Neural network based TTS Engine.

If you want to just play around with the TTS, this works as stand-alone.

python3 glados-tts/glados.py

the TTS Engine can also be used remotely on a machine more powerful then the Pi to process in house TTS: (executed from glados-tts directory

python3 engine-remote.py

Default port is 8124 Be sure to update settings.env variable in your main Glados-voice-assistant directory:

TTS_ENGINE_API			= http://192.168.1.3:8124/synthesize/

The initial, regular Tacotron model was trained first on LJSpeech, and then on a heavily modified version of the Ellen McClain dataset (all non-Portal 2 voice lines removed, punctuation added).

• The Forward Tacotron model was only trained on about 600 voice lines.
• The HiFiGAN model was generated through transfer learning from the sample.
• All models have been optimized and quantized.

If you want to install the TTS Engine on your machine, please follow the steps below.

1. Install the espeak synthesizer according to the installation instructions for your operating system.
2. Install the required Python packages, e.g., by running pip install -r requirements.txt