add cancel action to pipeline to stop without transcribing

README.md

@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ hyprvoice serve
 # Toggle recording on/off
 hyprvoice toggle
 
+# Cancel current operation
+hyprvoice cancel
+
 # Check current status
 hyprvoice status
 
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ Most setups use this toggle pattern in window manager config:
 
 ```bash
 bind = SUPER, R, exec, hyprvoice toggle
+bind = SUPER SHIFT, R, exec, hyprvoice cancel  # Optional: cancel current operation
 ```
 
 ## Keyboard Shortcuts Setup
@@ -157,6 +161,9 @@ Add to your `~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf`:
 # Hyprvoice - Voice to Text (toggle recording)
 bind = SUPER, R, exec, hyprvoice toggle
 
+# Optional: Cancel current operation
+bind = SUPER SHIFT, C, exec, hyprvoice cancel
+
 # Optional: Status check
 bind = SUPER SHIFT, R, exec, hyprvoice status && notify-send "Hyprvoice" "$(hyprvoice status)"
 ```
@@ -170,6 +177,8 @@ bind = SUPER SHIFT, R, exec, hyprvoice status && notify-send "Hyprvoice" "$(hypr
 3. **Press keybind again** → Recording stops, transcription begins
 4. **Text appears** → Injected at cursor position or clipboard
 
+**Cancel anytime:** Press your cancel keybind (e.g., `SUPER+SHIFT+C`) to abort the current operation and return to idle.
+
 ### CLI Usage
 
 ```bash
@@ -615,6 +624,7 @@ go run ./cmd/hyprvoice stop
 Simple single-character commands over Unix socket:
 
 - `t` - Toggle recording on/off
+- `c` - Cancel current operation
 - `s` - Get current status
 - `v` - Get protocol version
 - `q` - Quit daemon gracefully

cmd/hyprvoice/main.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(
 		serveCmd(),
 		toggleCmd(),
+		cancelCmd(),
 		statusCmd(),
 		versionCmd(),
 		stopCmd(),
@@ -109,6 +110,21 @@ func stopCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 }
 
+func cancelCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "cancel",
+		Short: "Cancel current operation",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			resp, err := bus.SendCommand('c')
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to cancel operation: %w", err)
+			}
+			fmt.Print(resp)
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func configureCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	return &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "configure",

internal/daemon/daemon.go

@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ func (d *Daemon) handle(c net.Conn) {
 	case 't':
 		d.toggle()
 		fmt.Fprint(c, "OK toggled\n")
+	case 'c':
+		d.cancelPipeline()
+		fmt.Fprint(c, "OK cancelled\n")
 	case 's':
 		status := d.status()
 		fmt.Fprintf(c, "STATUS status=%s\n", status)
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) toggle() {
 		go d.monitorPipelineErrors(p)
 
 	case pipeline.Recording:
-		d.stopPipeline() // aborted during recording (chunks not sent to transcriber yet)
+		d.stopPipeline()
 		go d.notifier.Error("Recording Aborted")
 
 	case pipeline.Transcribing:
@@ -207,11 +210,21 @@ func (d *Daemon) toggle() {
 		go d.notifier.Notify("Hyprvoice", "Recording Ended... Transcribing")
 
 	case pipeline.Injecting:
-		d.stopPipeline() // aborted during injection
+		d.stopPipeline()
 		go d.notifier.Error("Injection Aborted")
 	}
 }
 
+func (d *Daemon) cancelPipeline() {
+	switch d.status() {
+	case pipeline.Idle:
+		log.Printf("Daemon: Cancel requested but pipeline is idle, ignoring")
+	default:
+		d.stopPipeline()
+		go d.notifier.Notify("Hyprvoice", "Operation Cancelled")
+	}
+}
+
 func (d *Daemon) monitorPipelineErrors(p pipeline.Pipeline) {
 	errorCh := p.GetErrorCh()
 	for {

internal/pipeline/pipeline.go

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const (
 
 const (
 	Inject Action = "inject"
+	Cancel Action = "cancel"
 )
 
 type Pipeline interface {
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ func (p *pipeline) run(ctx context.Context) {
 	defer func() {
 		if stopErr := t.Stop(ctx); stopErr != nil {
 			log.Printf("Pipeline: Error stopping transcriber: %v", stopErr)
-			p.sendError("Transcription Error", "Failed to stop transcriber cleanly", stopErr)
+			// Silently call an error now because on simple transcriber we just transcribe all audio when we stop, and might fail when force stop
+			//p.sendError("Transcription Error", "Failed to stop transcriber cleanly", stopErr)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -232,7 +234,6 @@ func (p *pipeline) handleInjectAction(ctx context.Context, recorder *recording.R
 		log.Printf("Pipeline: Text injection completed successfully")
 	}
 
-	// Return to idle state after injection is complete
 	p.setStatus(Idle)
 }
 

packaging/PKGBUILD

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Leonardo Trapani <leo@trapani.sh>
 pkgname=hyprvoice-bin
-pkgver=0.1.5
+pkgver=0.1.6
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Voice-powered typing for Wayland/Hyprland"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ source=(
     "hyprvoice-${pkgver}::https://github.com/leonardotrapani/hyprvoice/releases/download/${pkgver}/hyprvoice-linux-x86_64"
     "hyprvoice.service"
 )
-sha256sums=('c3b881864b126341f4b456be3422a4a76657019f750676ba4967776adc931fb8'
+sha256sums=('5dc88ac616659adb2026043c0c9bd046f3dcfdb1fcca8962ef5994d5c245c631'
             'bc4d17afa3a56fc50b09faae4cef9faf2a4ec7f08798b4098ba41ad78b02ab20')
 install=hyprvoice.install