---
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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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](https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.06103) (Coqui TTS) |
| Speaker | Female |
| Input script | Tamil |
| Sample rate | 22050 Hz |
| Training steps | 340,000 |

## Setup

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

For GPU inference, install the CUDA-enabled PyTorch build matching your driver first — see [pytorch.org](https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/).

## Usage

```bash
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.