Not sure if it quite fits here, but I wanted to shout out a TTS browser extension Read Aloud.
from Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 00:33
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/53845135

github.com/ken107/read-aloud

In addition to Piper voices which run locally in a browser and are quite good on their own, they also added Supertonic voices recently, which sound even better, are also running locally/synthesized in-browser and are even faster and lighter.

I’m usually too lazy to read long articles, so this extension is pretty convenient, I can just play and listen to it while I do something else.

#selfhosted

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MIXEDUNIVERS@discuss.tchncs.de on 30 Jan 12:46 next collapse

nice but i’m searching for a Android tts-engine that replaces my google-engine but i cant find something remotly good sounding

calmluck9349@infosec.pub on 30 Jan 12:58 collapse

SherpaTTS is what you are looking for. Uses the same Piper voices I think. Sherpa is what I use on my grapheneos phone google free.

HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 17:48 collapse

We love open source projects around here. That being said, this web browser extension isn’t self-hosted. Only going to lock the post so others can still know about the project.