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license: apache-2.0
language:
- en
tags:
- text-to-speech
- voice-cloning
- f5-tts
- regional-accents
- uk
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# VideoAvatar.ai: UK Regional Voice Engine (v2 - 420k) 🎙️🇬🇧
**Version 2.0 (Step 420,000)** - Released Feb 17, 2026.
Developed by **Shravani Limited**, this model is a state-of-the-art Zero-Shot Voice Cloning engine specifically fine-tuned to master the diverse regional accents of the United Kingdom.
## 🚨 CRITICAL USAGE INSTRUCTION
**You MUST set `text_mask_padding=False` in your inference configuration.**
Failure to do so will result in "fast" or "scrambled" speech (chipmunk effect).
Use the included `config_v2.yaml` which has this setting correctly applied.
## 🌟 Capabilities
- **Zero-Shot Cloning**: Clone any voice perfectly with just 3-10 seconds of reference audio. Master your own identity in seconds.
- **UK Regional Mastery**: Optimized for heavy dialects:
- **Northern**: Manchester, Scouse, Geordie.
- **Southern**: London (Estuary & MLE).
- **Celtic**: Scottish (Fife/Edinburgh), Irish (Dublin/Belfast), Welsh (Cardiff).
- **Improved Prosody**: 420,000 steps of fine-tuning ensure natural pacing and intonation.
## 🛠️ Technical Details
- **Architecture**: F5-TTS (Diffusion-based Transformer).
- **Checkpoint**: `uk_regional_v2_420k.pt`
- **Steps**: 420,000
- **Base Model**: F5-TTS (Fine-tuned for UK Regional Mastery).
## 🚀 Validated Samples (v2)
Check the `samples_v2/` folder for verification of:
- Business vs. Casual tones.
- Male vs. Female voices.
- Northern, Southern, Scottish, Irish, Welsh accents.
## ⚖️ License & Ethics
This model is released under the **Apache 2.0** license. Shravani Limited is committed to ethical AI—please ensure you have the rights to any voice you attempt to clone.
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