# News

## Roadmap

```{warning}
   Please bear in mind that all plans below are tentative and subject to change.
```

### Version 5.0 (Planned for 2027)

* Removal of legacy alignment commands
  * Legacy models can still be used with previous versions of MFA
* Support for neural network acoustic models

### Version 4.0 (Planned for end of 2026)

* Deprecation of legacy model usage
  * Commands for {ref}`align_hf`, {ref}`adapt_hf`, and {ref}`align_one_hf` will be renamed to {ref}`align`, {ref}`adapt`, and {ref}`align_one` and 3.4 {ref}`align`, {ref}`adapt`, and {ref}`align_one` will be renamed {ref}`align_legacy`, {ref}`adapt_legacy`, and {ref}`align_one_legacy`
* Refactor and code clean up
* Broad phone sets with modular implementation of phonological rules
* Richer lexicon support

### Version 3.4 (Released)

* {ref}`changelog_3.4`



```{toctree}
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news_3.4.rst
changelog_3.4.rst
changelog_3.3.rst
changelog_3.2.rst
changelog_3.1.rst
news_3.0.rst
changelog_3.0.rst
changelog_2.2.rst
news_2.1.rst
changelog_2.1.rst
news_2.0.rst
changelog_2.0.rst
changelog_2.0_pre_release.rst
news_1.1.rst
changelog_1.0.rst
```