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 "repo": "KittenML/KittenTTS",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS",
 "repo_slug": "kittenml-kittentts",
 "title": "Add natural speech to a Python app in a few lines",
 "page_title": "Kitten TTS tutorial: add local text to speech to a Python app",
 "summary": "Install kittenml, load Kitten-TTS 2 and write speech to a WAV file with a preset voice.",
 "who": "A developer building a voice assistant prototype on a laptop without a GPU.",
 "problem": "Cloud TTS adds latency, cost and a dependency.",
 "outcome": "WAV files generated locally from text with a chosen voice.",
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  "Install with `pip install kittenml`",
  "Load the model with Kitten TTS(\"KittenML/kitten-tts-2\")",
  "Call generate with your text and a voice such as WeatherPresenterCheerful",
  "Write the audio with soundfile at m.sample_rate"
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  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Use weights=\"emb4\" to halve the download if bandwidth or disk is tight.",
 "category": "Content",
 "tags": [
  "Content"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python with pip",
  "A CPU is enough for the lightweight models; Kitten-TTS 2 runs realtime on CPUs and consumer GPUs per the README"
 ],
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 "mentioned_publicly": false,
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