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A fast, local neural text to speech system. Try out and download speech models from <https://rhasspy.github.io/piper-samples>.

Examples (5)

Output a WAV [f]ile using a text-to-speech [m]odel (assuming a configuration file at model_path + .json)

echo Thing to say | piper -m path/to/model.onnx -f outputfile.wav

Output a WAV [f]ile using a [m]odel and specifying its JSON [c]onfig file

echo Thing to say | piper -m path/to/model.onnx -c path/to/model.onnx.json -f outputfile.wav

Select a particular speaker in a voice with multiple speakers by specifying the speaker's ID number

echo Warum? | piper -m de_DE-thorsten_emotional-medium.onnx --speaker 1 -f angry.wav

Stream the output to the mpv media player

echo Hello world | piper -m en_GB-northern_english_male-medium.onnx --output-raw -f - | mpv -

Speak twice as fast, with huge gaps between sentences

echo Speaking twice the speed. With added drama! | piper -m file.onnx --length_scale 0.5 --sentence_silence 2 -f drama.wav