Layla v3.12.0 has been published!

In this update, we have significantly improved character loading times by integrating a parallel processing library OpenBLAS.

OpenBLAS is an optimized BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) library based on GotoBLAS2 1.13 BSD version. See: https://github.com/OpenMathLib/OpenBLAS

Since neural networks are ALL linear algebra, by utilising optimised algorithms that take advantage of CPU multi-processors, we are able to improve both character processing times and response times.

For big characters (characters with long prompts), it has been observed to improve loading times by more than 30% on a Samsung S23 Ultra Snapdragon CPU.

Full Changelog

New features:

• significantly improved character loading and long message processing times by integrating OpenBLAS, a CPU parallel processing library

• New app: Piper Text to Voice - English (Great Britain) accent!

Improvements:

• advanced settings screen now saves and validates settings on exit, instead of as you type

• added advanced settings in character creation