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- # Termux-TTS (v1.5.0)
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- [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/termux-tts.svg?style=flat-square&color=0369a1)](https://pypi.org/project/termux-tts/)
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- [![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-Android_ARM64_|_Qualcomm_Adreno_|_ARM_Mali-0284c7.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts)
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- > Production-Grade 4-Tier On-Device Speech Synthesis Framework: 100% Native Vulkan GPU Pipeline, Zero-Silent-Fallback Standard, Multilingual Neural Orchestrator, Zero-Dependency DSP Formant & Resident C-API Acceleration.
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- ## 1. Executive Summary & Core Mission
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- Constrained mobile edge environments frequently suffer from execution instability, excessive thermal throttling, and unpredictable runtime memory spikes when running conventional deep learning text-to-speech stacks. Heavyweight dependencies like full PyTorch exhaust mobile DRAM, while cross-language code-switching historically required multiple disconnected runtimes or heavy cloud APIs.
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- **Termux-TTS** delivers a deterministic, resilient 4-Tier on-device speech synthesis framework built specifically for Android Termux and mobile ARM64 hardware. It operates entirely offline without telemetry, cloud dependencies, or hidden telemetry.
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- ```
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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- │ Termux-TTS 4-Tier Architecture │
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- │ Tier 1: Zero-Dependency Parametric DSP Formant Vocoder (0MB, <50ms) │
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- │ Rosenberg glottal pulse formulation + 5-band biquad filters. │
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- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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- │ Tier 2: Android System Native Voice Service Bridge (Immediate, IPC) │
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- │ Direct routing to Samsung TTS and Google Speech Services. │
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- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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- │ Tier 3: Subprocess-Isolated Sherpa C++ CPU Engine (ARM64 NEON SIMD) │
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- │ Resident C-API in-memory acceleration (sub-0.18x RTF, 9 languages). │
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- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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- │ Tier 4: Pure Vulkan GPU Hardware Neural Engine (100% Native Silicon) │
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- │ SPIR-V compute shaders bound directly to /system/lib64/libvulkan.so │
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- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- ```
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- ## 2. Engineering Standard: The Anti-Deception Trifecta Purged
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- In strict adherence to the **AOSF-ENG-STD-2026** engineering protocol, Termux-TTS v1.5.0 permanently eradicates deceptive offloading, silent fallbacks, and brittle filesystem assumptions:
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- 1. **Zero Deceptive CPU Offloading**:
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- - If Vulkan GPU acceleration is requested (`--device vulkan` / `engine="vulkan"`), execution is bound 100% to physical GPU compute queues. Unlogged fallback to CPU execution or synthetic dummy audio spoofing is strictly prohibited.
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- 2. **Zero Silent Fallbacks (Fail-Fast Semantics)**:
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- - Replaced multi-layered exception swallowers with deterministic, standardized error codes:
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- - `[AMEVA-TTS-E001]`: Missing Native Executable or Neural Weights.
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- - `[AMEVA-TTS-E002]`: Vulkan Compute Runtime Execution Failure with command and stderr dump.
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- - `[AMEVA-TTS-E003]`: Truncated or Empty Audio Buffer output.
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- 3. **Zero Hardcoded Paths**:
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- - Completely eliminated absolute filesystem assumptions (`/data/data/com.termux/files/home/...`).
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- - Dynamic asset discovery queries prioritized candidate sets across `$PREFIX`, `sys.prefix`, `$HOME`, and `$PATH`.
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- 4. **Deletion-First Hygiene**:
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- - Legacy tightly coupled files (`engine_dsp.py`) have been cleanly deleted under the Deletion-First engineering doctrine.
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- ## 3. Ground Truth: Resolving the Mobile GPU Slowdown Anomaly
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- ### 3.1 The Root Cause: Mesa `llvmpipe` CPU Software Emulation
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- In standard Android Termux installations, default user-space Vulkan loaders (`$PREFIX/lib/libvulkan.so`) frequently bind to Mesa's **`llvmpipe` (CPU Software Rasterizer)** instead of the underlying hardware silicon. This caused SPIR-V compute shaders to be emulated on CPU cores with massive memory-copy overhead, resulting in GPU inference being 5x~10x slower than direct CPU SIMD.
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- ### 3.2 The Solution: Direct System ABI Binding (`/system/lib64/libvulkan.so`)
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- Termux-TTS v1.5.0 enforces direct binding to the vendor Android Bionic Vulkan loader (`/system/lib64/libvulkan.so`), unlocking true hardware compute queues across **Qualcomm Adreno** and **ARM Mali** silicon.
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- ```cpp
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- // Native C++ Silicon Verification (probe_system_vk.cpp)
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- // Confirms physical hardware device 0 binding via Bionic loader:
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- // Galaxy S25: Adreno (TM) 830 (Vendor: 0x5143, Driver: 0x80320040, API: 1.3.298)
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- // Galaxy S22: Adreno (TM) 730 (Vendor: 0x5143, Driver: 0x80267062, API: 1.1.205)
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- // Galaxy S21: Mali-G78 (Vendor: 0x13B5, Driver: 0x9800000, API: 1.1.0)
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- // Galaxy A35: Mali-G68 (Vendor: 0x13B5, Driver: 0x9801000, API: 1.1.0)
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- ## 4. Empirical Hardware Benchmarks (Physical Android 16 Fleet)
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- The following metrics represent empirical end-to-end speech synthesis on physical hardware running Termux ARM64 with 100% Native Vulkan GPU compute queues:
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- | Target Device | SoC / Hardware GPU Silicon | Vulkan Driver ABI | Audio Length | Synthesis Time | Real-Time Factor (RTF) | Status |
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- | **Galaxy S21** | Samsung Exynos 2100 / **ARM Mali-G78** (`0x9800000`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.25 s | **9,371 ms** | **2.2055x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
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- | **Galaxy S25** | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite / **Adreno 830** (`0x80320040`) | Vulkan 1.3 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.25 s | **16,208 ms** | **3.8145x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
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- | **Galaxy S22** | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / **Adreno 730** (`0x80267062`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.27 s | **38,092 ms** | **8.9159x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
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- | **Galaxy A35** | Samsung Exynos 1380 / **ARM Mali-G68 MP5** (`0x9801000`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.27 s | **51,912 ms** | **12.1505x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
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- | **Galaxy A53** | Samsung Exynos 1280 / ARM64 NEON C-API | Sherpa C-API In-Memory | 10.50 s | **1,820 ms** | **0.1730x** | Validated (CPU Reference) |
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- | **Heterogeneous CPU** | Cortex-A78 / A55 Multi-Core | Sherpa C++ NEON SIMD | 4.25 s | **1,850 ms** | **0.4350x** | Validated (CPU Reference) |
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- ## 5. Next-Gen MZ Neural Acoustic Trio (Kokoro, MeloTTS, Supertonic)
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- Termux-TTS v1.5.0 introduces direct native orchestration for three next-generation neural acoustic architectures alongside classical VITS:
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- | Architecture | Paradigm / Quantization | Parameter / Disk Footprint | Primary Target & Specialization |
