v0.5.5

stepfun-ai/Step-Audiov0.5.5May 3, 2025by KoljaB

AI Summary

This release focuses on bug fixes and dependency updates, specifically improving text normalization in the Coqui Engine and stream status reporting, while relaxing validation for the Orpheus Engine.

Key Highlights

Enhanced text normalization in Coqui Engine for special characters and whitespace
Fixed stream status reporting in TextToAudioStream
Relaxed voice name validation in Orpheus Engine
Updated openai and edge-tts dependencies

Full Release Notes

# RealtimeTTS v0.5.5

**Bug Fixes & Improvements:**
- **Coqui Engine:** Enhanced text normalization to improve handling of special characters (leading non-alphanumeric, smart quotes, em-dashes, etc.) and various whitespace types, leading to more reliable synthesis.
- **Stream Status:** Fixed logic in `TextToAudioStream` for more accurate reporting of the stream's active state.

**Other Changes:**
- **Orpheus Engine:** Relaxed strict validation for voice names (validation code commented out).
- **Dependencies:** Upgraded `openai` (to 1.77.0) and `edge-tts` (to 7.0.2).