kurt0cougar/kinyarwanda_tts

The model is hosted on huggingface and must be logged in to access it. Use this link to create an account if you do not have one. For the model to run you will need at least python3.9 and the Coqui TTS library. To install the TTS library run the following: ``` pip install TTS ``` To download the model use the following steps: Go into your ROS workspace, then ``` cd src git clone github.com cd kinyarwanda_tts mkdir model_files cd model_files ``` The download the model files from huggingface: ``` huggingface-cli download --local-dir . DigitalUmuganda/KinyarwandaTTS_female_voice ``` Move to the root of your ROS workspace, and then: ``` catkin_make source devel/setup.bash ``` To run the node first launch the naoqi node: ``` roslaunch naoqi_driver naoqi_driver.launch nao_ip:=172.29.111.230 network_interface:=enp0s3 ``` Then in the next tab, launch the TTS node with the following: ``` source devel/setup.bash rosrun kinyarwanda_tts tts_node.py ``` Then open the third terminal to test if the model is working by typing : ``` rostopic pub /text_to_say std_msgs/string "data:'muraho.'" ```