metadata
language:
- saz
- ta
license: cc-by-4.0
tags:
- text-to-speech
- tts
- vits
- sourashtra
- tamil
- low-resource
pipeline_tag: text-to-speech
VITS TTS — Sourashtra Female (Tamil Script)
VITS text-to-speech model for the Sourashtra language, a minority language spoken primarily in Tamil Nadu, India. This model uses Tamil script (தமிழ்) input and synthesizes speech from a female speaker.
Model Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Architecture | VITS (Coqui TTS) |
| Speaker | Female |
| Input script | Tamil |
| Sample rate | 22050 Hz |
| Training steps | 340,000 |
Setup
pip install -r requirements.txt
For GPU inference, install the CUDA-enabled PyTorch build matching your driver first — see pytorch.org.
Usage
python inference.py "சொராஷ்ட்ர மொழி" -o output.wav
python inference.py "சொராஷ்ட்ர மொழி" -o output.wav --gpu 1
python inference.py "சொராஷ்ட்ர மொழி" -o output.wav --cpu
Input must be in Tamil script. For Sourashtra script input, use the Sourashtra-Female_Script-sourashtra model instead.