README.md

metadata

license: apache-2.0
language:
  - yo
  - ha
  - ig
  - pcm
  - en
tags:
  - tts
  - text-to-speech
  - nigerian
  - yoruba
  - hausa
  - igbo
  - pidgin
  - fish-speech
base_model: fishaudio/fish-speech-1.5
datasets:
  - UbuntuFarms/nigerian-tts-dataset

Nigerian Fish Speech TTS

Voice cloning configuration for Nigerian languages using Fish Speech.

Speakers

This configuration includes 145 speaker references for:

• Nigerian English
• Nigerian Pidgin
• (Expandable to Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo)

Dataset

• Source: UbuntuFarms/nigerian-tts-dataset
• Total Samples: 145
• Speakers: 145

Usage with Fish Speech

from fish_speech import FishSpeech

# Load model
tts = FishSpeech(model_path="fishaudio/fish-speech-1.5")

# Use Nigerian speaker reference
audio = tts.synthesize(
    text="Hello, how are you today?",
    reference_audio="path/to/nigerian_speaker.wav",
    reference_text="Reference transcription"
)

Speaker References

The speakers.json file contains reference audio paths for each speaker.

Base Model

• fishaudio/fish-speech-1.5

Training

This repository contains speaker reference configurations for zero-shot voice cloning. Fish Speech uses these references to clone voices without fine-tuning.