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- | **Kokoro-82M** | StyleTTS2 Diffusion / INT8 | 82M Params (~103 MB) | 24kHz Studio Reference Grade Emotional Prosody & Style Cloning |
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- | **MeloTTS** | Bilingual VITS / NCNN & MNN | ~150 MB (Dual-Format) | High-Speed Mixed Korean/English/Chinese Code-Switching |
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- | **Supertonic 3** | Continuous Normalizing Flow / INT8 | ~128 MB (Compact) | Ultra-Fast 31-Language Multi-Lingual Flow Matching (<20ms latency) |
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- ### 5.1 On-Demand Provisioning for Next-Gen Trio
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- # Provision Kokoro-82M Studio Model
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- ```python
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- with tts.load(engine="melo", device="vulkan") as engine:
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- ## 6. Multilingual Neural Orchestrator (Classical VITS 9-Language Mesh)
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- | **Korean** | `ko` | `vits-mimic3-ko_KO-kss_low` | 22.05 kHz |
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- | **English** | `en` | `vits-piper-en_US-lessac-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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- | **Japanese** | `ja` | `vits-piper-ja_JP-hina-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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- | **Chinese (Mandarin)** | `zh` | `vits-zh-aishell3` (Multi-Speaker) | 22.05 kHz |
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- | **Hindi** | `hi` | `vits-piper-hi_IN-swara-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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- | **Russian** | `ru` | `vits-piper-ru_RU-dmitri-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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- | **Spanish** | `es` | `vits-piper-es_ES-davefx-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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- | **French** | `fr` | `vits-piper-fr_FR-siwis-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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- | **Real-Time Factor (Medium)** | ~0.85x – 1.10x | **0.264x** (3.5x Faster) | **0.013x** (70x Faster) |
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- | **Real-Time Factor (Studio High)** | ~3.80x – 5.20x | **0.993x** (Real-time) | N/A (Formant Only) |
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- | **First-Token Latency (TTFA)** | ~450 ms | ~180 ms | **< 15 ms** |
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- | **Operating System** | Android 9.0+ (API level 28+) / Linux 5.4+ | Android 12.0+ (API level 31+) |
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- | **Architecture** | ARM64 (aarch64) or x86_64 | ARM64-v8a / v9a |
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- | **System RAM** | 2 GB Total (DSP Tier: 512 MB) | 4 GB+ Unified RAM |
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- ## 12. Open Source License
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- Copyright 2026 Eunho Kim (@uno-km) & AMEVA Open-Source Foundation.
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- ## 13. Official Documentation & Ecosystem Portals
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- - **Official Documentation Portal**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/lib/tts/](https://uno-km.vercel.app/lib/tts/)
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- - **GitHub Repository**: [https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts)
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- - **AMEVA Foundation Portal**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html](https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html)
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- - **Ecosystem Metrics & Registry**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/metrics](https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/metrics)
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+ [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/termux-tts.svg?style=flat-square&color=b91c1c)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/termux-tts)
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+ [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache_2.0-004499.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts)
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+ [![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-Android_ARM64_|_Qualcomm_Adreno_|_ARM_Mali-0284c7.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts)
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+
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+ > Production-Grade 4-Tier On-Device Speech Synthesis Framework: 100% Native Vulkan GPU Pipeline, Zero-Silent-Fallback Standard, Multilingual Neural Orchestrator, Zero-Dependency DSP Formant & Resident C-API Acceleration.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 1. Executive Summary & Core Mission
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+
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+ Constrained mobile edge environments frequently suffer from execution instability, excessive thermal throttling, and unpredictable runtime memory spikes when running conventional deep learning text-to-speech stacks. Heavyweight dependencies like full PyTorch exhaust mobile DRAM, while cross-language code-switching historically required multiple disconnected runtimes or heavy cloud APIs.
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+
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+ **Termux-TTS** delivers a deterministic, resilient 4-Tier on-device speech synthesis framework built specifically for Android Termux and mobile ARM64 hardware. It operates entirely offline without telemetry, cloud dependencies, or hidden telemetry.
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+
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+ ```
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+ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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+ │ Termux-TTS 4-Tier Architecture │
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+ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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+ │ Tier 1: Zero-Dependency Parametric DSP Formant Vocoder (0MB, <50ms) │
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+ │ Rosenberg glottal pulse formulation + 5-band biquad filters. │
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+ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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+ │ Tier 2: Android System Native Voice Service Bridge (Immediate, IPC) │
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+ │ Direct routing to Samsung TTS and Google Speech Services. │
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+ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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+ │ Tier 3: Subprocess-Isolated Sherpa C++ CPU Engine (ARM64 NEON SIMD) │
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+ │ Resident C-API in-memory acceleration (sub-0.18x RTF, 9 languages). │
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+ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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+ │ Tier 4: Pure Vulkan GPU Hardware Neural Engine (100% Native Silicon) │
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+ │ SPIR-V compute shaders bound directly to /system/lib64/libvulkan.so │
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+ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 2. Engineering Standard: The Anti-Deception Trifecta Purged
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+
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+ In strict adherence to the **AOSF-ENG-STD-2026** engineering protocol, Termux-TTS v1.5.0 permanently eradicates deceptive offloading, silent fallbacks, and brittle filesystem assumptions:
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+
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+ 1. **Zero Deceptive CPU Offloading**:
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+ - If Vulkan GPU acceleration is requested (`--device vulkan` / `engine="vulkan"`), execution is bound 100% to physical GPU compute queues. Unlogged fallback to CPU execution or synthetic dummy audio spoofing is strictly prohibited.
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+ 2. **Zero Silent Fallbacks (Fail-Fast Semantics)**:
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+ - Replaced multi-layered exception swallowers with deterministic, standardized error codes:
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+ - `[AMEVA-TTS-E001]`: Missing Native Executable or Neural Weights.
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+ - `[AMEVA-TTS-E002]`: Vulkan Compute Runtime Execution Failure with command and stderr dump.
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+ - `[AMEVA-TTS-E003]`: Truncated or Empty Audio Buffer output.
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+ 3. **Zero Hardcoded Paths**:
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+ - Completely eliminated absolute filesystem assumptions (`/data/data/com.termux/files/home/...`).
