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 language:
   - en
+  - fr
 license: cc-by-nc-4.0
 license_name: cc-by-nc-4.0
 license_link: LICENSE
@@ -14,6 +15,11 @@ tags:
   - historical
   - accent
   - digital-preservation
+  - cajun-french
+  - louisiana-french
+  - endangered-language
+  - language-preservation
+  - cosyvoice
 datasets:
   - public-domain-archive-org
 base_model: SWivid/F5-TTS
@@ -198,7 +204,7 @@ reference clips steer the output toward different period styles.
 | `edison` | 1888–1920s | Edison cylinder recordings | **Not in v0.1.0 training corpus** (see Known Limitations); specialist fine-tune in progress for v0.1.x |
 | `wartime` | 1939–1945 | Churchill, Murrow | Planned — needs curated ref clip |
 | `announcer` | 1930s–1960s | Radio commercials, station IDs | Planned — needs curated ref clip |
-| `cajun_french` | 1880s–present | Family + field recordings | **Collecting** — see [Cajun French Preservation](#cajun-french-preservation-unesco-endangered) |
+| `cajun_french` | 1880s–present | Louisiana French (~8h) + lexicon | ✅ **Working** (CosyVoice2 finetune) — [hear it live](https://elyanlabs.ai/vintage-voice.html) |
 
 Only `transatlantic` ships in this v0.1.0 release. The other six are
 scaffolded in the scripts but will go live as their reference clips and
@@ -261,8 +267,9 @@ similar archives of pre-1955 recordings.
   model** for producing the vintage coloration that is its entire point.
   Evaluate with WER on an ASR of your choice and speaker-similarity,
   not with modern aesthetic-MOS predictors.
-- **No Cajun French / endangered-language output yet.** Data collection
-  is ongoing; see the preservation section below.
+- **Cajun French is now LIVE** (as of 2026-06) — a *separate* CosyVoice2
+  finetune, not these F5-TTS transatlantic weights. See the preservation
+  section below to hear it.
 - **Edison cylinders were not in the v0.1.0 corpus.** During a 2026-04-22
   audit we discovered that the five files in `vintage_voice/edison/`
   (`EdisonCylinders1.mp3`, `EdisonAmberolRecordings.mp3`, etc.) were
@@ -353,30 +360,54 @@ weights.** See [License](#license) below.
 
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-## Cajun French Preservation (UNESCO Endangered)
+## Cajun French Preservation (UNESCO Endangered) — 🟢 LIVE
 
 <p align="center">
 <img src="assets/sophia_cajun_french_1880s.png" width="250" alt="Cajun Sophia 1880s">
 <img src="assets/sophia_cajun_1920s.png" width="250" alt="Cajun Sophia 1920s">
 <br>
-<em>Cajun French mode (1880s & 1920s) — planned preset, data collection in progress</em>
+<em>Cajun French mode (1880s &amp; 1920s) — <strong>now a working voice</strong></em>
 </p>
 
 [Cajun French is classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO](https://www.unesco.org/).
-Roughly 150,000 speakers remain, mostly elderly. Louisiana Creole has
-~10,000 left. When this generation passes, so do these languages.
+Roughly 150,000 speakers remain, mostly elderly; Louisiana Creole has ~10,000 left.
+When this generation passes, so do these languages.
 
-This project's founder traces directly to the
-[Acadian Expulsion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians)
-of 1755–1764. His 6th great-grandfather, Augustine Dit Remi Boudreaux,
-arrived in the Attakapas region (Opelousas/Lafayette) at age 16. 260
-years later, his descendants are building AI to preserve the language
-he carried south.
+**The Cajun voice is working today.** It is a **CosyVoice2-0.5B finetune** on ~8 hours
+of Louisiana French, trained on a single 8 GB consumer GPU, paired with a
+**167-entry Louisiana pronunciation lexicon** (parish names, folklore — *rougarou*,
+*cocodrie*, *fais do-do* — and family idiom) and a **St. Landry "prairie" accent
+retrain**. It is a *separate model* from the transatlantic F5-TTS weights in this
+repo — the same Sophia voice, a different language and base architecture.
 
-**If you or your family speaks Cajun French, Louisiana Creole, or has a
-strong Cajun English accent**, see
-[FAMILY_RECORDING_GUIDE.md](FAMILY_RECORDING_GUIDE.md) for how to
-contribute. Phone voice memos are fine. Any length helps.
+> 🔊 **[Hear Sophia speak Cajun French — live demo](https://elyanlabs.ai/vintage-voice.html)**
+> — type your own phrase and hear it spoken, plus family heritage clips.
+
+**Cajun audio samples** (this finetune, 24 kHz):
+
+| Sample | Line |
+|---|---|
+| [`samples/cajun/cajun_01_greeting.wav`](https://huggingface.co/AutomatedJanitor/vintage-voice/resolve/main/samples/cajun/cajun_01_greeting.wav) | *"Mais comment ça va, cher? Ça fait longtemps que je t'ai pas vu!"* |
+| [`samples/cajun/cajun_02_gombo.wav`](https://huggingface.co/AutomatedJanitor/vintage-voice/resolve/main/samples/cajun/cajun_02_gombo.wav) | *"Laissez les bons temps rouler! On va faire un bon gombo ce soir, cher."* |
+| [`samples/cajun/cajun_03_faisdodo.wav`](https://huggingface.co/AutomatedJanitor/vintage-voice/resolve/main/samples/cajun/cajun_03_faisdodo.wav) | *"Fais do-do, ti bébé. On va tous au fais do-do à soir, cher!"* |
+| [`samples/cajun/cajun_04_heritage.wav`](https://huggingface.co/AutomatedJanitor/vintage-voice/resolve/main/samples/cajun/cajun_04_heritage.wav) | *"Le français de la Louisiane, c'est notre héritage. Faut pas le laisser mourir, cher."* |
+
+This project's founder is of Acadian descent — his ancestor **Augustin dit Remi
+Boudreaux** settled in the Attakapas region (Opelousas) generations ago. 260 years
+after the [Acadian Expulsion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians),
+his descendants are building AI to keep the language alive.
+
+**Extending to other endangered languages — consent-first, community-led.** Cajun
+French is the founder's own heritage to give; other languages (especially Indigenous
+ones) are not. We follow Indigenous data sovereignty (OCAP® / CARE): the community
+owns the data, controls the voice, and leads. See the
+[Endangered-Languages roadmap](https://github.com/Scottcjn/vintage-voice/blob/main/docs/ENDANGERED_LANGUAGES.md)
+and [**Partner with us**](https://github.com/Scottcjn/vintage-voice/issues/182).
+
+**Contribute:** open RTC bounties for new voices, lexicon entries, and demos
+([see issues](https://github.com/Scottcjn/vintage-voice/issues)). If you or your
+family speaks Cajun French / Louisiana Creole, recordings help — phone voice memos
+are fine, any length.
 
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 ## Links
 
 - 🤗 [HuggingFace model](https://huggingface.co/AutomatedJanitor/vintage-voice)
+- 🔊 [Hear Sophia speak Cajun French (live demo)](https://elyanlabs.ai/vintage-voice.html)
+- 🤝 [Endangered-language partnership](https://github.com/Scottcjn/vintage-voice/issues/182)
 - 🐙 [GitHub repo](https://github.com/Scottcjn/vintage-voice)
 - 🌐 [Elyan Labs](https://elyanlabs.ai)
 - ⛓️ [RustChain](https://rustchain.org) — proof-of-antiquity blockchain