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 "title": "Run on-device speech on a CPU with Chatterbox-Nano",
 "page_title": "How to run on-device speech on a CPU with Chatterbox-Nano with Chatterbox",
 "summary": "Load the 110M Nano model through the Turbo class to generate speech without a GPU.",
 "who": "A developer targeting laptops, edge boxes or cheap servers.",
 "problem": "Most good TTS models need a GPU.",
 "outcome": "Speech generated on CPU with the same tag support as Turbo.",
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  "Install with `pip install chatterbox-tts`",
  "Load ChatterboxTurboTTS.from_pretrained with nano=True and device set to cpu",
  "Call model.generate with your text and a reference clip",
  "Save the WAV and compare speed with Turbo"
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 "requirements": [
  "Python 3.11 (developed and tested on Debian 11)",
  "A CUDA GPU for Turbo and Multilingual; Nano also runs on CPU",
  "A short reference audio clip if you want to clone a voice"
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