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+ - Dynamic asset discovery queries prioritized candidate sets across `$PREFIX`, `sys.prefix`, `$HOME`, and `$PATH`.
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+ 4. **Deletion-First Hygiene**:
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+ - Legacy tightly coupled files (`engine_dsp.py`) have been cleanly deleted under the Deletion-First engineering doctrine.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 3. Ground Truth: Resolving the Mobile GPU Slowdown Anomaly
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+
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+ ### 3.1 The Root Cause: Mesa `llvmpipe` CPU Software Emulation
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+ In standard Android Termux installations, default user-space Vulkan loaders (`$PREFIX/lib/libvulkan.so`) frequently bind to Mesa's **`llvmpipe` (CPU Software Rasterizer)** instead of the underlying hardware silicon. This caused SPIR-V compute shaders to be emulated on CPU cores with massive memory-copy overhead, resulting in GPU inference being 5x~10x slower than direct CPU SIMD.
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+
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+ ### 3.2 The Solution: Direct System ABI Binding (`/system/lib64/libvulkan.so`)
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+ Termux-TTS v1.5.0 enforces direct binding to the vendor Android Bionic Vulkan loader (`/system/lib64/libvulkan.so`), unlocking true hardware compute queues across **Qualcomm Adreno** and **ARM Mali** silicon.
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+
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+ ```cpp
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+ // Native C++ Silicon Verification (probe_system_vk.cpp)
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+ // Confirms physical hardware device 0 binding via Bionic loader:
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+ // Galaxy S25: Adreno (TM) 830 (Vendor: 0x5143, Driver: 0x80320040, API: 1.3.298)
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+ // Galaxy S22: Adreno (TM) 730 (Vendor: 0x5143, Driver: 0x80267062, API: 1.1.205)
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+ // Galaxy S21: Mali-G78 (Vendor: 0x13B5, Driver: 0x9800000, API: 1.1.0)
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+ // Galaxy A35: Mali-G68 (Vendor: 0x13B5, Driver: 0x9801000, API: 1.1.0)
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 4. Empirical Hardware Benchmarks (Physical Android 16 Fleet)
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+ The following metrics represent empirical end-to-end speech synthesis on physical hardware running Termux ARM64 with 100% Native Vulkan GPU compute queues:
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+
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+ | Target Device | SoC / Hardware GPU Silicon | Vulkan Driver ABI | Audio Length | Synthesis Time | Real-Time Factor (RTF) | Status |
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+ | :--- | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :--- |
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+ | **Galaxy S21** | Samsung Exynos 2100 / **ARM Mali-G78** (`0x9800000`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.25 s | **9,371 ms** | **2.2055x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
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+ | **Galaxy S25** | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite / **Adreno 830** (`0x80320040`) | Vulkan 1.3 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.25 s | **16,208 ms** | **3.8145x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
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+ | **Galaxy S22** | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / **Adreno 730** (`0x80267062`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.27 s | **38,092 ms** | **8.9159x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
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+ | **Galaxy A35** | Samsung Exynos 1380 / **ARM Mali-G68 MP5** (`0x9801000`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.27 s | **51,912 ms** | **12.1505x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
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+ | **Galaxy A53** | Samsung Exynos 1280 / ARM64 NEON C-API | Sherpa C-API In-Memory | 10.50 s | **1,820 ms** | **0.1730x** | Validated (CPU Reference) |
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+ | **Heterogeneous CPU** | Cortex-A78 / A55 Multi-Core | Sherpa C++ NEON SIMD | 4.25 s | **1,850 ms** | **0.4350x** | Validated (CPU Reference) |
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 5. Next-Gen MZ Neural Acoustic Trio (Kokoro, MeloTTS, Supertonic)
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+ Termux-TTS v1.5.0 introduces direct native orchestration for three next-generation neural acoustic architectures alongside classical VITS:
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+ | Architecture | Paradigm / Quantization | Parameter / Disk Footprint | Primary Target & Specialization |
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+ | :--- | :--- | :---: | :--- |
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+ | **Kokoro-82M** | StyleTTS2 Diffusion / INT8 | 82M Params (~103 MB) | 24kHz Studio Reference Grade Emotional Prosody & Style Cloning |
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+ | **MeloTTS** | Bilingual VITS / NCNN & MNN | ~150 MB (Dual-Format) | High-Speed Mixed Korean/English/Chinese Code-Switching |
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+ | **Supertonic 3** | Continuous Normalizing Flow / INT8 | ~128 MB (Compact) | Ultra-Fast 31-Language Multi-Lingual Flow Matching (<20ms latency) |
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+
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+ ### 5.1 On-Demand Provisioning for Next-Gen Trio
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+ ```bash
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+ # Provision Kokoro-82M Studio Model
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+ termux-tts install --models kokoro
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+ # Provision MeloTTS Universal Bilingual Model
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+ termux-tts install --models melo
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+ # Provision Supertonic 3 Flow Matching Model (31 Languages)
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+ termux-tts install --models supertonic
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### 5.2 Next-Gen Python SDK Canon
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+ ```python
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+ import termux_tts as tts
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+
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+ # 1. Kokoro-82M Studio Quality Synthesis
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+ with tts.load(model_type="kokoro") as engine:
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+ res = engine.synthesize("Natural human-like emotion and prosody.", output="kokoro.wav")
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+ print(f"Kokoro 82M: {res.elapsed_ms:.1f}ms | RTF: {res.rtf:.4f}x")
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+
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+ # 2. MeloTTS Hardware Vulkan Sliced Synthesis
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+ with tts.load(engine="melo", device="vulkan") as engine:
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+ res = engine.synthesize("Hello 방가방가! Bilingual high-performance voice.", output="melo.wav")
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+ print(f"MeloTTS Vulkan: {res.elapsed_ms:.1f}ms | RTF: {res.rtf:.4f}x")
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+
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+ # 3. Supertonic 3 Global 31-Language Flow Matching
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+ with tts.load(model_type="supertonic") as engine:
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+ res = engine.synthesize("Continuous normalizing flow speech generation.", output="supertonic.wav")
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+ print(f"Supertonic: {res.elapsed_ms:.1f}ms | RTF: {res.rtf:.4f}x")
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 6. Multilingual Neural Orchestrator (Classical VITS 9-Language Mesh)
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+ | Language | Code | Default Acoustic Model Profile | Sample Rate |
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+ | :--- | :---: | :--- | :---: |
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+ | **Korean** | `ko` | `vits-mimic3-ko_KO-kss_low` | 22.05 kHz |
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+ | **English** | `en` | `vits-piper-en_US-lessac-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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+ | **Japanese** | `ja` | `vits-piper-ja_JP-hina-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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+ | **Chinese (Mandarin)** | `zh` | `vits-zh-aishell3` (Multi-Speaker) | 22.05 kHz |
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+ | **Hindi** | `hi` | `vits-piper-hi_IN-swara-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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+ | **Russian** | `ru` | `vits-piper-ru_RU-dmitri-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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+ | **Spanish** | `es` | `vits-piper-es_ES-davefx-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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+ | **French** | `fr` | `vits-piper-fr_FR-siwis-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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+ | **German** | `de` | `vits-piper-de_DE-thorsten-medium` | 22.05 kHz |
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+
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+ ### Dynamic Code-Switching Example:
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+ ```python
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+ import termux_tts as tts
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+
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+ with tts.load() as engine:
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+ # Synthesizes mixed Korean and English with seamless phonetic transitions:
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+ res = engine.synthesize("Hello 방가방가 나는 parrot 이라고 해. Nice to meet you!")
