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+# WhispAssist v0.7.0
+
+**Privacy-first, Windows-native meeting assistant — everything on-device, nothing leaves unless you say so.**
+
+This release is about **control over install and startup** — for a single user and for admins rolling
+WhispAssist out across a fleet. You can now launch WhispAssist at login, choose a per-user (no-admin)
+or all-users install, preset every default with a deployment file, and re-scan your hardware without
+restarting. No feature here changes the privacy posture: everything optional stays off-by-default and
+local-first.
+
+One universal installer (**MSI** and **NSIS**) covers every machine: **Vulkan** for all GPUs
+(NVIDIA/AMD/Intel), the Intel **NPU** (OpenVINO), a **DirectML** fallback, and **CPU**.
+
+---
+
+## ✨ New
+
+### Launch at login (opt-in)
+A new **Settings ▸ Recording ▸ Launch WhispAssist at login** toggle starts WhispAssist when you sign
+in to Windows. It's **off by default**, needs **no admin** (a per-user startup entry), and does **not**
+begin recording on its own.
+
+### Choose a per-user or all-users install
+The NSIS setup (`WhispAssist_0.7.0_x64-setup.exe`) now lets you install for **just yourself**
+(no admin rights required) or for **all users**. The MSI remains the per-machine, all-users installer.
+
+### Customize deployments with a file (`wa-defaults.ini`)
+Admins can preset WhispAssist's defaults for every machine using native Windows tooling (Group Policy,
+SCCM, Intune, `msiexec`) — no management console. Drop a `wa-defaults.ini` next to the installer or in
+`%PROGRAMDATA%\WhispAssist\`, and each machine's **first launch** seeds its settings from it: record-
+by-default, preferred backend, a model to auto-download, retention, storage location, AI provider, and
+more. You can also set a **custom install location** with standard `msiexec INSTALLDIR=…` / NSIS `/D=`
+flags. **Secrets are never read from this file** — API keys and tokens stay in the OS credential store.
+Full key reference and silent-install examples in
+[`docs/enterprise-deployment.md`](docs/enterprise-deployment.md).
+
+### Refresh hardware
+A **Refresh** button in **Settings ▸ Hardware** re-detects your GPU/NPU on the spot — handy after
+installing a driver or plugging in an eGPU — no restart needed.
+
+---
+
+## 📦 Install
+
+**Requirements:** Windows 10 or 11 (x64). WhispAssist needs **WebView2** (preinstalled on Windows 11;
+the installer fetches it on Windows 10). Importing from a file/URL additionally needs **`ffmpeg`**
+(and **`yt-dlp`** for URLs) on your PATH — install those separately.
+
+1. Download **`WhispAssist_0.7.0_x64_en-US.msi`** (or the NSIS **`WhispAssist_0.7.0_x64-setup.exe`**).
+2. Run it and accept the UAC prompt. If SmartScreen appears, choose **More info → Run anyway**.
+3. Launch **WhispAssist** from the Start menu.
+
+On first run WA picks the best transcription backend (**NPU → NVIDIA → AMD → Intel → CPU**). It runs
+without admin rights, does **not** add itself to startup unless you opt in, and keeps all data under
+`%LOCALAPPDATA%\WhispAssist`.
+
+Deploying to many machines? See [`docs/enterprise-deployment.md`](docs/enterprise-deployment.md).
+
+## 🔐 Checksums (SHA-256)
+
+```
+730676580dbef5c4bb2c155f46a73a5791722139ab144a3fc0286e3a4449c432  WhispAssist_0.7.0_x64_en-US.msi
+6a34c16eb6f876fc92c7a79d37414b4fdd2c09f4f40873008149db36cd0a30aa  WhispAssist_0.7.0_x64-setup.exe
+```
+
+Verify after download:
+
+```powershell
+Get-FileHash .\WhispAssist_0.7.0_x64_en-US.msi -Algorithm SHA256
+```
+
+---
+
+## Privacy, unchanged
+Everything optional is **off by default**. With nothing configured, WhispAssist makes **no content
+egress at all**. Recording is opt-in; sync/AI credentials live only in the OS credential store; the
+MCP server is loopback-only and adds no egress; the deployment file never carries secrets. The
+reachable-host allowlist is derived from your settings and enforced in the core.