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* '''Major Deep Speech Release''' -- Last week our Machine Learning team [https://github.com/mozilla/DeepSpeech/releases/tag/v0.6.0 released version 0.6 of DeepSpeech], our automatic speech recognition engine which aims to make speech recognition technology openly available to developers. DeepSpeech provides a speech-to-text (STT) engine with a [https://deepspeech.readthedocs.io/en/v0.6.0/ simple API] along with pre-trained English models. Version 0.6 offers the highest quality, most feature-packed model so far -- with lower latency and memory utilization, and the addition of TensorFlow Lite support for smaller models and a faster start-up time. This all means that DeepSpeech can provide better STT results faster and on a variety of devices, from data center down to Raspberry Pi. Read more about the new release, and some great community contributions that made it happen, in the team’s [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/12/deepspeech-0-6-mozillas-speech-to-text-engine/ launch blog post].
* '''New Hubs Features''' -- Last week also saw some updates to [https://hubs.mozilla.com/ Hubs]. We launched a new ‘waypoints’ feature, which gives scene creators more control over how users navigate within a space. This was a frequently requested feature from users, and allows scene creators to build rooms that have a simpler onboarding flow and do not require new users to learn movement controls before being able to participate in a meeting or event. There are also new emoting options available for Hubs users! Emojis are now 3D and express particles when moved around. This gives users the ability to direct sentiment to other people in a room, and provide a more dynamic expression that works with all avatars. Spend some time in Hubs (like for the weekly Project Call) and check it out!
* '''State of Rust Survey 2019''' -- The Rust Community Team has launched the annual [https://blog.rust-lang.org/2019/12/03/survey-launch.html State of Rust Survey] to take a look at how the Rust project is doing, and what we should plan for the future. Completing this survey takes about 10–15 minutes and is anonymous unless users opt in, so we’d love to hear from you. We will be accepting submissions until December 16th. You can see the [https://blog.rust-lang.org/2018/11/27/Rust-survey-2018.html results] of last year’s survey if you’re curious about the kind of feedback we get.
== December 2nd, 2019 ==
