Weiß jemand zufällig, ob und wie man unter #Android (15) #TTS so einstellen kann, dass es automatisch die Sprache des Textes erkennt und dann die entsprechende Stimme für sie Sprache wählt? Ich habe derzeit Stimmen für DE und EN heruntergeladen aber irgendwie setzt es die Stimme für DE als Default, auch wenn der vorzulesende Text EN ist. Aber das Ergebnis ist Denglisch und in den Einstellungen des Overlay kann ich nur Höhe und Geschwindigkeit auswählen. 
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Favorite thing lately is finding an article I wish were in podcast form, saving the text to a .txt file, then having TTS Util use RH Voice to convert the file into an audio reading, and listen to my own little robotic FOSS nanny read me the stories I want to hear in my headphones as I do yardwork.
New feature out today in the flash news #aggregator: TTS (text-to-speech).
Two weeks ago (see: https://hachyderm.io/@paolog/114131812522555845) the platform acquired the capability to create multiple lists to save / bookmark articles. Building upon that function, it is now possible to have it read aloud all the articles in a list, using the local #TTS (text-to-speech) voices on your device.
This could be useful for #accessibility or to create a kind of "synthetic #podcast".
For example this short (1' 13") video shows a Samsung tablet reading three articles using the Samsung TTS voices (English and Italian). Note how a light grey background shows the progress while each article is read. The tiny green toolbar at the bottom makes it possible to pause, skip forward and backward and stop altogether the reading.
https://youtube.com/shorts/5hx9WQzGgps
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=5hx9WQzGgps
Note: for this to work you need to install local voices (it does not work well with "cloud" voices), and disable the automatic screen locking (otherwise the reading stops abruptly when the screen locks).
I'm bringing back my TTS notification reader. Raspberry Pi 3 and Piper local voice.
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@netzpolitik_feed seitdem ich die Stimme von Thorsten mit Sherpa-TTS auf Android nutzen kann, funktioniert die Navigation endlich, auch auf googlefreiem Gerät, mit verständlicher Ansage. Ebooks vorlesen hört sich damit auch deutlich besser an, als mit anderen quelloffenen Lösungen. Danke dafür Thorsten! 
#tts #osm #osmand #organicmaps #grapheneos
It's talking like a human!
Have a call with Sesame's demo—their TTS model with fine-tuned Gemma3:27B
https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo
SesameCrossing the uncanny valley of conversational voiceAt Sesame, our goal is to achieve “voice presence”—the magical quality that makes spoken interactions feel real, understood, and valued.
For everybody who uses the open source TTS (text-to-speech) application Piper: I have created a Docker file to run Piper directly within the container. No need to install the correct Python version. Everything comes pre-installed in the Docker image. Open source too: https://github.com/tderflinger/piper-cli-docker
#python #piper #tts #voice #docker #opensource
GitHubGitHub - tderflinger/piper-cli-docker: Docker file for the TTS application Piper.Docker file for the TTS application Piper. Contribute to tderflinger/piper-cli-docker development by creating an account on GitHub.
#Python Urwid TUI tool for listening text spoken in different accents based on available espeak languages on the system. Generated with Claude 3.5 for ~$0.20. Idea felt too stupid to spend time writing manually but LLM worked quite well in this case. https://codeberg.org/jasalt/espeak-variator #terminal #audio #unix #tts
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In an email to workers at the agency’s #Technology Transformation Services, Thomas Shedd, a fmr #Tesla engineer who is now the division’s dir, said that #18F had been identified as noncritical & would be cut.
“This decision was made with explicit direction from the top levels of leadership within both the administration & #GSA,” Shedd said in the email…. He added that while no other #TTS programs had been affected, “we anticipate more change in the future.”
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet they were eliminated.
When former Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd took the position of #TTS director and met with TTS including #18F on February 3, 2025, he acknowledged that the group is the “gold standard” of civic technologists
https://18f.org/
By now, it's no longer such a mystery what DOGE is up to - and it's not eliminating #FraudWasteAndAbuse.
18f.org18F: We are dedicated to the American public and we're not done yetFor over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed to make government technology not just efficient but effective, and to save money for American taxpayers.
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A letter to the American People:
https://18f.org/
"18F was doing exactly the type of work that #DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated.
When former #Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd took the position of #TTS director... he acknowledged that the group is the “gold standard” of civic #technologists... He repeatedly emphasized the importance of the work, and the value of the talent that the teams bring to #government"
Sidan Mona er ein iOS-app, er det takk og farvel ved overgang til /e/OS på Fp5. Mastodon ser grei ut i Vivaldi også, so det skal nok gå seg til!
Eg har blitt veldig glad i Vivaldi, det einaste eg manglar er TTS. Har prøvd ulike addons, utan ynskt resultat.
I'm amazed how far Linux has come. In my most recent article, I show how to get natural sounding TTS (text-to-speech) on Linux (Okular and other apps)
If you want to listen to text in a natural voice instead of reading, this is your solution.
Kentoseth · How to get natural sounding TTS (text-to-speech) on Linux (Okular and other apps)A guide on how to get natural sounding TTS (text-to-speech) on Linux (Okular and other apps).
A worker at the General Services Administration resigned in protest rather than giving Elon Musk ally Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, the system used to send mass text messages to the public, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notify system, including phone numbers.” @404media reports:
https://www.404media.co/musk-ally-demands-admin-access-to-system-that-lets-government-text-the-public/
404 Media · Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the PublicA worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, including phone numbers," 404 Media has learned.
Samuel ProulxHere's another #AI #TTS service, free for now, called #Zonos. playground.zyphra.com/audio
Or free for self-hosting on github: github.com/Zyphra/Zonos
playground.zyphra.comZyphra Playground
This is a long shot I know, but I know there were versions of the iOS Siri voices floating around for NVDA at one point. Does anyone have up to date addons of these voices somewhere and would be willing to share? If so, please feel free to reply or dm if you don't wish it to be public. #Windows #accessibility #screenreader #NVDASR #TTS
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D’oh!: Musky Clown Show Temporarily Disrupts Firings at TTS
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doh-musky-clown-show-temporarily-disrupts-firings-at-tts
"And they couldn’t easily ask their supervisors what was up since their supervisors hadn’t been looped in on the fact that members of their teams had been fired...
... #ThomasShedd, the #Musk associate appointed as the new head of #TTS, sent a message this afternoon to the whole team that it turns out … well, they’re not quite fired yet. “We don’t yet have the go-ahead from HR”
