brailcom/speechd

module request: localai

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#874 opened on Feb 27, 2024

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Description

speechd is a 'common high-level interface to speech synthesis', providing a bridge between TTS engines and applications consuming TTS functionality (such as screen reader software). arguably tho, it could benefit from more natural-sounding TTS engines.

LocalAI is a common interface over various machine learning models, for tasks including TTS. it also helps install these models. it would seem nice if speechd offered a module for LocalAI, so as to offer more natural-sounding voices, while speechd wouldn't need to worry about individual ML models, whereas LocalAI would not need to worry about individual screen reader applications.

/cc @mudler

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Familiarize with speechd's module interface (e.g., existing modules). Implement a new module that sends text to LocalAI's TTS endpoint and returns audio. Use libcurl or similar for HTTP requests.
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