V1.0 (#36)

Author: bejager

README.md

@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ voice assistants. Orca is:
     - Raspberry Pi (3, 4, 5)
     - Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge
 
-**Please note that Orca is currently in development. While we prioritize stability and compatibility, certain aspects of
-Orca may undergo changes as we continually enhance and refine the engine to provide the best user experience possible.**
-
 ## Table of Contents
 
 - [Orca](#orca)
@@ -57,15 +54,15 @@ Orca may undergo changes as we continually enhance and refine the engine to prov
 
 ## Language Support
 
-- Orca Text-to-Speech currently supports English only.
+- Orca Streaming Text-to-Speech currently supports English only.
 - Support for [additional languages is available for commercial customers](https://picovoice.ai/consulting/) on a
   case-by-case basis.
 
 ## Overview
 
 ### Orca input and output streaming synthesis
 
-Orca is a text-to-speech engine designed specifically for LLMs. It can process
+Orca is a streaming text-to-speech engine designed specifically for LLMs. It can process
 incoming text streams in real-time, generating audio continuously, i.e., as the LLM produces tokens,
 Orca generates speech in parallel.
 This enables seamless conversations with voice assistants, eliminating any audio delays.
@@ -76,9 +73,9 @@ Orca also supports single synthesis mode, where a complete text is synthesized i
 
 ### Text input
 
-Orca accepts the 26 lowercase (a-z) and 26 uppercase (A-Z) letters of the English alphabet, numbers,
-basic symbols, as well as common punctuation marks. You can get a list of all supported characters by calling the
-`valid_characters()` method provided in the Orca SDK you are using.
+Orca supports a wide range of English characters, including letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks. 
+You can get a list of all supported characters by calling the `valid_characters()` method provided 
+in the Orca SDK you are using.
 Pronunciations of characters or words not supported by this list can be achieved with
 [custom pronunciations](#custom-pronunciations).
 
@@ -683,6 +680,13 @@ For more details, see the [Node.js SDK](./binding/nodejs/).
 
 ## Releases
 
+### v1.0.0 - Aug 20th, 2024
+
+- Improved voice quality
+- Significantly reduced latency in streaming synthesis
+- Reduced model size
+- Advanced text normalization
+
 ### v0.2.0 - May 3rd, 2024
 
 - Support for streaming synthesis

binding/android/Orca/orca/build.gradle

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 
 ext {
     PUBLISH_GROUP_ID = 'ai.picovoice'
-    PUBLISH_VERSION = '0.2.1'
+    PUBLISH_VERSION = '1.0.0'
     PUBLISH_ARTIFACT_ID = 'orca-android'
 }
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ android {
         minSdkVersion 21
         targetSdkVersion defaultTargetSdkVersion
         versionCode 2
-        versionName "0.2.1"
+        versionName "1.0.0"
 
         consumerProguardFiles "consumer-rules.pro"
     }

binding/android/OrcaTestApp/orca-test-app/build.gradle

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.8.0'
     implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4'
-    implementation 'ai.picovoice:orca-android:0.2.1'
+    implementation 'ai.picovoice:orca-android:1.0.0'
 
     // Espresso UI Testing
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.5'
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ dependencies {
     })
     androidTestImplementation('com.microsoft.appcenter:espresso-test-extension:1.4')
     androidTestImplementation('androidx.test.espresso:espresso-intents:3.5.1')
-    androidTestImplementation('ai.picovoice:orca-android:0.2.1')
+    androidTestImplementation('ai.picovoice:orca-android:1.0.0')
 }
 
 afterEvaluate {

binding/android/OrcaTestApp/orca-test-app/src/androidTest/java/ai/picovoice/orca/testapp/OrcaTest.java

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 package ai.picovoice.orca.testapp;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;

binding/ios/Orca-iOS.podspec

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     s.name = 'Orca-iOS'
     s.module_name = 'Orca'
-    s.version = '0.2.2'
+    s.version = '1.0.0'
     s.license = {:type => 'Apache 2.0'}
     s.summary = 'iOS binding for Picovoice\'s Orca Text-to-Speech Engine.'
     s.description =
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     DESC
     s.homepage = 'https://github.com/Picovoice/orca/tree/main/binding/ios'
     s.author = { 'Picovoice' => 'hello@picovoice.ai' }
-    s.source = { :git => "https://github.com/Picovoice/orca.git", :tag => "Orca-iOS-v0.2.2" }
+    s.source = { :git => "https://github.com/Picovoice/orca.git", :tag => "Orca-iOS-v1.0.0" }
     s.ios.deployment_target = '13.0'
     s.swift_version = '5.0'
     s.vendored_frameworks = 'lib/ios/PvOrca.xcframework'

binding/ios/OrcaAppTest/OrcaAppTest.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class BaseTest: XCTestCase {
     }
 
     func compareArrays(arr1: [Int16], arr2: [Int16], step: Int) -> Bool {
-        for i in stride(from: 0, to: arr1.count - step, by: step) where !(abs(arr1[i] - arr2[i]) <= 500) {
+        for i in stride(from: 0, to: arr1.count - step, by: step) where !(abs(arr1[i] - arr2[i]) <= 12000) {
             return false
         }
         return true

binding/ios/OrcaAppTest/OrcaAppTestUITests/BaseTest.swift

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ source 'https://cdn.cocoapods.org/'
 platform :ios, '13.0'
 
 target 'OrcaAppTest' do
-  pod 'Orca-iOS', '~> 0.2.2'
+  pod 'Orca-iOS', '~> 1.0.0'
 end
 
 target 'OrcaAppTestUITests' do
-  pod 'Orca-iOS', '~> 0.2.2'
+  pod 'Orca-iOS', '~> 1.0.0'
 end
 
 target 'PerformanceTest' do
-  pod 'Orca-iOS', '~> 0.2.2'
+  pod 'Orca-iOS', '~> 1.0.0'
 end

binding/ios/OrcaAppTest/Podfile

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 PODS:
-  - Orca-iOS (0.2.2)
+  - Orca-iOS (1.0.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
-  - Orca-iOS (~> 0.2.2)
+  - Orca-iOS (~> 1.0.0)
 
 SPEC REPOS:
   trunk:
     - Orca-iOS
 
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
-  Orca-iOS: 567ca0e53671d8fc28ba15338db8fe4ff5101d8d
+  Orca-iOS: d50a0dbbf596f20c6c2e2f727f20f72ac012aa0e
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 2deb98490df78cf895d797180dcfeccea4f2ad25
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 85110c27ad76f2840ec98aff4c162e9ffc71a022
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.15.2

binding/ios/OrcaAppTest/Podfile.lock

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@picovoice/orca-node",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "Picovoice Orca Node.js binding",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/types/index.d.ts",