
Alex Wengg developed a native Mandarin Chinese Grapheme-to-Phoneme (G2P) pipeline for the Blaizzy/mlx-audio repository, replacing the previous eSpeak-ng-based workflow to enhance Kokoro TTS synthesis. Leveraging Swift and integrating HuggingFace resources, Alex implemented robust word segmentation, pinyin conversion, tone sandhi, and Bopomofo mapping, enabling accurate Mandarin text-to-speech output. The work included end-to-end support for downloading Chinese TTS models and G2P dictionaries, streamlining model provisioning for downstream users. Although no major bugs were addressed during this period, the focus on feature delivery and stabilization demonstrated depth in natural language processing and machine learning integration within the TTS domain.

Concise monthly summary for Blaizzy/mlx-audio (2025-12): Delivered a native Mandarin Chinese G2P pipeline for Kokoro TTS, replacing the prior eSpeak-ng-based workflow, and enabling Mandarin TTS synthesis with robust segmentation, pinyin conversion, tone sandhi, and Bopomofo mapping. Added end-to-end support for downloading Chinese TTS models and G2P dictionaries from HuggingFace to streamline model provisioning. Code updated to support Kokoro-82M-v1.1-zh MLX (commit a8016fba891953d243d6a878c7e5d5d94fb1003c). No major bugs fixed this month; focus remained on feature delivery and stabilizing the new Mandarin G2P pipeline for downstream users.
Concise monthly summary for Blaizzy/mlx-audio (2025-12): Delivered a native Mandarin Chinese G2P pipeline for Kokoro TTS, replacing the prior eSpeak-ng-based workflow, and enabling Mandarin TTS synthesis with robust segmentation, pinyin conversion, tone sandhi, and Bopomofo mapping. Added end-to-end support for downloading Chinese TTS models and G2P dictionaries from HuggingFace to streamline model provisioning. Code updated to support Kokoro-82M-v1.1-zh MLX (commit a8016fba891953d243d6a878c7e5d5d94fb1003c). No major bugs fixed this month; focus remained on feature delivery and stabilizing the new Mandarin G2P pipeline for downstream users.
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