Getting started and nodejs

[JRMeyer]

>>> alfreema
[January 18, 2020, 2:39pm]

I am excited to try TTS, but after installing it (which is super easy
with simple instructions in the README on github), I was left with a
'now what' feeling.

As far as I can see there's no simple explanation of the steps to
actually try it and see if it's a) installed correctly, and b) working.
Maybe it's obvious to python developers what to do to actually use it,
but I don't speak python (yet).

If there are major steps to take after installing TTS, why not clearly
list what they are and give examples on how to do them? Or maybe they
ARE listed and I am not realizing those are the 'next steps'?

At any rate, after running 'pip setup.py develop', what can I do to hear
it actually translate something?

On another topic, are there plans on the roadmap to have a nodejs based
install?

[This is an archived TTS discussion thread from discourse.mozilla.org/t/getting-started-and-nodejs]

[JRMeyer]

>>> nmstoker
[January 18, 2020, 11:52pm]

welcome to the forum

The projects is still actively developing at a fast pace, but there are
several efforts to make it easier for people to use and understand (such
as the FAQ in the wiki).
Sounds like it might be worth having a look through the
wiki first as that will likely
give a sense of the project overall and parts of it to start exploring
further.

Then you may want to try it out to get it saying some text back to you.
For this there's a basic demo server. Look in the folder
server for details.
With that you can use the web page to submit text directly. If you want
to start using it programmatically there's a few approaches but one
quick method is just to call the same API that the server's web page
uses with something like requests (if you look in the web page code
you'll see how simple the API is).

Going beyond that, if you want to train a new voice, you'd need a load
of audio data, but the process is covered in the
README
with additional info in the wiki.

I hope that's at least a start!

[Archived Post]