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    :alt: Coqui STT logo
 
 
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    :target: https://stt.readthedocs.io/?badge=latest
    :alt: Documentation
 
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    :alt: Contributor Covenant
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 **Coqui STT** (🐸STT) is an open-source deep-learning toolkit for training and deploying speech-to-text models. 🐸STT is battle tested in both production and research 🚀
 
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 1. `Github Discussions <https://github.com/coqui-ai/stt/discussions/>`_ - find and join open-ended community discussions related to 🐸STT
 
-2. `Matrix Chat <https://matrix.to/#/+coqui:matrix.org>`_ - the 🐸 Matrix channel where you can chat with folks about 🐸STT, get help, share ideas :)
+2. `Gitter Room <https://gitter.im/coqui-ai/STT?utm_source=share-link&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=share-link>`_ - the 🐸 Matrix channel where you can chat with folks about 🐸STT, get help, share ideas :)
 
 3. `Github Issues <https://github.com/coqui-ai/stt/issues>`_ - If you ran into a specific error/problem, feel free to open an issue in the repo.