TTS: [Bug] Portuguese TTS model on XTTS is pronouncing the "." (dot) character when it happens in a text

Describe the bug

Hello,

It seem a bit of a “oopsie” was made when handling the Portuguese dataset as now the PTBR pronounces the “.” character as ponto every time we insert sentences like:

“Olá, sou seu novo clone de voz. Faça o possível para carregar um áudio de qualidade.”

Here is the output: https://vocaroo.com/1404xnr0Vkmc

It was not supposed to say “ponto”…

It goes like:

“Olá, sou seu novo clone de voz ponto Faça o possível para carregar um áudio de qualidade ponto”

But it should not be like that.

To Reproduce

Set the client to portuguese (pt) then type anything including “.” (dot)

Expected behavior

Not pronouncing dot. The purpose of “.” is to indicate the end of a declarative sentence or to separate certain elements in written text.

Logs

None

Environment

git clone https://huggingface.co/spaces/coqui/xtts
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

Additional context

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