Using a TTS service that allows for SSML is a good way to customize your TTS voice without using genAI to make it unique, it's a way to change the pitch, rate and timbre among others for the "standard" voices.

This is a cool list, thanks for including Bikubot!

Now I do not have much knowledge about linux, but I do build a .rpm, .dep and .AppImage (auto updates) and so far no problems from the few linux user I do have.

Ah, that's fair and you are correct, there is not much official info out there, I have mostly relied on "word-of-mouth" for info and spreading the bot or videos made by others.

I should really update the Patreon, that Trello is years old, it's been left like so, as I moved most things to discord.

Yes, Bikubot uses AWS Polly for TTS. It never had a system where the bot can "generate responses", it was to be added at one point, but the community had a respectful conversation and I learned a lot and after that I took a stance against it.

I would be interested to know what you mean with vague?

Sorry about the late reply, are you trying to backup the bot? Are you in settings > accounts > and trying to use the backup bot button?

Also a big shoutout to our 2nd place winner @undere.bsky.social
and our 3rd place winner @maxdowt.bsky.social , together with all the other people who entered with fantastic designs, they could all be top place in my eyes!

Depends, there is one "broken" thing, as with recent versions of OBS the old Websocket connection can't affect newly created Text sources, so Bikubot has moved to using the build in websocket other then that its "just" a few more features.

Will be honest and say that the Mac version has fallen behind the Windows version, but in the final stages of catching up (it's out in pre-release branch). When it comes to tutorial I mostly rely on community videos as I am not at making them myself and a full up working the bot itself :)

The prizes are:
1st place 300 USD
2nd place 100 USD
3rd Place 50 USD
Entry, rules and all information can be found at: forms.gle/EeZYyHGYEC17...

It will be soon, have pinged you in the discord as I like some information to help with the mac versions going forward.

If you are still interested in using Bikubot, we did with the latest update move to the build it Websocket that comes with OBS, did you move to this? If you still have problem, feel free to ask for help in our discord!