Nku TTS Voice Packs
Offline text-to-speech voices for the Nku medical AI assistant. Uses Piper TTS ONNX format for fast, low-memory inference on Android.
Available Voices
| Language | File | Quality | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swahili | sw_CD-lanfrica-medium.onnx | medium | ~60MB |
| French | fr_FR-gilles-low.onnx | low | ~60MB |
| Portuguese | pt_BR-edresson-low.onnx | low | ~60MB |
| English | en_US-amy-low.onnx | low | ~60MB |
Fallback Languages
For Twi, Yoruba, Hausa, Amharic, Zulu, and other Pan-African languages, use Android's built-in TTS or online Google TTS.
Usage
import onnxruntime
from piper import PiperVoice
voice = PiperVoice.load("sw_CD-lanfrica-medium.onnx")
audio = voice.synthesize("Habari yako?")
Part of Project Nku
Offline medical triage AI for Pan-African healthcare.