sherpa-onnx-tts

name	sherpa-onnx-tts
description	Local text-to-speech via sherpa-onnx (offline, no cloud).
requiredEnv	["SHERPA_ONNX_RUNTIME_DIR","SHERPA_ONNX_MODEL_DIR"]
platforms	["darwin","linux","win32"]
version	1.0.0

sherpa-onnx-tts

Local TTS using the sherpa-onnx offline CLI.

Install

1. Download the runtime for your OS
2. Download a voice model

Runtime downloads:

• macOS: sherpa-onnx-v1.12.23-osx-universal2-shared.tar.bz2
• Linux x64: sherpa-onnx-v1.12.23-linux-x64-shared.tar.bz2
• Windows x64: sherpa-onnx-v1.12.23-win-x64-shared.tar.bz2

From: https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases

Voice model (English, Piper):

• vits-piper-en_US-lessac-high.tar.bz2 from the tts-models release tag

Set the environment variables to point at the extracted directories:

• SHERPA_ONNX_RUNTIME_DIR - path to extracted runtime
• SHERPA_ONNX_MODEL_DIR - path to extracted model (e.g. models/vits-piper-en_US-lessac-high)

Usage

sherpa-onnx-tts -o ./tts.wav "Hello from local TTS."

Notes:

• Pick a different model from the sherpa-onnx tts-models release if you want another voice.
• If the model dir has multiple .onnx files, set SHERPA_ONNX_MODEL_FILE or pass --model-file.
• You can also pass --tokens-file or --data-dir to override the defaults.