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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social
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Testers also get this fix, 19.5 Beta 2.5 is out:

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.5-RS-beta2.5/Eloquence-19.5-RS-beta2.5.nvda-addon
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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social
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Well, Eloquence 64RS 19.5 Beta 3 has been released, with a drasticly different 16 KHZ presence contour. @Leowyatt88 is the star of the show here, we just prooved out that you can draw up an EQ curve in Reaper, then reimplement that in Rust. This is a starting point, he is willing to do some more if we can come to a consensus on changes that should be made.

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.5-RS-beta3/Eloquence-v19.5-RS-beta3.nvda-addon
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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social
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Working on Eloquence 64RS nuts and bolts. Serious credit where it's due to @fastfinge for improving the keypress delay to the point where it bettered the RS addon, while still keeping sync with Unspoken - something my addon never did. I'm adopting that from upstream. Going to heavily test it before it goes beta, also figuring out what the fuck I'm doing about 16 KHZ presence curves. LOL.
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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social
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I decided to jump early. Eloquence64RS 19.5 Beta 5 is out. In 11 KHZ mode, we've cherry picked @fastfinge's buffer improvements. We've also replaced the Presence contour checkbox with a Sound contour dropdown,
so you can choose the sound you prefer without losing your previous selection. Those who liked the 16 KHZ Presence contour from Beta 2 get it back, the current one is renamed Smooth. 11 KHZ Presence Contour remains unchanged.

github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.5-RS-beta5/Eloquence-v19.5-RS-beta5.nvda-addon
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@nick FYI openevv has a bunch of fixes that are on main, but not in a release yet. Latest main has working dictionary support, plus eciStop is fixed. Just in case you decide to add it. I do, though, think you should be thinking about how to get your resampling working with openevv. Because they get closer and closer every day. I'm in the process of switching my CI/CD process to build with the latest working code from openevv, so test builds will have the latest fixes from them shortly. Openevv is noticeably faster than the 32-bit host, and uses less memory, in every case. The primary remaining issue is some weird and annoying pauses in say all. But once that gets fixed, and all of the new features are in an official openevv release, I intend to switch openevv to be the default.
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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social
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@fastfinge Frankly, once you do that, resampling can become somebody else's problem.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@nick Actually, openevv does have support for resampling themselves. Could you do me a huge favour and look into it? I'm not an audio guy; I refused to accept resampling into mwy upstream because not only do I not understand the code, but I hardly understand how resampling even works or what it's doing. So I don't know what the expectations are, or how it should sound, and I doubt I would notice if it's wrong or bad. Whereas you're an audio guy, so you're more able to tell me if the resampling support offered by openevv is good and we should use it, or if it's bad, or what's going on with it.
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Nick Giannak III @nick@hkc.social
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@fastfinge The reason I bring that up is because that was less a resampler and more an equalization curve.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@nick It's more that...embarrassingly, I'm...not confident enough in the difference between those two things you mentioned to explain them in my own words. I'm really, really not an audio guy. And I wasn't willing to accept things I don't completely understand both how they work, and what they're for.
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