Updates

HyperTTS has a new Easy mode which provides a simplified interface for adding audio one note at a time, either during editing or note creation. A lot of users favor this mode, which is closer to how AwesomeTTS functions. In this mode, audio addition is not automated, you have to do at least two clicks to add a note, but it gives you an opportunity to customize the input text before generating the audio, which is important for Japanese and other languages where the default TTS output may not be perfect. Once you add audio, it will remember the settings and will present the same settings next time for the same Note Type and Deck combination.

When you bring up the Add Audio (Easy) dialog, it will try to get input text from three places:

1. The text inside your field of choice. The first time, it will pick the field where you've placed the cursor, it will remember your field of choice if you choose a different field.
2. The text you've selected, if you wish to generate audio for a subset of the field text only (for example a single word).
3. The clipboard, if you have copied any text.

You can switch between these sources using the radio buttons at the top of the dialog.

As a reminder, the Speaker, Play and Gear icons in the Anki editor toolbar are used to add audio while editing or adding a note. These buttons can also be activated with a keyboard shortcut. With the addition of Easy Mode, the meaning of those buttons change:

Easy Mode

• Speaker Button: brings up the Add Audio (Easy) dialog. You can then listen to a preview and add the audio if you are satisfied.
• Play Button: also brings up the Add Audio (Easy) dialog, exactly like the Speaker Button. There is no difference between the two buttons in easy mode.
• Gear Button: shows you the default preset for the current Note Type and Deck (Preset Rules Dialog). From that screen, you can access the more advanced settings.

Advanced Mode

• Speaker Button: will apply audio according to your preset rules with a single click.
• Play Button: will play the audio according to your preset rules, to confirm that the audio output is correct.
• Gear Button: allows you to configure your preset rules for the current Note Type / Deck combination.

Advanced mode is more complicated, it requires you to setup a preset upfront. But once you've done so, you can add audio with a single click, or with a keyboard shortcut (configurable in Preferences)

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The first time you click either the Speaker or Play buttons, you will be given a choice between Easy and Advanced mode. HyperTTS will remember this setting, but you can change it at a later time by going to the Preset Rules dialog as shown below:

Separately, in this new version 2.0.1, HyperTTS uses anonymous usage stats and error reporting. This helps us fix issues very quickly to provide the best experience for everyone. You can disable this functionality in the Preferences dialog (Anki main screen, Tools menu, HyperTTS: Preferences).

HyperTTS will now display the status all preset rules when previewing or generating audio. Errors no longer prevent generation of audio for other rules. You can now scroll in the preset rules window. These changes should make life easier for those who have a lot of preset rules.

HyperTTS 1.12 is out, with better Multilingual voice support.

More and more TTS services offer multilingual voices these days and this led to a confusing situation in HyperTTS where the same voice appeared under multiple languages. Starting with this version, multilingual voices only appear once, but they can be filtered in the Voice Selection screen according to the languages they support.

Azure Standard voices have been deprecated, and you will have to re-create presets which used those. The standard voices were removed from Azure around six months ago.

A MacOS service has been introduced, which lets you use free MacOSX voices if you are a mac user.

Finally, there's a scrollbar in the voice list, and the dropdown is bigger, to allow you to see more voices.