| This is the package repository for [Echogarden](https://github.com/echogarden-project/echogarden) - a fully open-source, user-oriented speech system, written in TypeScript and running over the Node.js runtime. | |
| The repository contains speech synthesis and recognition models for the various engines Echogarden supports, | |
| along with other related speech models, such as language classification and voice activity detection, as well as binaries for a few tools it uses internally. | |
| The models are individually packaged in `.tar.gz` archives to ensure a smooth and robust installation process. | |
| ## Licensing | |
| All content is freely distributable, with varying licenses: | |
| * Flite voices (`flite-`): [BSD License](https://github.com/festvox/flite/blob/master/COPYING) | |
| * SVOX Pico resources (`pico-`): [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/gmn/nanotts/blob/master/LICENSE) | |
| * Silero VAD (`silero-vad`) and Silero language classifier (`silero-lang-classifier-95`): [MIT License](https://github.com/snakers4/silero-vad/blob/master/LICENSE) | |
| * Silero speech recognition models (`silero-en-`, `silero-de-`, `silero-es-`, `silero-ua-`): [BY-NC-SA](https://github.com/snakers4/silero-models/blob/master/LICENSE) | |
| * VITS pre-trained models, exported to the ONNX runtime (`vits-`): licensed under various creative commons licenses: [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/), [CC-BY](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and [BY-NC-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), and few are public domain (you can view the individual license for each model in the model cards on the [samples page](https://rhasspy.github.io/piper-samples/)). The [Piper system](https://github.com/rhasspy/piper) itself is published under the [MIT License](https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/blob/master/LICENSE.md) | |
| * Whisper pre-trained models, exported to the ONNX runtime (`whisper-`): [MIT License](https://github.com/openai/whisper/blob/main/LICENSE) | |
| Tool binary distributions: | |
| * FFMpeg: [LGPL, GPL v2 and GPL v3 Licenses](https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg) | |
| * SoX: [GPL v2 License](https://github.com/chirlu/sox/blob/master/LICENSE.GPL) | |