## All
+ Update the default English, French, German, Italian and Spanish lexicons to
improve how untested speech models say common abbreviations.
+ Update the *About* text for [Piper][1] text-to-speech.
+ Fix the *About* Dialog failing to appear on a recent release that does not
work as expected with the `python3-scriptforge` package.
+ Remove orphan code.
## Linux
## All
+ Improves python handling of soft links.
+ Uses a consistent locally installed test sound.
## Linux
### AppImage Sound Test
+ The extension now plays a sound file included with the extension when you
tap the *Test* button in the *About* dialog. This means that the button
works when you use a Linux [AppImage][1].
### Pied
## All
+ Improves python handling of soft links.
+ Uses a consistent locally installed test sound.
## Linux
### AppImage Sound Test
+ The extension now plays a sound file included with the extension when you
tap the *Test* button in the *About* dialog. This means that the button
works when you use a Linux [AppImage][1].
### Pied
## All
+ Enables playback on a wider variety of architectures and platforms.
+ The *Test* button plays a background sound if the application has system
permission using the BASIC `uno` platform, otherwise it is disabled.
## Windows
## All
+ Enables playback on a wider variety of architectures and platforms.
+ The *Test* button plays a background sound if the application has system
permission using the BASIC `uno` platform, otherwise it is disabled.
## Windows
Read Text 0.8.82
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All
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- Updated lexicons.
- When using `localhost` or local network speech tools, the extension strips
non-printing characters to increase efficiency and to avoid unexpected
vocalizations with some neural voice models.
Windows
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### Piper + VLC Client
[Piper][1] is a fast, local neural text-to-speech system that sounds great.
[VLC][2] is a free cross platform streaming media player.
Read Text 0.8.82
==================
All
---
- Updated lexicons.
- When using `localhost` or local network speech tools, the extension strips
non-printing characters to increase efficiency and to avoid unexpected
vocalizations with some neural voice models.
Windows
-------
### Piper + VLC Client
[Piper][1] is a fast, local neural text-to-speech system that sounds great.
[VLC][2] is a free cross platform streaming media player.
All
---
* Updated the pronunciation editor dialog and help.
* Bug fixes and performance improvements.
* Language and internationalization improvements.
* Update the [URL][1] for creating a QR Code online.s
Linux
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All
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* Updated the pronunciation editor dialog and help.
* Bug fixes and performance improvements.
* Language and internationalization improvements.
* Update the [URL][1] for creating a QR Code online.s
Linux
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All
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* On supported releases, the *About* dialog shows the application python version information as a tool tip when the dialog displays a python script. This allows developers to determine what libraries and commands are appropriate for new python code.
* Remove unused code and some verbose comments.
* Fix bugs and improved legacy platform compatibility.
Linux
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