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 charged again at the beginning of the month. If you sign up towards the end of the month, you get charged twice within a few days. In the new system, you on...
2021-06-22 15:15:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Zealand, Singapore, South Africa). New Spanish voices (Colombia). New Jenny/Multilingual voice which sounds similar across differen...
2021-06-14 12:57:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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 notes). This is now fixed in version 3.1. This should help with problematic services such as EasyPronunciation which has an extremely rest...
2021-05-30 09:45:43 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally sat down and wrote a tutorial for Language Tools, you can see it here: https://languagetools.anki.study/tutorials/language-tools-getting-started
additionally, I plan on adding more tutorials here: 2021-05-14 15:13:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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 well as various latin language voices.
These new voices are available right now in Language Tools, but not yet in AwesomeTTS. As reminder, ...
2021-05-08 13:30:23 +0000 UTC View PostI 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.
2021/05/19: seems resolved.
2021-04-21 14:40:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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 you to retrieve translations from all services and let you select the one you like.
2021-04-16 07:21:22 +0000 UTC
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AwesomeTTS 1.38 released, with the following new Azure voices:
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 pronunciation for lesser known languages, ones which may not have good TTS offerings (such as Persian).
Also, the daily limit for Forvo has been increased t...
2021-03-30 06:30:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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 more and more features in the future. More to come later.
But now, I have a favor to ask.
If you're a happy user of AwesomeT...
2021-03-24 14:16:29 +0000 UTC View PostI 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 of variance in quality, and may also be missing some words.
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.
2021-03-22 15:19:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ? https://languagetools.anki.study/language-tools
And reminder that every p...
2021-03-21 10:30:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/771677663
2021-03-16 15:53:07 +0000 UTC View PostDo you keep your audio tag separately from the text which was used to generate it, or together ?
2021-03-16 01:49:23 +0000 UTC View Post
New service in Language Tools: the EasyPronunciation service offers IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) for English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
And transcription for Japanese (Kana and Romaji) is available. Note that i'm not a Japanese learner so I can't gauge the quality of this service, if you're interested please give it a try...
Are you a Japanese learner ? If so, you're probably familiar with Yomichan, a neat browser extension. A couple of weeks ago, a patreon fan asked me whether it would be possible to use premium TTS voices on Yomichan. I have now rol...
2021-03-07 13:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post
You can listen to all supported voices from this web page (choose a language and you'll see play buttons): https://languagetools.anki.study/languages
2021-03-06 08:33:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I've started a new website: https://languagetools.anki.study/ . This website will eventually contain all sorts of tutorials and resources for language learners, with tips and tricks on how to use AwesomeTTS and Language Tools.
For now, it contains mostly two pages th...
2021-03-04 14:41:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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 next in AwesomeTTS or Language Tools ? I have some ideas on what I want to do, to make the add-ons easier and more maintainable. But a lot of very good i...
2021-03-02 12:29:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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 access to higher quality voices, but they are useful to those who prefer free services.
Do you feel satisfied with AwesomeTTS ? Please leave a review...
2021-02-17 14:47:22 +0000 UTC View PostA 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 about this tool.
2021-02-14 09:53:32 +0000 UTC View Post
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: https://cloud-language-tools-samples.nyc3.digitalocea...
2021-02-12 14:49:01 +0000 UTC View PostI'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: the issue should be sorted, you may resume using Naver.
2021-02-10 23:59:51 +0000 UTC View PostAvailable 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 to enable AwesomeTTS Plus. Obtain your API Key here: 2021-02-10 00:13:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Please make sure you enable AwesomeTTS Plus: Get your API key here: https://cloud-language-tools-prod.anki.study/request_patreon_key , and paste it into AwesomeTTS Options -> Advanced -> AwesomeTTS Plus. Then click veri...
2021-02-09 15:21:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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: https://cloud-language-tools-prod.anki.study/request_patreon_key , and pa...
2021-02-05 15:14:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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 others. Not all voices are neural-generated, but the standard voices sound pretty good.
I'll be working to add Amazon to AwesomeTTS soon.
Wa...
2021-02-01 14:48:43 +0000 UTC View PostI am trying to subscribe to the Vietnamese TTS service https://vbee.vn/ , so that I can make those Vietnamese voices available in AwesomeTTS and Language Tools. They require a Vietnamese phone number to sign up, and during the sign-up process, they will call the phone number and provide a ...
2021-02-01 10:27:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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: https://cloud-language-tools-prod.anki.study/request_patreon_key ...
2021-01-30 08:49:55 +0000 UTC View Post