VDK 4.1.1 - 14th Nov 2022

Summary

We are pleased to introduce VDK 4.1.1 which is an improvement and bug-fix release.

In this release we have greatly improved the overall stability of the Studio.

Additionally we have introduced a new version system for our product to avoid confusion with all those underlying versions. The VDK itself now has its own version which will represent a package of versions for all its components.
This way, when communicating the VDK’s version, we will be able to retrieve all the dependencies' versions as well automatically.

Further development are coming to reflect better this new versioning system.

Versions

Studio

Component	Version
Studio	4.1.11 UPDATED
Dictionary manager	1.0.2 UPDATED
Free-speech	4.1.2 UPDATED
Grammar editor	4.2.8 UPDATED
Phonetic editor	4.0.3 UPDATED
Project editor	1.16.7 UPDATED
Simple assistant maker	4.0.1 UPDATED
TTS manager	4.1.1 UPDATED
Voice biometrics	4.0.1 UPDATED

VSDK (C++)

Component	Version
Vsdk	7.1.3 UPDATED
Vsdk-vasr	2.0.9
Vsdk-csdk	3.1.4 UPDATED
Vsdk-tnl	2.0.5 UPDATED
Vsdk-baratinoo	3.0.4 UPDATED
Vsdk-vtapi	2.1.2 UPDATED
Vsdk-idvoice	3.1.3
Vsdk-tssv	2.0.6

Details

Studio

Bug-fixes:

Remove all mentions of light theme
Minor memory leaks could happen on language switch
Internal widget’s state was sometimes still marked as opened when closed
Searching in the Resources view could sometimes slow the software down when using restricted characters

Improvements:

Display a pop-up message when trying to access unreachable workspace/playground
Whole software stability

Dictionary manager

Improvements:

Internal improvements

Free-speech

Improvements:

Internal improvements

Grammar editor

Improvements:

Internal improvements

Phonetic editor

Bug-fixes:

Phonetic attribute of SSML tag was not escaped and broke XML parsers
Some phonetic was read when auto-play was checked and we open the settings
Project’s dictionary list had some duplicated items
When auto-play was checked and we navigate through examples with the keyboard, nothing was played
In some corner cases, the widget could have small memory leaks

Improvements:

Some minor UI improvements
Internal improvements

Project editor

Bug-fixes:

In some corner cases, removing an assistant from the project would leave an empty widget opened
Hid the Audio front end cards until official release
Restoring a project at software startup would in some cases display a download popup

Improvements:

Internal improvements

Simple assistant maker

Improvements:

Internal improvements

TTS manager

Bug-fixes:

Using phonetics in SSML tags was not escaped and could break XML parsers
Some voices for other architectures could be displayed in the list of voices

Improvements:

Syntax highlighting for SSML tags
Renamed s SSML tag to Sentence
Renamed p SSML tag to Paragraph
Add a warning tooltip if a project dictionary is not found
Internal improvements

Voice biometrics

Improvements:

Internal improvements

VSDK (C++)

Vsdk

Bug-fixes:

Some minor compilation warnings

Improvements:

Internal improvements

Vsdk-csdk

Improvements:

Internal improvements

Vsdk-tnl

Improvements:

Internal improvements

Vsdk-baratinoo

Bug-fixes:

Some compatibility issues on ARM architectures

Vsdk-vtapi

Bug-fixes:

Don’t prevent start-up of the engine when optional libraries are missing
Some compatibility issues on ARM architectures

Improvements:

Check if a voice is available system-wide before failure
Global log level can be set
Improved logging