Merge branch 'erew123:main' into main

README.md

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 **ERROR** `ImportError: cannot import name 'SampleOutput' from 'transformers.generation.utils'` please see this issue [here](https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts/issues/82)
 
 ### 🟩 Quick Setup (Text-generation-webui & Standalone Installation)
-For Windows 10/11 and Linux machines there is a quick setup script. Please note, Python on Windows requires you install the C++ development [tools](https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers) to compile packages, further details can be found in the help section. 
+For Windows 10/11 and Linux machines there is a quick setup script. Please note, Python on Windows requires you install the C++ development [tools](https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers) to compile packages, further details can be found in the help section.
 
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  If you wish to see this as a video, please go [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icn2XS5rUH8)
 1) To download the AllTalk setup you can either:
-   - A) On this page select **CODE** > **Download ZIP** then extract it to the text-generation-webui extensions folder<br>e.g. `\text-generation-webui\extensions\alltalk_tts\`<br><br>
+   - A) Go to the [Releases page](https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts/releases) and download the latest `alltalk_tts.zip` then extract it to the text-generation-webui extensions folder<br>e.g. `\text-generation-webui\extensions\alltalk_tts\`.<br><br>
    - B) Go to a terminal/console, move into the `\text-generation-webui\extensions\` folder<br>and `git clone https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts`<br><br>
 3) In a terminal/command prompt, in the text-generation-webui folder you will start its Python environment with either `cmd_windows.bat` or `./cmd_linux.sh`
 4) Move into the AllTalk folder e.g. `cd extensions` then `cd alltalk_tts`
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  If you wish to see this as a video, please go [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQYCccDRbaY)
 1) To download the AllTalk setup you can either:
-   - A) On this page select **CODE** > **Download ZIP** then extract it to the folder of your choice<br>e.g. `C:\myfiles\alltalk_tts\`<br><br>
+   - A) Go to the [Releases page](https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts/releases) and download the latest `alltalk_tts.zip` and extract it to the folder of your choice<br>e.g. `C:\myfiles\alltalk_tts\`.<br><br>
    - B) Go to a terminal/console, move into the folder of your choice e.g `C:\myfiles\` folder<br>and `git clone https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts`<br><br>
 4) In a terminal/command prompt, move into the AllTalk folder e.g. `cd alltalk_tts`
 5) Start the AllTalk setup script `atsetup.bat` or `./atsetup.sh`
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    Please read the `🟩 Other installation notes` (also additional voices are available there).
 
+   You cannot have a dash in your folder path e.g. `c:\myfiles\alltalk_tts-main` so please ensure you remove any `-` from your folder path. This is a conda specific requirement and will cause AllTalk not to start at all.
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    Finetuning has other installation requirements so please read any instructions in the setup utility and refer back here to this page for detailed instructions.<br><br>
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 Also, is your text-generation-webui up to date? [instructions here](https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui?tab=readme-ov-file#how-to-install)
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+#### 🟨 Standalone Install - start_{youros}.xx opens and closes instantly and AllTalk doesnt start
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+This is more than likely caused by having a `-` in your folder path e.g. `c:\myfiles\alltalk_tts-main`. In this circumstance you would be best renaming the folder to remove the `-` from its name e.g. `c:\myfiles\alltalk_tts`, delete the `alltalk_environment` folder and `start_alltalk.bat` or `start_alltalk.sh` and then re-run `atsetup` to re-create the environment and startup files. 
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 #### 🟨 I am having problems getting AllTalk to start after changing settings or making a custom setup/model setup.
 
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