Release notes 5.1.0

Release date: 16th July 2024

Summary

This page highlights all the changes, new features and bugs addressed within the LumenVox Containers version 5.1.0 release. This change affects Speech products. This version is not available for Voice biometric products, this will be made available in upcoming releases.

This release builds upon the 5.0.0 release - see LumenVox Containers Release Notes 5.0.0 - Product Management - Confluence (atlassian.net)

Highlights

Custom language model & ITN/post processing delivered for Apple
Enhanced transcription now supported in the analysis portal
Resolved issues with exporting & importing large datasets in the Analysis Portal
New APIs released to invoke the diagnostic services performed by the Deployment Portal
Various issues addressed - see detail below

*Note: For TTS, we recommend that text not exceed 4mb (this is roughly 1300 Characters with spaces or around 250 words)

**Note: For Transcription, we recommend that users not exceed 90 minutes of transcribed audio due to gRPC size limits.

What’s new on LumenVox Cloud 5.1.0 (For internal & external use)

Updates

Custom language model & post processing delivered for Apple
Enhanced transcription now supported in the analysis portal
Resolved issues with exporting & importing large datasets in the analysis portal
Unable to close interaction on new session stream issue resolved
Random "." added incorrectly during the normalisation in ITN process resolved
Channel Identifier in MRCP contains invalid character '-" which breaks client integration resolved
Grammar uri to builtin grammar not working issue resolved
Infosec issues with containers running as root have been addressed
Certs were using relative paths instead of absolute paths. Certs now written to the /certs folder.

Installation notes

The following helm chart can be used

Helm Chart

Note that for MRCP there is no helm chart but a docker compose file. MRCP will run on its own Docker virtual machine which will integrate into the Kubernetes cluster.

Note: There have been helm charts changes - please ensure that if you have custom helm charts that you take note of all the changes before installing/upgrading e.g. licensing has moved from common to global - looking for custom license guid

If installing for MRCP - notes that the conf file settings for MRCP API have been replaced with environment variables e.g. to enable compatibility mode.

Upgrade procedures

Upgrade or migration from previous versions is supported. Please contact LumenVox to discuss. See notes above

Updated API guide

APIs for all speech products available on version 5.1 can be obtained here: https://developer.lumenvox.com/

Information for voice biometric products relates to version 3.4.0-3.4.3

Model versions as part of the release

ASR - 4.1.0

TTS - 1.0 sample rate 22

VB - 2.1.15

VB incorporates Selene 2.4.3 which was integrated into the Container stack

Model version changes

None

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