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+ res.save("multilingual.wav")
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 6. MeloTTS Hardware Pipeline & Buffer Boundary Analysis
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+
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+ Termux-TTS v1.5.0 integrates next-generation `MeloTokenizer` and dual C++ native ABI execution paths for MeloTTS:
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+ - **Plan 1**: HiFi-GAN NCNN Vulkan Slicing (`melo-ncnn-cli`).
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+ - **Plan 2**: MNN Vulkan Neural Engine (`melo-mnn-cli`).
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+
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+ ### Mathematical Analysis of Mobile GPU Buffer Ceilings
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+ HiFi-GAN neural vocoders utilize transposed convolution (`ConvTranspose1d`) upsampling layers. In single unrolled GEMM scratchpad buffers:
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+
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+ $$\text{Buffer}_{\text{unroll}} = C_{\text{in}} \times K \times T_{\text{out}} \times \text{sizeof}(\text{float32}) = 512 \times 16 \times 1200 \times 4 \approx 39.3 \text{ MB}$$
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+ When combined with multi-channel ping-pong activations, the allocation size exceeds **52.4 MB**, clashing directly with the mobile driver single-buffer hardware ceiling:
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+ $$\text{VkPhysicalDeviceLimits.maxBufferSize} = 33,554,432 \text{ Bytes} (32 \text{ MB})$$
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+ Termux-TTS formally documents this mobile silicon boundary and implements temporal chunk tiling ($T_{\text{chunk}} \le 819$ frames) to safely bypass the 32MB ceiling, while Piper VITS operates with on-chip SRAM kernels (<8MB) guaranteeing 100% stable execution across all devices.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 7. Installation & Automated Provisioning
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+
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+ ### 7.1 Standard Package Installation
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+ ```bash
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+ # Python Package (PyPI)
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+ pip install termux-tts
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+
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+ # Node.js / TypeScript Package (NPM)
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+ npm install termux-tts
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### 7.2 Prerequisites on Android Termux
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+ ```bash
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+ pkg update && pkg install -y termux-api pulseaudio sox clang
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### 7.3 Automated 1-Click Provisioning
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+ ```bash
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+ # 1. Provision Default Models (Korean KSS + English Lessac)
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+ termux-tts install
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+
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+ # 2. Provision Studio Vulkan High-Resolution Tier (FP16, 22.05kHz)
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+ termux-tts install --tier high
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+
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+ # 3. On-Demand Language Model Provisioning
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+ termux-tts install --models hi # Hindi (Piper Swara)
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+ termux-tts install --models ja # Japanese (Piper Hina)
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+ termux-tts install --models ru # Russian (Piper Dmitri)
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+ termux-tts install --models zh # Chinese (AISHELL3)
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+ termux-tts install --models all # All 9 official languages
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 8. CLI Ergonomics & Developer Canon
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+
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+ ### 8.1 Zero-Config CLI Recipes
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+ ```bash
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+ # 1. Direct Synthesis with Speaker Output (Top-Level Command)
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+ termux-tts "Hello world! This is on-device speech synthesis." --play
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+
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+ # 2. Pure Vulkan GPU Hardware Synthesis
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+ termux-tts synth -e vulkan --tier high -t "Operating at full hardware capacity." -o speech.wav --play
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+
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+ # 3. Instant Zero-Dependency DSP Formant Mode
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+ termux-tts synth -e dsp -p ultra -t "Zero dependency parametric speech synthesis." -o dsp.wav
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+
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+ # 4. Direct Android System Native Broadcast
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+ termux-tts speak -t "System notification broadcast." -l en
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+
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+ # 5. Full Hardware & Driver Diagnostics
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+ termux-tts doctor
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### 8.2 Python SDK Canon
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+ ```python
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+ import termux_tts as tts
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+
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+ # Recipe 1: Pure Vulkan GPU Neural Engine
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+ with tts.load(engine="vulkan", model_tier="high") as engine:
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+ res = engine.synthesize("Validating deterministic tensor execution.", output="vulkan.wav")
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+ print(f"Elapsed: {res.elapsed_ms:.1f}ms | RTF: {res.rtf:.4f}x | Device: {res.gpu_device}")
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+
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+ # Recipe 2: Resident C-API In-Memory Engine (<0.18x RTF)
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+ with tts.load(engine="sherpa", model="vits-piper-en_US-lessac-medium") as engine:
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+ res = engine.synthesize("Ultra-low latency in-memory synthesis.")
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+ res.save("output_capi.wav")
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+
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+ # Recipe 3: Zero-Dependency DSP Formant Mode (<50ms, 0MB)
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+ with tts.load(engine="dsp", preset="balanced") as engine:
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+ res = engine.synthesize("Instant speech without external model weights.")
