larssand e8a2799a92 feat(audio): add offline local neural voice via Piper (sv + en) ...

Announcements can use Piper, a free local neural TTS, instead of the browser's system
voice. No account, no paid service, and it keeps working with no internet at the track.

- npm run tts:install (or Settings -> Audio -> Install) downloads the standalone Piper
  release for Linux/Windows/macOS plus Swedish and English voices into piper/ once
- server/tts.js generates each line once, one at a time, and caches it as WAV under
  data/tts/; a new line takes ~0.3 s with the standalone build
- src/piper_speech.js plays it and falls back to the browser voice if Piper is missing,
  errors, or takes over 2.5 s, so no announcement is lost and timing is never held up
- "Pre-generate phrases and driver names" renders every fixed phrase and name in both
  languages before race day

Browser voice stays the default. Generation routes fall under the admin PIN.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-09-27 19:28:15 +02:00

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