Opensource modern TTS engines for Android are now available! - SLRPNK
slrpnk.netI just found this. Main page [https://k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/index.html]
This is huge! As a german, I use thorsten medium
[https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk/resolve/main/tts-engine-new/1.10.26/sherpa-onnx-1.10.26-arm64-v8a-de-tts-engine-vits-piper-de_DE-thorsten-medium.apk]
as he simply made the best dataset. Mixing english with german, speaking
numbers, single letters, pausing without a “.” but just a linebreak, all those
can be essential. And… it is nearly perfect! And all local! This is crazy!
eSpeak can finally go to rest!
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Speech to text exists with FUTO keyboard and whisper.
Espeak is the only TTS for german, and it is 32bit and sounds awful. It is quite embarassing to use that for navigating with other people used to… modern voices.