| --- |
| license: cc-by-nc-4.0 |
| language: |
| - lb |
| tags: |
| - text-to-speech |
| - tts |
| - vits |
| - coqui |
| - luxembourgish |
| library_name: coqui |
| pipeline_tag: text-to-speech |
| --- |
| |
| # Coqui TTS - Max (Luxembourgish Male Voice) |
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| A VITS-based text-to-speech model for Luxembourgish, featuring a natural male voice. |
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| ## Model Description |
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| This model was trained using the [Coqui TTS](https://github.com/coqui-ai/TTS) framework on Luxembourgish speech data from the [Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire (LOD)](https://lod.lu) example sentences. |
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| "Max" is a male Luxembourgish voice based on recordings from a real speaker. |
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| ### Model Details |
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| - **Architecture:** VITS |
| - **Language:** Luxembourgish (lb) |
| - **Speaker:** Single speaker (male) |
| - **Sample Rate:** 22050 Hz |
| - **Checkpoint:** 50,000 steps |
| - **License:** CC BY-NC 4.0 (Non-commercial use only) |
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| ## License Notice |
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| **This model is for non-commercial use only.** All commercial uses are prohibited. The voice data is derived from recordings of a real speaker and may only be used freely for non-commercial purposes. |
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| ## Usage |
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| **Note:** Text should be lowercased before synthesis. Additional text normalization may be required. |
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| ```python |
| import torch |
| import scipy.io.wavfile as wavfile |
| from TTS.utils.synthesizer import Synthesizer |
| |
| # Load the model |
| synthesizer = Synthesizer( |
| tts_checkpoint="path/to/coqui-tts-max.pth", |
| tts_config_path="path/to/config.json", |
| use_cuda=torch.cuda.is_available() |
| ) |
| |
| # Generate speech |
| wav = synthesizer.tts("moien, wéi geet et dir?") |
| |
| # Save to file |
| wavfile.write("output.wav", 22050, wav) |
| ``` |
|
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| ## Technical Specifications |
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| | Parameter | Value | |
| |-----------|-------| |
| | Hidden Channels | 192 | |
| | Text Encoder Layers | 6 | |
| | Posterior Encoder Layers | 16 | |
| | Flow Layers | 4 | |
| | Mel Channels | 80 | |
| | FFT Size | 1024 | |
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| ## Citation |
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| If you use this model, please cite: |
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| ```bibtex |
| @misc{zls2025coquimax, |
| title={Coqui TTS Max - Luxembourgish Male Voice}, |
| author={Zenter fir d'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch}, |
| year={2025}, |
| publisher={Hugging Face}, |
| url={https://huggingface.co/ZLSCompLing/CoquiTTS-Max} |
| } |
| ``` |
|
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| ## Acknowledgments |
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| Originally trained by [Marco Barnig](https://huggingface.co/mbarnig). Now developed and maintained by [Zenter fir d'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch](https://zls.lu). |
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| Voice data sourced from the [Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire (LOD)](https://lod.lu). The original audio files are available via the [LOD linguistic data on data.public.lu](https://data.public.lu/en/datasets/letzebuerger-online-dictionnaire-lod-linguistesch-daten/), which provides an XML file containing example sentence IDs. Audio files can be accessed at: |
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| ``` |
| https://lod.lu/uploads/examples/AAC/{folder}/{id}.m4a |
| ``` |
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| where `{folder}` is the first 2 characters of `{id}`. |
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| This model is used in [Sproochmaschinn](https://sproochmaschinn.lu), a Luxembourgish speech processing platform. |
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