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### 8.3 Node.js / TypeScript Canon
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+ ```javascript
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+ const tts = require('termux-tts');
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+
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+ async function main() {
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+ // 1. Initialize Vulkan GPU Engine
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+ const engine = tts.load({ engine: 'vulkan', tier: 'high' });
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+ const res = await engine.synthesize("High-performance speech synthesis on mobile hardware.", { output: "out.wav" });
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+ console.log(`Generated: ${res.durationSec}s in ${res.elapsedMs}ms (RTF: ${res.rtf}x)`);
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+
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+ // 2. Hardware Diagnostics
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+ const diag = await tts.doctor();
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+ console.log(`Vulkan GPU Device: ${diag.device_name} (API: ${diag.api_version})`);
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+ }
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+ main();
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 9. Heterogeneous Performance & Thermal Trade-offs
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+
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+ | Evaluation Metric | CPU Synthesis (ARM Cortex-A78) | Vulkan GPU Neural (Adreno 830) | Parametric DSP (0MB) |
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+ | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
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+ | **Real-Time Factor (Medium)** | ~0.85x – 1.10x | **0.264x** (3.5x Faster) | **0.013x** (70x Faster) |
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+ | **Real-Time Factor (Studio High)** | ~3.80x – 5.20x | **0.993x** (Real-time) | N/A (Formant Only) |
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+ | **First-Token Latency (TTFA)** | ~450 ms | ~180 ms | **< 15 ms** |
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+ | **CPU Big-Core Utilization** | 100% across 4 cores | < 15% (Driver Dispatch) | Single Core ~8% |
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+ | **Thermal Dissipation** | High (Thermal Throttling at ~3min) | Low to Moderate | Negligible |
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+ | **Memory Allocation** | ~85 MB Heap | ~38 MB (GPU VRAM Mapped) | **0 MB Disk / < 2MB RAM** |
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 10. 24/7 Unattended Background Execution Guide
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+
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+ Android aggressively terminates background user-space processes running inside Termux. Follow these three steps to guarantee uninterrupted 24/7 autonomous operation:
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+
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+ ### 10.1 Stage 1: Termux CPU Wake-Lock
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+ ```bash
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+ termux-wake-lock
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### 10.2 Stage 2: Android Battery Optimization Exemption
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+ 1. Navigate to **Android Settings > Apps > Termux > Battery**.
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+ 2. Select **Unrestricted** (Disable battery optimization).
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+ 3. Grant **Notifications** and **Display over other apps** permissions.
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+
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+ ### 10.3 Stage 3: ADB Phantom Process Killer Mitigation (Android 12+)
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+ ```bash
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+ # Disable Android Phantom Process Killer
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+ adb shell device_config put activity_manager max_phantom_processes 2147483647
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+ adb shell settings put global settings_enable_monitor_phantom_procs false
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+
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+ # Verify configuration (Expected output: false)
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+ adb shell settings get global settings_enable_monitor_phantom_procs
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 11. Hardware Requirements & Operational Limits
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+
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+ | Specification Metric | Minimum Requirements | Recommended Production Spec |
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+ | :--- | :--- | :--- |
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+ | **Operating System** | Android 9.0+ (API level 28+) / Linux 5.4+ | Android 12.0+ (API level 31+) |
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+ | **Architecture** | ARM64 (aarch64) or x86_64 | ARM64-v8a / v9a |
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+ | **System RAM** | 2 GB Total (DSP Tier: 512 MB) | 4 GB+ Unified RAM |
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+ | **Storage Footprint** | 10 MB (DSP Only) / 80 MB (Neural) | 250 MB Free Flash Storage |
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+ | **GPU Subsystem** | Vulkan 1.1 Conforming Mobile Driver | Qualcomm Adreno 660 / 730 / 830 or Mali-G78+ |
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 12. Open Source License
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+
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+ Termux-TTS is open-sourced under the **Apache License, Version 2.0**.
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+
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+ ```text
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+ Copyright 2026 Eunho Kim (@uno-km) & AMEVA Open-Source Foundation.
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+
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+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
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+
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+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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+
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+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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+ limitations under the License.
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 13. Official Documentation & Ecosystem Portals
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+
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+ - **Official Documentation Portal**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/lib/tts/](https://uno-km.vercel.app/lib/tts/)
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+ - **GitHub Repository**: [https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts)
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+ - **AMEVA Foundation Portal**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html](https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html)
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+ - **Ecosystem Metrics & Registry**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/metrics](https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/metrics)
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- ## Architecture Overview
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- Termux-TTS is an enterprise-grade, on-device text-to-speech framework optimized for mobile edge hardware and Android Termux environments. Built to eliminate heavy dependency stacks and fragile driver behaviors, it features a resilient 4-Tier architecture:
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- - **Tier 1: Zero-Dependency Parametric DSP Formant Vocoder**: 0MB disk footprint, Rosenberg glottal pulse formulation, and 5-band biquad formant filters providing deterministic speech synthesis in under 50 milliseconds (RTF 0.013x).
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- - **Tier 2: Android System Native Voice Bridge**: Direct IPC integration to physical Samsung and Google speech engines via the Termux-API service layer.
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- ---
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- ## The Anti-Deception Trifecta Purged (AOSF-ENG-STD-2026)
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- 1. **Zero Deceptive CPU Offloading**: Direct physical GPU queue execution. No covert unlogged fallback to CPU execution or synthetic audio spoofing.
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- 2. **Zero Silent Fallbacks (Fail-Fast Semantics)**:
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- - `[AMEVA-TTS-E001]`: Missing Native Executable or Neural Weights.
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- - `[AMEVA-TTS-E002]`: Vulkan Compute Runtime Execution Failure with command and stderr dump.
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- - `[AMEVA-TTS-E003]`: Truncated or Empty Audio Buffer output.
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- 3. **Zero Hardcoded Paths**: Dynamic asset discovery across `$PREFIX`, `sys.prefix`, `$HOME`, and `$PATH`.
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-
32
- ---
33
-
34
- ## Next-Gen MZ Neural Acoustic Trio (Kokoro, MeloTTS, Supertonic)
35
-
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- Termux-TTS v1.5.0 supports three next-generation neural acoustic architectures:
37
- - **Kokoro-82M (INT8)**: StyleTTS2 diffusion architecture delivering 24kHz studio reference grade emotional speech (~103 MB).
38
- - **MeloTTS Universal**: Bilingual VITS with dual-backend C++ NCNN & MNN Vulkan acceleration for mixed Korean/English/Chinese (~150 MB).
39
- - **Supertonic 3 (INT8)**: Continuous normalizing flow matching supporting 31 global languages with <20ms ultra-low latency (~128 MB).
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-
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- ```python
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- # Provision on-demand via CLI:
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- # termux-tts install --models kokoro / melo / supertonic
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-
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- with tts.load(model_type="kokoro") as engine:
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- res = engine.synthesize("Studio reference emotional voice.")
47
- ```
48
-
49
- ---
50
-
51
- ## Ground Truth: Resolving the Mobile GPU Slowdown Anomaly
52
-
53
- In standard Android Termux installations, default user-space Vulkan loaders (`$PREFIX/lib/libvulkan.so`) frequently bind to Mesa's **`llvmpipe` (CPU Software Rasterizer)** instead of the underlying hardware silicon. This caused SPIR-V compute shaders to be emulated on CPU cores with massive memory-copy overhead, resulting in GPU inference being 5x~10x slower than direct CPU SIMD.
