Note by @fastfinge

Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

3mo

Before I say anything, most of the credit for this here goes to @fastfinge and friends and their Eloquence64 project, which until today I considered the most complete, stable Eloquence. However, I had a bug that only I seemed to exhibit regarding unicode handling, and Sam and co weren't comfortable with my fix. understandable.

So here is Eloquence64 19.0-RS-RC1

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.0-RS-RC1/Eloquence-v19.0-RS-RC1.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

3mo

While working on the fix and realizing I might be on my own, I found myself wondering what Eloquence might be like if we combined Sam's logic with the Rust host of davidacm/NVDA-IBMTTS-Driver, just without the IBM specific plumming? What we get is lower RAM usage and, maybe it's just my ears, lower keypress delay. We still, for now, have the need to copy an executable onto secure screens, there are no interface changes in this version. But we cut RAM usage in half.

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

3mo

This is vibe coded, although I should hope it was done responsibly. If there are any issues, report them please. I am using this in production going forward and enjoying it. Again, thanks to all who have come before me, and I hope this is useful to someone besides me.

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

3mo

Eloquence64RS 19.0-RS-RC2 is released, fixing a text processing bug by cherry picking a fix from the upstream @fastfinge branch - Thanks Andrew! involving the German sharp S (ẞ). We also made it so checking for updates now points to this repo.

Important. For now, any time you upgrade Eloquence64RS, copy the helper process to your administrator settings, especially if changing from Mainline Eloquence64.

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.0-RS-RC2/Eloquence-v19.0-RS-RC2.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

3mo

Eloquence64RS 19.0-RS-RC3 has been pushed, adding a refactored text processor based on an innovative PR from the Fastfinge Eloquence64 upstream, Adds regression coverage for text encoding, pause policy, language scoping,
native-host protocol behavior, Say All progress, and secure-screen helper
detection, and warns you when your secure screen copy executable differs from the one we ship.

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.0-RS-RC3/Eloquence-v19.0-RS-RC3.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

3mo

Eloquence64 19.0-RS has been released. This is considered production quality and establishes a stable branch. No new features, although it is going to ask you to copy your native host to secure screens again as we did rebuild it just to make sure the addon package matches the code:

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.0-RS/Eloquence-v19.0-RS.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

3mo

Eloquence64RS 19.1-RS Beta 1 has been released. This beta introduces the optional Enhanced 22 kHz audio mode. The new mode is an original Rust DSP implementation with speech-presence shaping, stateful polyphase interpolation, and suppression of mirrored high-frequency energy. I need feedback, this sounds different from the hozosch implementation, and I personally don't use this mode. github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.1-RS-beta1.1/Eloquence-v19.1-RS-beta1.1.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

3mo

Eloquence64RS 19.1-RS Beta 2 has just been released. This beta refines the optional Enhanced 22 kHz audio mode in response to user
feedback. It adds a broad, subtle 0.4 dB vocal-body lift centred at 1.4 kHz,
restoring a little fullness while preserving the Rust implementation's
articulation and high-frequency image suppression. Thanks @amir, @darrell73, @bscross32, and everyone else for your feedback. github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.1-RS-beta2/Eloquence-v19.1-RS-beta2.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

2mo

I've released the stable Eloquence64RS 19.1! Given the 22 KHZ mode being well tested and stable according to its users, I've also had GPT sanitize the dictionary handling. Any previously downloaded dictionary is labeled as custom. However, instead of the mish mash we had before, you can now switch between default pronunciations, Community dictionary, and Alternative IBM TTS, without any issues.

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.1-RS/Eloquence-v19.1-RS.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

2mo

I've released Eloquence64RS 19.1.1. This hotfix squashes a dictionaries bug - Pronunciation dictionary selection now follows NVDA configuration profile
changes immediately. Switching profiles no longer leaves the dictionary from
the previously active profile loaded in the Eloquence Host Process.

Check update from Settings > Eloquence or download here:

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.1.1-RS/Eloquence-v19.1.1-RS.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

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I've released Eloquence64RS 19.1.2. This release works around profile issues @lerven reported. Thanks man! It came to light while I was banging away that the profile issues were in core, but this addon should work properly even so, no monkey patching. Profile switching should carry over all settings and be stable. Check for updates within Settings > Eloquence, or grab it here: github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.1.2-RS/Eloquence-19.1.2-RS.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

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I've released Eloquence64RS 19.1.3. This release fixes a tiny edge case so a cancelled Speech Sequence cannot
start a new Speech Generation after Stop. Oddly, you might get a little responsiveness increase with this addon as we're not carrying around stale data anymore, but very much YMMV. Check for updates within Settings > Eloquence, or grab it here:

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.1.3-RS/Eloquence-19.1.3-RS.nvda-addon

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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social

1mo

Urgent: Eloquence64RS 19.1.4 is released in stable channels including the updater. Please grab this one now as it is a hotfix for clean shutdown of the
32-bit Eloquence host when NVDA exits or switches synthesizers. It fixes this upstream bug (Thanks, @fastfinge!)

github.com/fastfinge/eloquence_64/issues/141

Download now: github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.1.4-RS/Eloquence-19.1.4-RS.nvda-addon

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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca

1mo

The release is now out. This is a critical update! Please update as soon as possible.

If you use Eloquence64 on secure screens, after the update, you must IMMEDIATELY! go to NVDA's settings dialogue, select eloquence from the list box, and press the "copy helper to system config" button again.

It fixes the following issues:
* fix: eloquence64 now clears its log file on start
* Fix: in some cases, eloquence64 could write to its log file at 30 megs per second
* fix: in some cases, eloquence64 created multiple temp files and directories that could not be removed
* fix: in some cases, eloquence64 could unexpectedly leave a port open on the computer
* fix: the port and key to communicate with eloquence could be intercepted by other processes running on the machine
* fix: in rare cases, it could have been possible for other processes on the user's machine to cause the addon to load and run arbitrary Python code by causing it to deserialize an attacker supplied pickle. If the addon was running on a secure screen, this would mean instant privilege escalation.
* fixed: crashing or frozen NVDA will no longer leave orphaned eloquence processes behind
* fix: more reliable pause and break lengths
* security hardening: switch to named pipes with DACL for IPC, ensuring no other process can use the 32-bit host

Release page: github.com/fastfinge/eloquence_64/releases/tag/v21

Direct download: github.com/fastfinge/eloquence_64/releases/download/v21/Eloquence-v21.nvda-addon

@nick Unfortunately, the issue for users of eloquence64 is much more critical than for those of you using eloquence64rs. I am working as quickly as possible to get a fixed release out in the coming hours. However, until that happens, I recommend either not using Eloquence, or switching to Eloquence64rs. Symptoms you may experience: in some cases, eloquence64 may write to its log as fast as 30 megs per second. Eloquence64 does not clear this log file. In some cases, Eloquence64 may create dozens of temperary files and directories, and they may never be deleted. In some cases, Eloquence64 may unexpectedly leave a port open on your computer.Once again, eloquence64rs has fixed all of these issues, or did not experience them in the first place. The code to fix all of the issues in Eloquence64, and clean up the files, has been pushed to my GitHub, but it has not yet been fully tested for functionality. If you build it yourself and it works fine, please do report back so I can get the issues fixed in a public release asap.

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