Text-to-Speech
tts
nigerian
yoruba
hausa
igbo
pidgin
fish-speech
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---
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](https://huggingface.co/datasets/UbuntuFarms/nigerian-tts-dataset)
- **Total Samples**: 145
- **Speakers**: 145
## Usage with Fish Speech
```python
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](https://huggingface.co/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.