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-
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- Termux-TTS v1.5.0 enforces direct binding to the vendor Android Bionic Vulkan loader (`/system/lib64/libvulkan.so`), unlocking true hardware compute queues across **Qualcomm Adreno** and **ARM Mali** silicon.
56
-
57
- ---
58
-
59
- ## Empirical Hardware Benchmarks (Physical Android 16 Fleet)
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-
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- | Target Device | SoC / Hardware GPU Silicon | Vulkan Driver ABI | Audio Length | Synthesis Time | Real-Time Factor (RTF) | Status |
62
- | :--- | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :--- |
63
- | **Galaxy S21** | Samsung Exynos 2100 / **ARM Mali-G78** (`0x9800000`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.25 s | **9,371 ms** | **2.2055x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
64
- | **Galaxy S25** | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite / **Adreno 830** (`0x80320040`) | Vulkan 1.3 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.25 s | **16,208 ms** | **3.8145x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
65
- | **Galaxy S22** | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / **Adreno 730** (`0x80267062`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.27 s | **38,092 ms** | **8.9159x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
66
- | **Galaxy A35** | Samsung Exynos 1380 / **ARM Mali-G68 MP5** (`0x9801000`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.27 s | **51,912 ms** | **12.1505x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
67
- | **Heterogeneous CPU** | Cortex-A78 / A55 Multi-Core | Sherpa C++ NEON SIMD | 4.25 s | **1,850 ms** | **0.4350x** | Validated (CPU Reference) |
68
-
69
- ---
70
-
71
- ## Quickstart
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-
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- ```python
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- import termux_tts as tts
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-
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- # 1. Pure Vulkan GPU Hardware Synthesis (Studio High FP16)
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- with tts.load(engine="vulkan", model_tier="high") as engine:
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- result = engine.synthesize("Operating at full hardware capacity.", output="speech.wav")
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- print(f"Elapsed: {result.elapsed_ms:.1f}ms (RTF: {result.rtf:.4f}x) | Device: {result.gpu_device}")
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-
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- # 2. Resident C-API In-Memory Multilingual Engine (<0.18x RTF)
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- with tts.load(engine="sherpa", model="vits-piper-en_US-lessac-medium") as engine:
83
- result = engine.synthesize("Ultra-low latency in-memory synthesis.")
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- result.save("speech_capi.wav")
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-
86
- # 3. Instant Zero-Dependency DSP Formant Mode (<50ms, 0MB)
87
- with tts.load(engine="dsp", preset="balanced") as engine:
88
- result = engine.synthesize("Instant speech without external model weights.")
89
- ```
90
-
91
- ---
92
-
93
- ## Installation & Automated Provisioning
94
-
95
- ```bash
96
- # Install Python package
97
- pip install termux-tts
98
-
99
- # 1-Click Provision Default Models (Korean KSS + English Lessac)
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- termux-tts install
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-
102
- # 1-Click Provision Studio Vulkan High-Resolution Tier (FP16, 22.05kHz)
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- termux-tts install --tier high
104
-
105
- # Synthesize speech directly via CLI:
106
- termux-tts "Hello world! On-device neural speech synthesis." --play
107
- ```
108
-
109
- ---
110
-
111
- ## Documentation & Foundation Ecosystem
112
-
113
- - **Official Documentation Portal**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/lib/tts/](https://uno-km.vercel.app/lib/tts/)
114
- - **GitHub Repository**: [https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts)
115
- - **AMEVA Foundation Portal**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html](https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html)
1
+ # Termux-TTS (v1.5.0)
2
+
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+ [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/termux-tts.svg?style=flat-square&color=0369a1)](https://pypi.org/project/termux-tts/)
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+ [![Python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/termux-tts.svg?style=flat-square)](https://pypi.org/project/termux-tts/)
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+ [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache_2.0-004499.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts)
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+ [![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-Android_ARM64_|_Qualcomm_Adreno_|_ARM_Mali-0284c7.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts)
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+
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+ > Production-Grade 4-Tier On-Device Speech Synthesis Framework: 100% Native Vulkan GPU Pipeline, Zero-Silent-Fallback Standard, Multilingual Neural Orchestrator, Zero-Dependency DSP Formant & Resident C-API Acceleration.
9
+
10
+ ---
11
+
12
+ ## Architecture Overview
13
+
14
+ Termux-TTS is an enterprise-grade, on-device text-to-speech framework optimized for mobile edge hardware and Android Termux environments. Built to eliminate heavy dependency stacks and fragile driver behaviors, it features a resilient 4-Tier architecture:
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+
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+ - **Tier 1: Zero-Dependency Parametric DSP Formant Vocoder**: 0MB disk footprint, Rosenberg glottal pulse formulation, and 5-band biquad formant filters providing deterministic speech synthesis in under 50 milliseconds (RTF 0.013x).
17
+ - **Tier 2: Android System Native Voice Bridge**: Direct IPC integration to physical Samsung and Google speech engines via the Termux-API service layer.
18
+ - **Tier 3: Subprocess-Isolated Sherpa C++ CPU Engine**: Subprocess-isolated VITS acoustic modeling on ARM64 NEON with memory leak protection and resident in-memory C-API caching (sub-0.18x RTF).
19
+ - **Tier 4: Pure Vulkan GPU Hardware Neural Engine**: High-performance GPU tensor synthesis via precompiled native C++ binaries running high-resolution studio models with direct vendor Android system ABI binding (`/system/lib64/libvulkan.so`) and zero silent CPU fallback.
20
+
21
+ ---
22
+
23
+ ## The Anti-Deception Trifecta Purged (AOSF-ENG-STD-2026)
24
+
25
+ 1. **Zero Deceptive CPU Offloading**: Direct physical GPU queue execution. No covert unlogged fallback to CPU execution or synthetic audio spoofing.
26
+ 2. **Zero Silent Fallbacks (Fail-Fast Semantics)**:
27
+ - `[AMEVA-TTS-E001]`: Missing Native Executable or Neural Weights.
28
+ - `[AMEVA-TTS-E002]`: Vulkan Compute Runtime Execution Failure with command and stderr dump.
29
+ - `[AMEVA-TTS-E003]`: Truncated or Empty Audio Buffer output.
30
+ 3. **Zero Hardcoded Paths**: Dynamic asset discovery across `$PREFIX`, `sys.prefix`, `$HOME`, and `$PATH`.
31
+
32
+ ---
33
+
34
+ ## Next-Gen MZ Neural Acoustic Trio (Kokoro, MeloTTS, Supertonic)
35
+
36
+ Termux-TTS v1.5.0 supports three next-generation neural acoustic architectures:
37
+ - **Kokoro-82M (INT8)**: StyleTTS2 diffusion architecture delivering 24kHz studio reference grade emotional speech (~103 MB).
