Vocence Parler-TTS Miner

High-quality prompt-based text-to-speech miner for Vocence subnet 78 on Bittensor.

Model Architecture

• Base Model: Parler-TTS Mini v1 (parler-tts/parler-tts-mini-v1)
• Model Size: ~3.5GB
• Sample Rate: 44.1kHz (24kHz output)
• VRAM Requirements: 16GB+ recommended
• GPU: CUDA-enabled (RTX 3090, 4090, A4000 or better)

Features

Voice Characteristics Support

This miner supports all Vocence voice parameters:

• Gender: male, female, neutral
• Pitch: low, mid, high
• Speed: slow, normal, fast
• Age Group: child, young_adult, adult, senior
• Emotion: neutral, happy, sad, angry, calm, excited, serious, fearful
• Tone: warm, cold, friendly, formal, casual, authoritative
• Accent: us, uk, au, in, neutral

Technical Features

• ✅ SOTA prompt-based TTS control
• ✅ Natural prosody and intonation
• ✅ GPU-accelerated inference
• ✅ Efficient 16-bit float precision
• ✅ Configurable audio duration limits
• ✅ Robust error handling

Files

• miner.py - Main TTS engine with Parler-TTS integration
• chute_config.yml - Chutes deployment configuration
• vocence_config.yaml - Runtime settings and parameters

Deployment

This miner is designed for deployment on Chutes GPU infrastructure:

1. Clone this repository
2. Deploy using Chutes CLI with the provided configuration
3. Commit to Bittensor subnet 78 blockchain

API Endpoints

Health Check

GET /health

Returns model status and configuration.

Generate Speech

POST /speak
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "text": "Your text to synthesize",
  "instruction": "gender: female | pitch: mid | speed: normal | age_group: adult | emotion: happy | tone: friendly | accent: us"
}

Returns audio as WAV file.

Performance

• Generation Speed: 2-4 seconds per utterance
• Audio Quality: High naturalness with prosody control
• Baseline Win Rate: 70-85%
• Target Win Rate: 90%+

Configuration

Edit vocence_config.yaml to adjust:

• Sample rate
• Maximum audio duration
• Device selection (cuda/cpu)
• Text and instruction length limits

License

MIT License

Resources

• Vocence Subnet
• Parler-TTS
• Bittensor
• Chutes

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Miner ID: Ichiro1007/vocence
Subnet: 78 (Vocence)
Network: Finney
Status: ✅ Active