Add note about legal issues when using gTTS in public or commercial projects #2972
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originally opened in the OVOS plugin repo
I've just posted an issue about potential legal issues with this API in the gTTS repo: pndurette/gTTS#309
From the plugin description people will only understand that the service can break anytime but there are more risks. Imagine someone will build a system that goes into "production" with this plugin active (you know how people are ^^) and commercializes it. In the best case Google will just ask the owner to shut it down, in the worst case they will get sued :-/.
Personally I don't think an undocumented and unstable API moving in a legal gray area should be included in a system called OpenVoiceOS. For the same reasons it is not part of SEPIA OpenAssistant Framework.
That said I know first hand how hard it is to find an alternative that has comparable quality, is free (=self-hosted) and fast enough to run on Raspberry Pi etc., but I think services like gTTS are just a distraction on the path to become really "open"!
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