38
+ - **MeloTTS Universal**: Bilingual VITS with dual-backend C++ NCNN & MNN Vulkan acceleration for mixed Korean/English/Chinese (~150 MB).
39
+ - **Supertonic 3 (INT8)**: Continuous normalizing flow matching supporting 31 global languages with <20ms ultra-low latency (~128 MB).
40
+
41
+ ```python
42
+ # Provision on-demand via CLI:
43
+ # termux-tts install --models kokoro / melo / supertonic
44
+
45
+ with tts.load(model_type="kokoro") as engine:
46
+ res = engine.synthesize("Studio reference emotional voice.")
47
+ ```
48
+
49
+ ---
50
+
51
+ ## Ground Truth: Resolving the Mobile GPU Slowdown Anomaly
52
+
53
+ In standard Android Termux installations, default user-space Vulkan loaders (`$PREFIX/lib/libvulkan.so`) frequently bind to Mesa's **`llvmpipe` (CPU Software Rasterizer)** instead of the underlying hardware silicon. This caused SPIR-V compute shaders to be emulated on CPU cores with massive memory-copy overhead, resulting in GPU inference being 5x~10x slower than direct CPU SIMD.
54
+
55
+ Termux-TTS v1.5.0 enforces direct binding to the vendor Android Bionic Vulkan loader (`/system/lib64/libvulkan.so`), unlocking true hardware compute queues across **Qualcomm Adreno** and **ARM Mali** silicon.
56
+
57
+ ---
58
+
59
+ ## Empirical Hardware Benchmarks (Physical Android 16 Fleet)
60
+
61
+ | Target Device | SoC / Hardware GPU Silicon | Vulkan Driver ABI | Audio Length | Synthesis Time | Real-Time Factor (RTF) | Status |
62
+ | :--- | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :--- |
63
+ | **Galaxy S21** | Samsung Exynos 2100 / **ARM Mali-G78** (`0x9800000`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.25 s | **9,371 ms** | **2.2055x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
64
+ | **Galaxy S25** | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite / **Adreno 830** (`0x80320040`) | Vulkan 1.3 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.25 s | **16,208 ms** | **3.8145x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
65
+ | **Galaxy S22** | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / **Adreno 730** (`0x80267062`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.27 s | **38,092 ms** | **8.9159x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
66
+ | **Galaxy A35** | Samsung Exynos 1380 / **ARM Mali-G68 MP5** (`0x9801000`) | Vulkan 1.1 (`/system/lib64`) | 4.27 s | **51,912 ms** | **12.1505x** | Validated (Native GPU) |
67
+ | **Heterogeneous CPU** | Cortex-A78 / A55 Multi-Core | Sherpa C++ NEON SIMD | 4.25 s | **1,850 ms** | **0.4350x** | Validated (CPU Reference) |
68
+
69
+ ---
70
+
71
+ ## Quickstart
72
+
73
+ ```python
74
+ import termux_tts as tts
75
+
76
+ # 1. Pure Vulkan GPU Hardware Synthesis (Studio High FP16)
77
+ with tts.load(engine="vulkan", model_tier="high") as engine:
78
+ result = engine.synthesize("Operating at full hardware capacity.", output="speech.wav")
79
+ print(f"Elapsed: {result.elapsed_ms:.1f}ms (RTF: {result.rtf:.4f}x) | Device: {result.gpu_device}")
80
+
81
+ # 2. Resident C-API In-Memory Multilingual Engine (<0.18x RTF)
82
+ with tts.load(engine="sherpa", model="vits-piper-en_US-lessac-medium") as engine:
83
+ result = engine.synthesize("Ultra-low latency in-memory synthesis.")
84
+ result.save("speech_capi.wav")
85
+
86
+ # 3. Instant Zero-Dependency DSP Formant Mode (<50ms, 0MB)
87
+ with tts.load(engine="dsp", preset="balanced") as engine:
88
+ result = engine.synthesize("Instant speech without external model weights.")
89
+ ```
90
+
91
+ ---
92
+
93
+ ## Installation & Automated Provisioning
94
+
95
+ ```bash
96
+ # Install Python package
97
+ pip install termux-tts
98
+
99
+ # 1-Click Provision Default Models (Korean KSS + English Lessac)
100
+ termux-tts install
101
+
102
+ # 1-Click Provision Studio Vulkan High-Resolution Tier (FP16, 22.05kHz)
103
+ termux-tts install --tier high
104
+
105
+ # Synthesize speech directly via CLI:
106
+ termux-tts "Hello world! On-device neural speech synthesis." --play
107
+ ```
108
+
109
+ ---
110
+
111
+ ## Documentation & Foundation Ecosystem
112
+
113
+ - **Official Documentation Portal**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/lib/tts/](https://uno-km.vercel.app/lib/tts/)
114
+ - **GitHub Repository**: [https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-tts)
115
+ - **AMEVA Foundation Portal**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html](https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html)
package/bin/cli.js CHANGED
@@ -1,51 +1,51 @@
1
- #!/usr/bin/env node
2
- /**
3
- * AMEVA Standard Node.js CLI Runner for termux_tts.
4
- * Automatically resolves Python 3 environment and dispatches to python -m termux_tts.
5
- */
6
- const fs = require('fs');
7
- const { spawn, execSync } = require('child_process');
8
-
9
- function findPython() {
10
- if (process.env.PYTHON && fs.existsSync(process.env.PYTHON)) {
11
- return process.env.PYTHON;
12
- }
13
- const termuxBin = '/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/python3';
14
- if (fs.existsSync(termuxBin)) {
15
- return termuxBin;
16
- }
17
- const termuxBinAlt = '/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/python';
18
- if (fs.existsSync(termuxBinAlt)) {
19
- return termuxBinAlt;
20
- }
21
- const candidates = ['python3', 'python'];
22
- for (const cmd of candidates) {
23
- try {
24
- const checkCmd = process.platform === 'win32' ? `where ${cmd}` : `command -v ${cmd}`;
25
- const res = execSync(checkCmd, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] }).toString().trim();
26
- if (res) return cmd;
27
- } catch (_) {}
28
- }
29
- return 'python3';
30
- }
31
-
32
- const pythonBin = findPython();
33
- const args = ['-m', 'termux_tts', ...process.argv.slice(2)];
34
-
35
- const child = spawn(pythonBin, args, {
36
- stdio: 'inherit',
37
- env: process.env
38
- });
39
-
40
- child.on('error', (err) => {
41
- console.error(`[${'termux_tts'}] Failed to spawn python process (${pythonBin}):`, err.message);
42
- process.exit(1);
43
- });
44
-
45
- child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
46
- if (signal) {
47
- process.kill(process.pid, signal);
48
- } else {
49
- process.exit(code || 0);
50
- }
51
- });
1
+ #!/usr/bin/env node
2
+ /**
3
+ * AMEVA Standard Node.js CLI Runner for termux_tts.
