Request to Continue Updating AllTalk V1

[StellarBeing25]

I understand that your focus has shifted to developing AllTalk V2, currently in beta. However, as a user who relies heavily on AllTalk V1 for XTTS, I kindly request that you continue updating V1, including the Coqui engine to version 0.24.2, until V2 reaches a stable release or becomes modular. This would greatly benefit those who solely use AllTalk for XTTS.

[erew123]

Hi @StellarBeing25

I am mostly focussing on v2 (when I get a chance). Im sure you will have caught my statement here on this

You should be able to update V1's version of the TTS engine to 0.24.2 with this method (I cant think of any issues it would raise):

1. Open a Command Prompt.
2. Navigate to the alltalk_tts folder.
3. Run start_environment.bat to start the Python environment.
4. Uninstall tts pip uninstall tts
5. Install the updated coqui-tts pip install coqui-tts

Swap the coqui-tts and tts to reverse the procedure if needed.

As for Pytorch versions and such, thats a much more drawn out process that requires 1-2 days of validation on both Windows and Linux, along with building new DeepSpeed wheel files.

Someone has done a PR for updating to later versions of Pytorch, though because of the reason I mention above in my statement, I have not had time to look at this, re-validate it all and there is still the need to build DeepSpeed wheel files. The PR is here #307

Thanks

[StellarBeing25]

I received a few errors during the update and starting AllTalk (screenshots attached), which would require a minor fix, but it's working great with 0.24.2. Thanks! I hope everything with your family goes well.

[erew123]

Thanks!

Im going to close this ticket off for now.