- Fixed preview endpoint to work with both Kokoro and Piper engines
- Improved voice model download with curl fallback and SSL handling
- Added better error messages when models are missing
- Created PIPER_SETUP.md with manual download instructions
- Added test_piper_direct.py for testing Piper installation
- Updated README with voice model download requirements
Note: Piper voice models require manual download from GitHub releases
due to HuggingFace URL structure. See PIPER_SETUP.md for instructions.
- Created PiperTTSService with pitch shifting (-12 to +12 semitones)
- Created UnifiedTTSService to manage multiple TTS engines
- Added engine selection endpoints (GET/POST /api/tts/engines)
- Added voices listing endpoint (GET /api/tts/voices)
- Added pitch_adjustments parameter to TTS generation
- Created install_piper.sh for easy Piper installation
- Updated backend README with multi-engine documentation
- Created comprehensive PIPER_TTS_GUIDE.md
- Added TTS_ENGINE environment variable for engine selection
- Updated requirements.txt with piper-tts and pydub
This allows users to choose between Kokoro (high quality) and Piper
(fast with pitch control) TTS engines at runtime.
- Added comprehensive documentation for AI speaker detection
- Documented AI text segmentation capabilities
- Added Ollama setup instructions
- Explained benefits of AI-powered vs pattern-based detection
- Updated API endpoint documentation with AI feature details
- Updated main README with detailed setup, Kokoro model configuration, and troubleshooting
- Enhanced backend README with API documentation, Docker setup, and testing instructions
- Improved frontend README with component details, deployment guide, and development tips
- Added workflow testing steps and common error solutions
- Documented all supported languages, voices, and configuration options
Implements task 14 from text-to-audiobook spec
Requirements: 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5
- Created backend directory with FastAPI project structure
- Created frontend directory with React + TypeScript + Vite
- Configured Python virtual environment and installed dependencies (fastapi, uvicorn, kokoro, soundfile, python-multipart)
- Verified espeak-ng system dependency is installed
- Configured Node.js project with TypeScript, React, and Vite
- Set up Tailwind CSS for styling
- Set up environment variable configuration for both projects
- Created comprehensive README documentation
Requirements: 9.6, 10.2, 11.1
