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Picovoice · Aug 27, 2024 · 57db4ac · 57db4ac
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diff --git a/binding/android/README.md b/binding/android/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Made in Vancouver, Canada by [Picovoice](https://picovoice.ai)
 Orca is an on-device streaming text-to-speech engine that is designed for use with LLMs, enabling zero-latency
 voice assistants. Orca is:
 
-- Private; All voice processing runs locally.
+- Private; All speech synthesis runs locally.
 - Cross-Platform:
     - Linux (x86_64), macOS (x86_64, arm64), Windows (x86_64)
     - Android and iOS
@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@ orca.delete()
 
 ### Text input
 
-Orca accepts the 26 lowercase (a-z) and 26 uppercase (A-Z) letters of the English alphabet, numbers,
-basic symbols, as well as common punctuation marks. You can get a list of all supported characters by calling the
-`getValidCharacters()` method provided in the Orca SDK you are using.
+Orca supports a wide range of English characters, including letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks.
+You can get a list of all supported characters by calling `getValidCharacters()`.
 Pronunciations of characters or words not supported by this list can be achieved with
 [custom pronunciations](#custom-pronunciations).
 

diff --git a/binding/ios/README.md b/binding/ios/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Made in Vancouver, Canada by [Picovoice](https://picovoice.ai)
 Orca is an on-device streaming text-to-speech engine that is designed for use with LLMs, enabling zero-latency voice
 assistants. Orca is:
 
-- Private; All voice processing runs locally.
+- Private; All speech synthesis runs locally.
 - Cross-Platform:
     - Linux (x86_64), macOS (x86_64, arm64), Windows (x86_64)
     - Android and iOS
@@ -111,9 +111,8 @@ orca.delete()
 
 ### Text input
 
-Orca accepts the 26 lowercase (a-z) and 26 uppercase (A-Z) letters of the English alphabet, numbers,
-basic symbols, as well as common punctuation marks. You can get a list of all supported characters by calling the
-`validCharacters()` method provided in the Orca SDK you are using.
+Orca supports a wide range of English characters, including letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks. 
+You can get a list of all supported characters by calling `validCharacters()`.
 Pronunciations of characters or words not supported by this list can be achieved with
 [custom pronunciations](#custom-pronunciations).
 

diff --git a/binding/nodejs/README.md b/binding/nodejs/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Made in Vancouver, Canada by [Picovoice](https://picovoice.ai)
 Orca is an on-device streaming text-to-speech engine that is designed for use with LLMs, enabling zero-latency
 voice assistants. Orca is:
 
-- Private; All voice processing runs locally.
+- Private; All speech synthesis runs locally.
 - Cross-Platform:
     - Linux (x86_64), macOS (x86_64, arm64), and Windows (x86_64)
     - Android and iOS
@@ -105,9 +105,8 @@ orca.release()
 
 ### Text input
 
-Orca accepts the 26 lowercase (a-z) and 26 uppercase (A-Z) letters of the English alphabet, numbers,
-basic symbols, as well as common punctuation marks. You can get a list of all supported characters by calling
-`validCharacters()`.
+Orca supports a wide range of English characters, including letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks. 
+You can get a list of all supported characters by calling `validCharacters()`.
 Pronunciations of characters or words not supported by this list can be achieved with
 [custom pronunciations](#custom-pronunciations).
 

diff --git a/binding/python/README.md b/binding/python/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Made in Vancouver, Canada by [Picovoice](https://picovoice.ai)
 Orca is an on-device streaming text-to-speech engine that is designed for use with LLMs, enabling zero-latency
 voice assistants. Orca is:
 
-- Private; All voice processing runs locally.
+- Private; All speech synthesis runs locally.
 - Cross-Platform:
     - Linux (x86_64), macOS (x86_64, arm64), Windows (x86_64)
     - Android and iOS
@@ -106,9 +106,8 @@ orca.delete()
 
 ### Text input
 
-Orca accepts the 26 lowercase (a-z) and 26 uppercase (A-Z) letters of the English alphabet, numbers,
-basic symbols, as well as common punctuation marks. You can get a list of all supported characters by calling the
-`valid_characters()` method provided in the Orca SDK you are using.
+Orca supports a wide range of English characters, including letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks. 
+You can get a list of all supported characters with the `.valid_characters` property.
 Pronunciations of characters or words not supported by this list can be achieved with
 [custom pronunciations](#custom-pronunciations).
 

diff --git a/binding/web/README.md b/binding/web/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Made in Vancouver, Canada by [Picovoice](https://picovoice.ai)
 Orca is an on-device streaming text-to-speech engine that is designed for use with LLMs, enabling zero-latency
 voice assistants. Orca is:
 
-- Private; All voice processing runs locally.
+- Private; All speech synthesis runs locally.
 - Cross-Platform:
     - Linux (x86_64), macOS (x86_64, arm64), and Windows (x86_64)
     - Android and iOS

diff --git a/demo/nodejs/README.md b/demo/nodejs/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Made in Vancouver, Canada by [Picovoice](https://picovoice.ai)
 Orca is an on-device streaming text-to-speech engine that is designed for use with LLMs, enabling zero-latency
 voice assistants. Orca is:
 
-- Private; All voice processing runs locally.
+- Private; All speech synthesis runs locally.
 - Cross-Platform:
     - Linux (x86_64), macOS (x86_64, arm64), Windows (x86_64)
     - Android and iOS

diff --git a/demo/python/README.md b/demo/python/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Made in Vancouver, Canada by [Picovoice](https://picovoice.ai)
 Orca is an on-device streaming text-to-speech engine that is designed for use with LLMs, enabling zero-latency
 voice assistants. Orca is:
 
-- Private; All voice processing runs locally.
+- Private; All speech synthesis runs locally.
 - Cross-Platform:
     - Linux (x86_64), macOS (x86_64, arm64), Windows (x86_64)
     - Android and iOS

diff --git a/demo/python/orca_demo_streaming.py b/demo/python/orca_demo_streaming.py
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ def flush_audio_callback(pcm: Sequence[int]) -> None:
     try:
         print(f"Orca version: {orca.version}\n")
 
-        print(f"Simulated text stream:")
         tokens = tokenize_text(text=text)
 
+        print(f"Simulated text stream:")
         time_start_text_stream = time.time()
         for token in tokens:
             print(f"{token}", end="", flush=True)