show clearer messaging.

• Transformation access is enforced by plan.
• Automation limit messages now explain what is available for the current plan.

Previously generated summaries remain accessible across plans.

Transcript and audio downloads now work more consistently across browsers and source sites.

API users have clearer documentation for looking up batch transcription results by client item ID.

Word document exports now preserve Hebrew word ordering more accurately.

Outlines can now be inserted directly into the main body of a transcript from the outline panel.

CSV exports now use encoding that preserves text more reliably when opened in Excel.

Batch transcriptions are less likely to get stuck during finalization.

Batch transcriptions can now be automatically tagged into user set categories.

Accounts with many transcripts should see the documents list load more reliably.

Browser audio uploads are more reliable, especially for formats that need client-side preparation.

OCR jobs in progress are less likely to show a false failure while the system is still retrying.

Word downloads now preserve transcript and summary formatting more consistently.

Speaker labeling is now more accurate and reliable across a wider range of audio recordings.

Bulk batch manifest limits were raised, and pending balance holds are handled more accurately.

Transcription can now automatically detect speaker count when creating a new transcript.

Batch transcription requests now validate speaker settings and item IDs more consistently.

Transcript pages now include an MP3 download option.

Audio files that cannot be decoded now fail more cleanly with better handling.

Users can add OCR usage when they need more OCR capacity.

Kol Halashon is now included in supported audio link sources.

Transcription processing is more reliable under heavier parallel workloads.

Several transcript download paths were made more reliable.

Past Maishiv question titles now load more reliably.

Batch transcription status updates were made less likely to bottleneck while processing larger jobs.

Transcription uploads now accept WMA audio files in the browser upload flow.

Speaker labels in transcripts now behave more consistently when transcripts are generated and edited.

Maishiv answers now follow the expected language behavior more reliably.

Maishiv knowledge-base loading and search startup were improved for accounts with existing documents.

• Users can begin searching sooner while supporting document data continues loading.
• Large knowledge bases are handled more efficiently.

OCR documents gained stronger editing and download support from the document viewer.

Batch API documentation and manifest handling were cleaned up so batch transcription requests are easier to structure correctly.

Batch uploads now preserve batch titles and file identifiers more reliably.

Maishiv limits were raised alongside the updated Maishiv experience.

Maishiv was rebuilt with a fuller question-and-answer experience, knowledge-base tools, ability to hear original audio, and and improved document selection

The billing portal now exposes invoice history, including non-subscription purchases like API balance top-ups.

Transcription timeout and failure tracking were improved so stuck jobs are handled more cleanly.

Batch transcription errors are tracked more clearly, improving recovery and status reporting for failed batch items.

Batch transcription file downloads were made more reliable.

Transcripts can now be categorized automatically and managed from the categories workflow.

Large-file upload handling and error messages were improved for transcription and OCR uploads.

OCR document pages gained Word and PDF download options directly from the viewer.

OCR gained an enhanced mode for higher-quality extraction when users need a stronger OCR pass.

Sofer.Ai added OCR document extraction with upload, processing progress, document viewing, search, and usage tracking.

OCR uploads were refactored to support larger files more reliably with direct upload and clearer validation.

Transformations now handle maximum content size limits more predictably.

New document and transformation setup screens were polished for a smoother workflow.

Checkout and upgrade flows were improved for smaller screens.

The Help page added tutorial content for transformations, with a banner pointing users to the new guide.