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v1.0.0 2024-04-02
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🎉 v1.0.0 Release!

This release introduces a lot of new features and fixes a lot of bugs.
Check out the list of changes below, and visit the new Chime TTS documentation site full of explanations and examples:

https://nimroddolev.github.io/chime_tts/

✨ New Features:

Media Players

  • Support has been added for the announce feature on unsupported media_player platforms such as HomePods and the Spotify media player, pausing currently playing music during Chime TTS playback and restoring it afterwards.
  • Alexa media_players can now be used in service calls to chime_tts.say without additional service calls or audio conversions.
    Note: the Alexa Media Player integration is required, however the previous method can still be used.

TTS Audio Adjustments

  • You can change the pitch of TTS audio via the tts_pitch parameter, allowing you to increase/decrease the pitch in semitones to add some variation and even musicality to your announcements.
  • Adjusting the speed of TTS audio has been rewritten:
    • The parameter name has been changed to tts_speed (the previous tts_playback_speed name is still supported).
    • Fewer artifacts introduced when changing the speed.
    • Support has been added for slowing down audio.
    • The speed can now be set to between 1% - 500% of the original.
  • Adjusting the volume of generated audio files has been made simpler with the addition of a new option in the audio_conversion dropdown menu.

Chimes

New chimes have been added:

  1. "Ba-Dum Tss!"
  2. "Crickets" and
  3. "Soft"
  4. "Knock"

Message Segments

  • The YAML structure for message segments has been improved to be easier to use and 50% more concise.
    The previous structure is backward compatible and still fully supported.

    Previous Structure: 

      message:
    - type: chime
      path: bells_2
    - type: delay
      length: 2000
    - type: tts
      message: Someone is at the door

    New Structure: 

       message:
     - chime: bells_2
     - delay: 2000
     - tts: Someone is at the door

  • Chime & TTS segments can now be repeated, via the new repeat attribute, eg: 

      message:
    - chime: /media/sounds.cuckoo.mp3
      repeat: 3
    - tts: It's 3 o'clock

🧰 Improvements:

  • The "ElevenLabs TTS" platform has been added to the list of TTS platforms.
  • The chime_tts.say_url response object now includes a success value as well as a media_content_id value (when the [say_url folder] in the configuration is within the media folder).
  • The folder path for audio files generated from the chime_tts.say_url service can now accept both local and public directory paths.
  • A default TTS platform can now be set in the configuration and will be used if tts_platform is null.
  • A default offset value can be set in the configuration.
  • When onboarding the Chime TTS integration, if no TTS platforms are configured a popup is shown explaining that at least 1 iTTS platform s required.

🐞 Bugfixes:

  • Fixed bug when queueing multiple service calls.
  • Fixed bug when mp3 generation failed.
  • Downloaded chimes are now properly added to cache.
  • Fixed bug that resulted in incorrect default absolute folder paths.
  • Fixed validation for custom chime paths in configuration.
  • Fixed a typo in custom chime option "Custom 4".
  • Added support for language selection when using Microsoft Edge TTS. - fe9f0b1 jonalbr
  • Added missing Fanfare chime option to end_chime_path drop down list.
  • Downloaded chimes are now deleted if cache is set to false.
  • Fixed bug which resulted in segment-specific audio_conversion arguments being applied to the entire audio message.

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