Python Text To Speech (With Coqui TTS)

0-PY-TTS.MD

PYTHON TEXT TO SPEECH WITH COQUI TTS

• https://code-boxx.com/python-text-to-speech-coqui-ai/
• https://github.com/coqui-ai

REQUIREMENTS

1. Python 3.8 - 3.10 should work properly.
2. Microsoft C++ Build Tools - https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
3. espeak - https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases

NOTES

Run unpack.bat (Windows) unpack.sh (Linux/Mac). This will:

• Create and activate a virtual environment.
• Install Coqui.
• Run 2-convery.py

CUDA NOT AVAILABLE ERROR

• Visit https://pytorch.org/. Scroll down to "install Pytorch", and select the respective version for your platform.
• Copy-paste the command in your terminal, append --force-reinstall to the end.
• E.G. pip3 install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118 --force-reins tall

LICENSE

Copyright by Code Boxx

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1-demo.py

from TTS.api import TTS
tts = TTS(model_name="tts_models/en/ljspeech/vits", progress_bar=True, gpu=True)
tts.tts_to_file("YES! Text to speech works like magic.", file_path="OUTPUT.wav")

2-convert.py

"""
(X) NOTES
(X1) to get list of models
 - run "tts --list_models" in command line
 - or open "venv\lib\site-packages\tts\.models.json"
(X2) if model has multiple speakers, check tts\model\speaker_ids.json
(X3) edit "tts\model\config.json" to control voices
 - length_scale = speed (more is slower)
 - noise_scale  = speech variation (more is dynamic)
"""

# (A) LOAD MODULES
from TTS.utils.manage import ModelManager
from TTS.utils.synthesizer import Synthesizer
import os

# (B) SETTINGS
PATH_BASE = os.path.dirname(__file__)
SET_TXT = os.path.join(PATH_BASE, "narrate.txt")
SET_SAVE = os.path.join(PATH_BASE, "output.wav")
SET_MODEL = "tts_models/en/vctk/vits"
SET_SPEAKER = "p274"

# (C) MODEL MANAGER
manager = ModelManager(
  models_file = PATH_BASE + "/venv/Lib/site-packages/TTS/.models.json",
  output_prefix = PATH_BASE,
  progress_bar = True
)
model_path, config_path, model_item = manager.download_model(SET_MODEL)
if model_item["default_vocoder"] is None:
  voc_path = None
  voc_config_path = None
else:
  voc_path, voc_config_path, _ = manager.download_model(model_item["default_vocoder"])

# (D) SYNTHESIZER
syn = Synthesizer(  
  tts_checkpoint = model_path,
  tts_config_path = config_path,
  vocoder_checkpoint = voc_path,
  vocoder_config = voc_config_path,
  use_cuda = True
)

# (E) OUTPUT
output = syn.tts(
  text = open(SET_TXT, "r").read(),
  speaker_name = SET_SPEAKER
)
syn.save_wav(output, SET_SAVE)

narrate.txt

Hello world! This is a random paragraph and TTS works!

unpack.bat

virtualenv venv
call venv\Scripts\activate
pip install tts
python 2-convert.py

unpack.sh

virtualenv venv
source "venv/bin/activate"
pip install tts
python 2-convert.py