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Pocket TTS Demo: I cloned Rajnikanth's voice on my machine, kinda!

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Pocket TTS Demo: I cloned Rajnikanth's voice on my machine, kinda! I tried pocket-tts from kyutai labs and, with a short audio clip, ended up with a voice that sounded oddly familiar. No GPU setup, no cloud stack, just with my mac. Pocket TTS is a lightweight, CPU-friendly TTS demo. It can speak with a built-in voice or clone a voice from a short audio clip. 🔗 Demo Repository: Check out the full demo on GitHub The repo stays lean: one entry script ( src/pocket_tts_demo.py ), a Docker runner ( run.sh ), and helpers that keep the flow smooth. Both paths lead to the same moment: your text turns into a WAV file under output/ . The quick path If you like containers, the flow is: ./run.sh build ./run.sh run --voice alba --text "Hello, this is a test" --output /app/output/test.wav If you prefer Python: pip install pocket-tts --no-deps pip install ...