📢 Help Wanted: Join the AllTalk TTS Development Effort

[erew123]

Project Status & Current Needs

Thanks to everyone who has been supporting and using AllTalk TTS! The project has recently made significant progress with Docker integration (thanks to the amazing work by Paladinium), making the software much more accessible to the community.

Why We Need Help

As some of you may know from my previous updates, I'm currently in the midst of a major relocation to provide care for family members with long-term health conditions. While I remain committed to AllTalk TTS, my availability will remain significantly limited over the next few months. During this transition period, I have limited access to my development machine, which constrains my ability to develop, test, and thoroughly review PRs in a timely manner.

Areas Where Help Is Needed

We're looking for community members who can contribute in the following areas:

1. Docker Support: Building upon Paladinium's excellent work establishing our Docker workflow ([See Paladinium's recent discussion and current needs here](Gather ideas of how to shape the Dockerfile for alltalk beta #378 (comment)))

2. Bug Fixes: Addressing open issues, particularly those affecting core functionality

3. Documentation: Improving setup guides and usage documentation, especially for the new Docker implementation

4. PR Reviews: Helping to review and test submitted pull requests

5. Feature Development: Working on planned enhancements (see our roadmap or open issues)

6. Community Support: Assisting other users in troubleshooting common issues

How to Contribute

If you're interested in contributing, please:

1. Comment below with the area(s) you'd like to help with
2. Check out our [recent PR activity](https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts/pulls) to see current development
3. Review Paladinium's recent Docker integration work if that's your area of interest

Even small contributions make a big difference! Whether you can offer a few hours or more substantial time, all help is sincerely appreciated during this transitional period.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support of AllTalk TTS!

[Tom-Neverwinter]

You have helped many of us as well. can we donate to you? many of us know life can be hard. hoping for the best. thank you

[RenNagasaki]

You have helped many of us as well. can we donate to you? many of us know life can be hard. hoping for the best. thank you

He linked his Ko-Fi on the main page, For easier access, here's his link: https://ko-fi.com/erew123

[danielw97]

I've been a longtime alltalk user, and would first like to thank you for your continued work on the project.
I would be willing to contribute in the areas of bug fixes, and PR reviews assuming that is still needed.
Currently I'm doing final testing on a fix to correct the inference issues with the latest f5-tts update, which I will be submitting as a PR in the next day or two unless someone else gets to it first.

[hardiksd]

Happy to help! Stumbled upon on alltalk just few days ago and so far have tested it and loving it.

Currently, I'm primarily interested in using piper models but happy to contribute to other areas. The first thing I'm trying to enhance is piper streaming api and see if that can be enabled.