v0.1: Robovoice — PTT re-voicing app

WinForms tray app that captures text (from file or direct input) and
synthesizes speech via libpiper (Piper TTS), outputting to any audio
device (VB-CABLE for virtual mic routing).

Features:
- Global PTT hotkey (configurable F1-F12) via WH_KEYBOARD_LL
- Text file sequential reader (line-by-line on each PTT cycle)
- Direct text input with Speak button
- Voice manager: browse 147-voice Piper catalogue, download, remove
- libpiper P/Invoke wrapper with UTF-8 marshaling, streaming chunks
- BufferedWaveProvider streaming playback with trailing silence flush
- Sentence terminator auto-append (fixes espeak-ng final-word drop)
- Tray icon with minimize-to-tray

Architecture:
- Robovoice.Core: ITtsEngine, ISttSource interfaces, voice catalogue
- Robovoice.Tts.LibPiper: P/Invoke wrapper for libpiper.dll
- Robovoice.Stt.File: text file STT source (testing without mic server)
- Robovoice.Stt.Udp: UDP client stub (for future Linux mic server)
- Robovoice.App: WinForms UI, orchestrator, PTT hotkey, audio output
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using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace Robovoice.Tts.LibPiper;
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal struct PiperSynthesizeOptions
{
public int SpeakerId;
public float LengthScale;
public float NoiseScale;
public float NoiseWScale;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal struct PiperAudioChunk
{
public IntPtr Samples;
public nuint NumSamples;
public int SampleRate;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U1)]
public bool IsLast;
public IntPtr Phonemes;
public nuint NumPhonemes;
public IntPtr PhonemeIds;
public nuint NumPhonemeIds;
public IntPtr Alignments;
public nuint NumAlignments;
}
internal static class PiperNative
{
private const string LibName = "piper";
public const int PiperOk = 0;
public const int PiperDone = 1;
public const int PiperErrGeneric = -1;
[DllImport(LibName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern IntPtr piper_create(
IntPtr modelPath,
IntPtr configPath,
IntPtr espeakDataPath);
[DllImport(LibName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern void piper_free(IntPtr synth);
[DllImport(LibName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern PiperSynthesizeOptions piper_default_synthesize_options(IntPtr synth);
[DllImport(LibName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern int piper_synthesize_start(
IntPtr synth,
IntPtr text,
in PiperSynthesizeOptions options);
[DllImport(LibName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern int piper_synthesize_next(
IntPtr synth,
out PiperAudioChunk chunk);
[DllImport(LibName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern IntPtr piper_version();
}