We're proud to announce the first Qt6 release of Crow Translate!
The files can be found at https://download.kde.org/stable/crow-translate/4.0.2/
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Highlights:

-   Qt6 Migration: Complete port from Qt5 to Qt6 with improved performance and 
compatibility
-   Provider System: Complete architectural rewrite with modular translation 
and TTS providers
-   Qt TTS Provider: System text-to-speech integration via Qt6 TextToSpeech
-   Neural TTS: Added high-quality Piper neural text-to-speech with ONNX 
Runtime integration

The inspiration for the architectural changes was the fact that most Mozhi 
instances seem to immediately get banned from the cloud TTS, effectively 
disabling the feature. We recommend using the Piper TTS backend for best 
reliability and quality. The neural network models can be found at 
https://huggingface.co/rhasspy/piper-voices - the application will also display 
this url and instructions for setup on first activation of the backend, if no 
models are present.
CAVEAT: The Qt TTS backend is known to be broken on Windows in Qt versions 
6.9.1-6.9.2, the Windows release artifacts on our CDN are built against and 
shipped with Qt 6.8.3 libraries.

The upcoming 4.1 release will feature, among other improvements, a local 
translation backend for full offline functionality.


Regards,
the Crow Translate team
https://invent.kde.org/office/crow-translate

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