The next Pipeline 2 release will be in the week of April 1

[bertfrees]

For now these are the planned features:

• Expose more settings in graphical user interface.
• Make configuration of braille conversion simpler in graphical user interface.
  • Only show relevant script options
  • Improve script options to specify user stylesheet
  • Improve script options to specify output format
• Continue to improve TTS configuration in graphical user interface.
  • Add script options to specify user lexicons.
  • Global setting for specifying (default/base) lexicon
  • Improve script options to specify user stylesheet
• Start making use of the WebSocket protocol in the web service API
• Critical bugfixes, high-priority feature requests, and easy fixes.

We will keep this list up to date.

The planned Github issues can be seen here, or using the GitHub CLI: gh project --owner daisy item-list 4.

[marisademeglio]

Here is a summary of the relevant changes that are required on the UI side to meet these goals:

"Expose more settings in the graphical user interface"

• Add setting for bit rate of MP3 files pipeline-ui#199
• Add setting for sample rate for google and acapela voices pipeline-ui#200

"Make configuration of braille conversion simpler in graphical user interface."

• "Only show relevant script options"
  • improve configuration for braille-outputting scripts pipeline-ui#198
• "Improve script options to specify user stylesheet"
  • Use a file picker for stylesheets pipeline-ui#201
• "Improve script options to specify output format"
  • Nothing on the UI side for this

"Continue to improve TTS configuration in graphical user interface."

• "Add script options to specify user lexicons."
  • Nothing on the UI side for this
• "Global setting for specifying (default/base) lexicon"
  • New settings page for specifying default/base lexicon pipeline-ui#202
• "Improve script options to specify user stylesheet"
  • Use a file picker for stylesheets pipeline-ui#201

"Start making use of the WebSocket protocol in the web service API"

• Nothing on the UI side currently (but will be in the future)

"Critical bugfixes, high-priority feature requests, and easy fixes."

• Nothing on the UI side