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 "title": "Study a deterministic, LLM-free text to audio pipeline",
 "page_title": "How to study a deterministic, LLM-free text to audio pipeline with TLDR Radio",
 "summary": "Run the dev setup to see how parse, template script and Kokoro TTS produce reproducible audio.",
 "who": "A developer who wants newsletter audio without model hallucinations.",
 "problem": "LLM-written scripts can change facts.",
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  "Start TTS with `docker run -d -p 8880:8880 --name kokoro ghcr.io/remsky/kokoro-fastapi-cpu`",
  "Create a venv and install requirements-dev.txt",
  "Run the app with uvicorn on port 7777",
  "Broadcast a day and inspect the SQLite data and mp3 files"
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 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The CPU Kokoro image works but synthesis of a full day takes a few minutes.",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Docker",
  "About 5 GB of disk for images"
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