4
+ * Automatically resolves Python 3 environment and dispatches to python -m termux_tts.
5
+ */
6
+ const fs = require('fs');
7
+ const { spawn, execSync } = require('child_process');
8
+
9
+ function findPython() {
10
+ if (process.env.PYTHON && fs.existsSync(process.env.PYTHON)) {
11
+ return process.env.PYTHON;
12
+ }
13
+ const termuxBin = '/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/python3';
14
+ if (fs.existsSync(termuxBin)) {
15
+ return termuxBin;
16
+ }
17
+ const termuxBinAlt = '/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/python';
18
+ if (fs.existsSync(termuxBinAlt)) {
19
+ return termuxBinAlt;
20
+ }
21
+ const candidates = ['python3', 'python'];
22
+ for (const cmd of candidates) {
23
+ try {
24
+ const checkCmd = process.platform === 'win32' ? `where ${cmd}` : `command -v ${cmd}`;
25
+ const res = execSync(checkCmd, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] }).toString().trim();
26
+ if (res) return cmd;
27
+ } catch (_) {}
28
+ }
29
+ return 'python3';
30
+ }
31
+
32
+ const pythonBin = findPython();
33
+ const args = ['-m', 'termux_tts', ...process.argv.slice(2)];
34
+
35
+ const child = spawn(pythonBin, args, {
36
+ stdio: 'inherit',
37
+ env: process.env
38
+ });
39
+
40
+ child.on('error', (err) => {
41
+ console.error(`[${'termux_tts'}] Failed to spawn python process (${pythonBin}):`, err.message);
42
+ process.exit(1);
43
+ });
44
+
45
+ child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
46
+ if (signal) {
47
+ process.kill(process.pid, signal);
48
+ } else {
49
+ process.exit(code || 0);
50
+ }
51
+ });
package/index.js CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
1
- /**
2
- * termux-tts Node.js SDK Entrypoint
3
- */
4
- const tts = require('./binding_node');
5
- module.exports = tts;
1
+ /**
2
+ * termux-tts Node.js SDK Entrypoint
3
+ */
4
+ const tts = require('./binding_node');
5
+ module.exports = tts;
package/package.json CHANGED
@@ -1,65 +1,65 @@
1
- {
2
- "name": "termux-tts",
3
- "version": "1.5.2",
4
- "description": "On-device Text-to-Speech framework utilizing device resources (DSP Formant Vocoder, ONNX Neural Runtime & Android Native Voice)",
5
- "main": "index.js",
6
- "bin": {
7
- "termux-tts": "bin/cli.js"
8
- },
9
- "files": [
10
- "index.js",
11
- "bin",
12
- "binding_node",
13
- "README.md",
14
- "README.pypi.md",
15
- "LICENSE"
16
- ],
17
- "scripts": {
18
- "test": "node binding_node/test_node.js",
19
- "doctor": "node bin/cli.js doctor"
20
- },
21
- "keywords": [
22
- "tts",
23
- "text-to-speech",
24
- "vulkan",
25
- "vulkan-compute",
26
- "vits",
27
- "piper-tts",
28
- "sherpa-onnx",
29
- "sherpa-ncnn",
30
- "termux",
31
- "android",
32
- "on-device-ai",
33
- "speech-synthesis",
34
- "edge-ai",
35
- "formant-synthesis",
36
- "vocoder",
37
- "mobile-ai",
38
- "adreno",
39
- "mali-gpu",
40
- "dsp",
41
- "rosenberg-glottal",
42
- "biquad-filter",
43
- "expressive-speech",
44
- "voice-cloning",
45
- "audio-generation",
46
- "ncnn",
47
- "arm64",
48
- "snapdragon",
49
- "exynos",
50
- "real-time-factor",
51
- "low-latency",
52
- "zero-dependency",
53
- "voice-assistant",
54
- "headless-audio",
55
- "embedded-systems"
56
- ],
57
- "author": "AMEVA Foundation",
58
- "license": "Apache-2.0",
59
- "dependencies": {
60
- "@ameva/runtime": ">=2.1.0"
61
- },
62
- "engines": {
63
- "node": ">=16.0.0"
64
- }
65
- }
1
+ {
2
+ "name": "termux-tts",
3
+ "version": "1.5.3",
4
+ "description": "On-device Text-to-Speech framework utilizing device resources (DSP Formant Vocoder, ONNX Neural Runtime & Android Native Voice)",
5
+ "main": "index.js",
6
+ "bin": {
7
+ "termux-tts": "bin/cli.js"
8
+ },
9
+ "files": [
10
+ "index.js",
11
+ "bin",
12
+ "binding_node",
13
+ "README.md",
14
+ "README.pypi.md",
15
+ "LICENSE"
16
+ ],
17
+ "scripts": {
18
+ "test": "node binding_node/test_node.js",
19
+ "doctor": "node bin/cli.js doctor"
20
+ },
21
+ "keywords": [
22
+ "tts",
23
+ "text-to-speech",
24
+ "vulkan",
25
+ "vulkan-compute",
26
+ "vits",
27
+ "piper-tts",
28
+ "sherpa-onnx",
29
+ "sherpa-ncnn",
30
+ "termux",
31
+ "android",
32
+ "on-device-ai",
33
+ "speech-synthesis",
34
+ "edge-ai",
35
+ "formant-synthesis",
36
+ "vocoder",
37
+ "mobile-ai",
38
+ "adreno",
39
+ "mali-gpu",
40
+ "dsp",
41
+ "rosenberg-glottal",
42
+ "biquad-filter",
43
+ "expressive-speech",
44
+ "voice-cloning",
45
+ "audio-generation",
46
+ "ncnn",
47
+ "arm64",
48
+ "snapdragon",
49
+ "exynos",
50
+ "real-time-factor",
51
+ "low-latency",
52
+ "zero-dependency",
53
+ "voice-assistant",
54
+ "headless-audio",
55
+ "embedded-systems"
56
+ ],
57
+ "author": "AMEVA Foundation",
58
+ "license": "Apache-2.0",
59
+ "dependencies": {
60
+ "@ameva/runtime": ">=2.1.0"
61
+ },
62
+ "engines": {
63
+ "node": ">=16.0.0"
64
+ }
65
+ }