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Luc Wastiaux

Luc Wastiaux

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Moving off Patreon for new subscriptions

to all fans,

going forward, there will be a new way of subscribing to AwesomeTTS Plus / Language Tools. 

The biggest issue with patreon is that people get charged once, then charge...

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Azure Voice Update, Language Tools 3.2

Azure has a big voice update, new voices available in AwesomeTTS and Language Tools

New voices from Azure: a number of English US/UK and regional voices  (Hong Kong, New...

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Language Tools / Awesome TTS recent news

Language Tools 3.1 released. Previously, when a  single error was found while applying translations or transliterations,  you had to start over (even if you selected 100 ...

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Language Tools Tutorial

I finally sat down and wrote a tutorial for Language Tools, you can see it here: https:...

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New Audio Service: Cereproc

Language Tools has a new audio service called CereProc, added at the request of a fellow patreon fan. It brings 34 English/UK voices and 19 English/US voices, as w...

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Azure voices - Mandarin - ongoing issue [resolved]

I believe there's currently an issue with Azure Mandarin female voices sounding as male, I will investigate this and post back when I understand the issue, just wanted to post everyone first.

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Language Tools: choose translations

Language Tools v2.8 is out, you can now edit translations before applying them to notes, and there is now a Choose Translation button on the editor which allows yo...

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Azure Voice update: Ukranian, Welsh, Dutch/French, Urdu

AwesomeTTS 1.38 released, with the following new Azure voices:

  • Ukrainian
  • Welsh 
  • Urdu
  • Belgium (French / Dutch)


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Forvo now part of AwesomeTTS Plus

With AwesomeTTS Plus 1.37, Forvo is now part of the AwesomeTTS Plus package. And Forvo is now available in Language Tools as well.

While Forvo is limited to words only, it offers pronunciatio...

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Asking for a favor

I have a lot of ideas regarding features to implement in AwesomeTTS and Language Tools. I don't know what will come first but if you're satisfied with those addons now, you should expect to get mor...

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How does Forvo fit into your workflow ?

I want to add Forvo support to Language Tools and make it available for AwesomeTTS Plus subscribers. Forvo is special because it has pronunciations from native speakers, but it might also has a lot...

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AwesomeTTS: batch generation to create audio flashcards

This is an elementary level tutorial, experienced AwesomeTTS users might not discover anything new here, but you can use this video to educate your friends who may be new to Anki.

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Language Tools: filtering by deck now possible

You can now filter by decks in the Language Mapping screen. This will be useful for those who frequently add new decks.

Interested in finding out more about Language Tools ? 2021-03-21 10:30:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Language Tools overview video

I just made a little promo video for Language Tools. And also, a reminder that everyone of you patreon fans has access to Language Tools. Download here: 2021-03-16 15:53:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Where do you put your audio tag ?

Do you keep your audio tag separately from the text which was used to generate it, or together ?

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Japanese Kana/Romaji, IPA for English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish,

New service in Language Tools: the EasyPronunciation service offers IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) for English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
And transcription for Japanese (Kana ...

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Premium TTS voices on Yomichan

Are you a Japanese learner ? If so, you're probably familiar with Yomichan, a ne...

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Samples for all supported voices

You can listen to all supported voices from this web page (choose a language and you'll see play buttons): https://lan...

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New Website for AwesomeTTS / Language Tools

I've started a new website: https://languagetools.anki.study/ . This website will eventually contain all sorts of tutorials...

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What features do you want next ?

First, HUGE thanks to all fans, with your enthusiasm and your feature suggestions. Everyone of you make it possible for me to support AwesomeTTS. 

What features would you like to see nex...

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AwesomeTTS 1.34: Naver Papago fixed, Oxford fixed

v1.34 is out. This fixes the Naver Papago service (used to be called Naver Translate). Also fixes the Oxford dictionary. These changes may not be relevant to users of AwesomeTTS plus who have acces...

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Japanese learners: do you use Yomichan ?

A fellow patreon fan has asked me about a potential integration between AwesomeTTS / Language Tools and the TTS voices and Yomichan. I am not a learner of Japanese so I wanted to find out more abou...

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Complete sample of all premium voices

Do you want have a listen to all of the premium voices available in AwesomeTTS and Language Tools ? This file contains them all. 602 voices in total: 2021-02-12 14:49:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Naver account over capacity

I'm aware that Naver is currently over capacity. Given the service has a limit on it, I will most likely implement some per-user limits to avoid heavy users impacting others.

Update: ...

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AwesomeTTS / Language Tools API Keys

Available to all patreon fans: API keys for premium Text to Speech services.

If you wish to use voices from Google, Azure, Amazon, Naver, Forvo or Watson, the easiest way is ...

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AwesomeTTS v1.33 released

Please make sure you enable AwesomeTTS Plus: Get your API key here: https://clo...

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AwesomeTTS v1.32: Amazon voices (+ Amazon translation)

AwesomeTTS v1.32 is out ! It adds support for Amazon voices for AwesomeTTS Plus users. 62 new voices in total ! Get your API key here: 2021-02-05 15:14:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Language Tools: 62 new voices from Amazon

I've just added support for the Amazon / AWS Polly support in Language Tools. You should now see 62 new voices, with an interesting mix of English / European voices, one Japanese, one Korean and ot...

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Need help from someone with Vietnamese phone number

I am trying to subscribe to the Vietnamese TTS service https://vbee.vn/ , so that I can make those Vietnamese voices available in AwesomeTTS...

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AwesomeTTS v1.31 released: new Korean and Japanese voices

The latest AwesomeTTS release adds support for the latest TTS voices from Naver, with high quality Korean and Japanese voices.

For patreon fans, obtain your API key here: 2021-01-30 08:49:55 +0000 UTC View Post