I just found this.
This is huge!
As a german, I use thorsten medium 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!
To those late to the party, you can sample the piper-related voices here so that you’re not in a crapshoot: https://rhasspy.github.io/piper-samples/
This is amazing! If you are looking for US EN and use a phone with arm64 I can recommend sherpa-onnx-1.10.27-arm64-v8a-en-tts-vits-piper-en_US-kristin-medium and sherpa-onnx-1.10.27-arm64-v8a-en-tts-vits-piper-en_US-norman-medium.
Edit: I don’t seem to be able to get the engine to show up as a tts engine but it works well within the tts app itself. Hopefully I’ll find a fix I’ve been searching for a good tts engine for android eBook apps.
Edit 2. Fixed I mistakenly downloaded the standalone version from https://k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/tts/apk.html instead of https://k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/tts/apk-engine.html
eSpeak is a damn good conversation starter. If I fire up my OsmAnd and some german robot with a dutch accent (or is it Kölsch?!) starts giving me directions noone ever not commented on it. Downloading Thorsten Medium right now.
I there a way to install multiple languages? I, for example, would like to install both English and German so that I can switch between them depending on the language of the text.
How do I install it, I don’t understand
Search, click on link, install, open app, open android settings, search for tts, enable the app as tts
Uhm that is the site I have linked
Trust me, I checked 3 times and that tiny link isnt making it easier XD
You linked the download apk directly, not the index with all the apk’s.
Edited my previous reply for you to see the url better
No the main link in the post is exactly the same.
You edited it. Lmao why you messing with me.
I added the same link also to the text so that you can find it there too.
Click on either of these links, they are the same
I don’t mnow what to search. I downloaded a package from github releases android.bz2but it doesn’t have any apk.
Yeah well you need a .apk XD
just search for
- your language
- your android architecture (normally modern phones use arm64 or aarch64 or arm v8a
- your preferred model, or just try out all
Example
Might want to link to the official page for a bit more context
For context really, because figuring out the android install there ain’t a straight thing.
I’ve been using these TTS for a few months now, and I’m seriously impressed with its quality, considering it’s running all in local as OP said. I always find funny when it tells me to TURN LAFT ON THE NEXT ROUND… ABOUT, but that’s a really minor nit picking, overall audio quality is amazing.
