feat: Piper TTS service (Issue #421) #425

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sl-mechanical	9e3e586fca	feat: Issue #421 - Piper TTS service with queue + priority + Jabra output - Central ROS2 TTS node using Piper (offline ONNX speech synthesis) - Subscribe to /saltybot/tts_request (String messages) for TTS requests - Priority queue management with interrupt capability - Audio output to Jabra device via ALSA/PulseAudio - Configurable voice, speed, pitch, and volume parameters - Publish /saltybot/tts_state (idle/synthesizing/playing) for status tracking - Preload Piper model on startup for faster synthesis - Queue management with configurable max size (default 16) - Non-blocking async playback via worker thread - Complete ROS2 package with launch file and tests	2026-03-04 23:32:21 -05:00

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feat: Issue #421 - Piper TTS service with queue + priority + Jabra output

- Central ROS2 TTS node using Piper (offline ONNX speech synthesis)
- Subscribe to /saltybot/tts_request (String messages) for TTS requests
- Priority queue management with interrupt capability
- Audio output to Jabra device via ALSA/PulseAudio
- Configurable voice, speed, pitch, and volume parameters
- Publish /saltybot/tts_state (idle/synthesizing/playing) for status tracking
- Preload Piper model on startup for faster synthesis
- Queue management with configurable max size (default 16)
- Non-blocking async playback via worker thread
- Complete ROS2 package with launch file and tests

2026-03-04 23:32:21 -05:00

feat: Piper TTS service (Issue #421) #425

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