v1.2.2

Release Highlights:

• API Key Storage Enhancement: To resolve issues with script readability, API keys will no longer be encrypted in Data Jar. Previously, encryption caused errors that prevented the Shortcut from reading the API key. Storing keys unencrypted will ensure seamless script functionality.

• New Playlist Selection Option: Users can now choose between Apple Music or Spotify playlists. Note: Spotify must be already open for the playlist to play automatically. Currently working on a solution to improve this process.

• ElevenLabs Voice Settings Enhancement: Changed the settings in ElevenLabs voices to reduce exaggerated speech patterns, ensuring a more natural and pleasant listening experience.

v1.2.1

Release Highlights:

• New Model Integration: This update simplifies the model options from 4 to 3. Users now have three distinct models to choose from: ChatGPT-3.5-Turbo, which now points to ChatGPT-3.5-Turbo-0125; ChatGPT-4 has been upgraded to ChatGPT-4-Turbo; and the newly introduced ChatGPT-4o is now available. This adjustment aims to simplify model selection while maintaining advanced capabilities.

• Voice List Update: The voice list of ElevenLabs has been refreshed, removing the following voices that are no longer available:
  • AMERICAN: Bella, Elli, Domi, Ryan, Thomas
  • BRITISH: Matthew
  • SPECIAL: Santa Claus

v1.2

Release Highlights:

• Integrated the ChatGPT-4-Turbo model, combining GPT-4's advanced reasoning with enhanced processing speed for quicker, more efficient responses, also added the ChatGPT-3.5-Turbo-1106 variant, which offers an upgraded performance on the 3.5-Turbo model for scenarios requiring incremental improvements in response quality while maintaining high efficiency and speed.

• Prompt Output Enhancement: Improved the prompt's output for more human-like interactions, ensuring users receive more valuable and relevant information.

• Flexible Speech Output Provider Options: Introduced the option to choose between OpenAI and ElevenLabs for voice output, giving users the flexibility to select their preferred text-to-speech provider.

• ElevenLabs Voice Setting Enhancements: Added the ability to customise voice style and speaker boost feature, providing users greater control and a more enriched audio experience.

• Expanded ElevenLabs Voice Selection: Added new voices for speech output customisation.

  Available Voices:

  • American: American: Bill, Drew, Paul
  • British: George, Lily
  • Special: Santa Claus

v1.1.2

Release Highlights:

• Enhanced Podcast Selection Logic: Upgraded the podcast selection mechanism in the shortcut, coupled with improvements in the customisation process, resulting in a more intuitive and user-friendly experience for users.

• Prompt Output Enhancement: Improved the prompt's output for more human-like interactions, ensuring users receive more valuable and relevant information.

v1.1.1

Release Highlights:

• Shortcut Actions Revision: Streamlined the Shortcut actions for increased efficiency.

• Prompt Clarity Improvement: Enhanced the prompt for clearer and more understandable output.

v1.1

Release Highlights:

• Token Customisation Option: Introduced the ability for users to customise the number of tokens used in content generation. Note: The maximum token count is shared between the prompt and completion sections, and the limit varies depending on the model. On average, one token equals about 4 characters in standard English.

• Expanded Voice Selection: Added new voices for speech output customisation. Remember, testing these voices counts towards the 10,000-character limit on free accounts.

  Available Voices:

  • American: Adam, Antoni, Arnold, Bella, Callum, Clyde, Daniel, Dave, Domi, Elli, Emily, Ethan, Freya, Gigi, Glinda, Grace (American-Southern), Harry, Jeremy (American-Irish), Jessie, Josh, Liam, Matilda, Michael, Nicole, Patrick, Rachel, Ryan, Sam, Serena, Thomas
  • Australian: Charlie, James
  • British: Dave (Essex), Dorothy, Joseph, Matthew
  • Irish: Fin
  • Italian (English): Giovanni
  • Swedish (English): Charlotte, Mimi

v1.0.8.1

Release Highlights:

• Improved prompt output, added missing setups.

v1.0.8

Release Highlights:

• Small improvements in the prompt and audio output.

v1.0.7

v1.0.7

Release Highlights:

• Language Model Choices: Users can now choose between Monolingual and Multilingual models from ElevenLabs. The Monolingual model focuses on standard English, while the Multilingual model offers diverse dialogue in several languages. Note: The Multilingual model is in beta and may produce unpredictable results for long texts.

• Latency Optimisation Settings: Implemented new settings for controlling latency with potential trade-offs in quality.

  • 0: Default (no optimisations)
  • 1: Normal latency optimisations
  • 2: Strong latency optimisations
  • 3: Maximum latency optimisations
  • 4: Maximum optimisations with text normaliser off (may affect pronunciation accuracy)

• Voice Quality Improvements: Adjusted stability and similarity parameters for better voice output.

v1.0.6

Release Highlights:

• Users can now adjust ChatGPT's Temperature, Top P, Frequency Penalty, and Presence Penalty Settings and ElevenLabs' Voice Stability and Similarity. Note: Decimal division is based on device region settings.
• Added the ability to listen to a favourite playlist or podcast after receiving the daily summary.