Text to Speech – Natural Voice [Linux]

[thumbtak]

$ echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bashrc

$ echo 'command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc

$ echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc

$ pip install piper-tts

$ more text.txt | piper --cuda --model en_GB-alba-medium --output_file TTS.wav

Example Voice: https://taksshack.com/forums/topic/great-job-phone-network-employs/

[thumbtak]

Updated command:

$ python3.11 -m venv myenv

$ source myenv/bin/activate

$ pip install piper-tts

British Voice

$ more text.txt | piper --cuda --model en_GB-alba-medium --output_file TTS.wav

US English Voice

$ more text.txt | piper --cuda --model en_US-lessac-medium --output_file TTS.wav

Note:
Make sure your txt file exists, and that it has text in it, in the correct folder. Also, note that myenv is the name of the container/folder you want to use.

• This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by thumbtak. Reason: Added US English voice

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