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# AI4Bharat-TTS Inference
Text-to-Speech models trained by [AI4Bhārat](https://ai4bharat.iitm.ac.in) for 15 major languages spoken in the Indian Republic, supporting both male and female speakers.
## Details
### Dataset
The models were trained using [the TTS dataset built by IIT-M's SMT Lab](https://www.iitm.ac.in/donlab/tts/database.php).
### Languages
The list of 15 languages include Indian-English, 2 Tibeto-Burman languages (Bodo & Meitei from northeast) and 12 Indic languages (4 Dravidian from South-India and 8 Indo-Aryan from Northern-India).
| **Language** | **Code** | **Speakers** | **Script** | **Family** | **Native Region** |
|--------------|----------|--------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
| Assamese | as | male, female | Eastern-Nagari | Indo-Aryan | Assam |
| Bangla | bn | male, female | Eastern-Nagari | Indo-Aryan | West-Bengal, Bangladesh |
| Boro | brx | female | DevaNagari | Tibeto-Burman | Bodoland Territory |
| English | en | male, female | Roman | European | -- Lingua franca -- |
| Hinglish | en+hi | male, female | Code-mixed | Indo-European | |
| Gujarati | gu | male, female | Gujrati | Indo-Aryan | Gujarat |
| Hindi | hi | male, female | DevaNagari | Indo-Aryan | Hindi Belt |
| Kannada | kn | male, female | Kannada | Dravidian | Karnataka |
| Malayalam | ml | male, female | Malayalam | Dravidian | Kerala |
| Manipuri | mni | male, female | Meetei, Eastern-Nagari | Tibeto-Burman | Imphal valley (Manipur) |
| Marathi | mr | male, female | DevaNagari | Indo-Aryan | Maharashtra |
| Oriya | or | male, female | Odia | Indo-Aryan | Odisha |
| Panjabi | pa | male, female | Gurumukhi | Indo-Aryan | Eastern-Punjab |
| Rajasthani | raj | male, female | DevaNagari | Indo-Aryan | Rajasthan |
| Tamil | ta | male, female | Tamil | Dravidian | Tamil Nadu |
| Telugu | te | male, female | Telugu | Dravidian | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana |
## Usage
### Pre-requisites
1. Python 3.9+
2. If Linux, install the following dependencies:
```
cd inference
sudo apt-get install libsndfile1-dev ffmpeg enchant
```
(For any other OS, we wish you best of luck)
3. `pip install -r requirements-ml.txt requirements-utils.txt`
4. [Download the models from here](https://github.com/AI4Bharat/Indic-TTS/releases), place them inside a new folder named `checkpoints` and unzip them.
### Running inference
Check `sample.py` for usage.
### Hosting REST API server
```
pip install -r requirements-server.txt
uvicorn server:api
```
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