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+stackvox
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+Kokoro-82M (TTS model weights and voice files)
+  Copyright (c) hexgrad
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+  https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M
+
+  stackvox downloads the ONNX-converted model (`kokoro-v1.0.onnx`) and voice
+  pack (`voices-v1.0.bin`) from the kokoro-onnx GitHub release assets on
+  first use and caches them under `~/.cache/stackvox/`. These files are
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stackvox-0.2.0/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: stackvox
+Version: 0.2.0
+Summary: Offline TTS library using Kokoro-82M
+Author-email: "StackOne Technologies Ltd." <engineering@stackone.com>
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox
+Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/issues
+Keywords: tts,kokoro,onnx,offline,speech
+Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS
+Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+Classifier: Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Speech
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+License-File: NOTICE
+Requires-Dist: kokoro-onnx>=0.4.0
+Requires-Dist: soundfile>=0.12.1
+Requires-Dist: sounddevice>=0.4.6
+Requires-Dist: numpy>=1.24
+Provides-Extra: dev
+Requires-Dist: pytest>=8.0; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: pytest-mock>=3.12; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: pytest-cov>=5.0; extra == "dev"
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+Requires-Dist: commitizen>=3.27; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: mypy>=1.11; extra == "dev"
+Dynamic: license-file
+
+# stackvox
+
+[![ci](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+[![coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/StackOneHQ/stackvox/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/StackOneHQ/stackvox)
+[![python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10%2B-blue)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue)](./LICENSE)
+
+Offline TTS using [Kokoro-82M](https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M) via [kokoro-onnx](https://github.com/thewh1teagle/kokoro-onnx). Apache 2.0 model, ~340MB, CPU real-time, plays straight to system audio. Designed to be importable as a Python library, drivable as a CLI, or poked via a unix socket for ~13ms speech requests from shell scripts.
+
+## Install
+
+Recommended — install globally with pipx so `stackvox` and `stackvox-say` end up on PATH:
+
+```bash
+pipx install git+https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox.git
+```
+
+Upgrade later with `pipx install --force git+https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox.git` (pipx's `upgrade` doesn't always detect new commits on git installs).
+
+Dev install from a clone:
+
+```bash
+python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+Model + voice files auto-download to `~/.cache/stackvox/` on first use. Override with `STACKVOX_CACHE_DIR`.
+
+## CLI
+
+```bash
+stackvox "Hello world"              # synthesize and play in-process
+stackvox speak "Hi" --voice bf_emma # same, explicit subcommand
+stackvox speak "save" --out a.wav   # write wav instead of playing
+stackvox welcome                    # multilingual welcome (6 languages)
+stackvox voices                     # list all voice ids
+```
+
+Daemon mode (keeps the model resident so each subsequent call is instant):
+
+```bash
+stackvox serve         # foreground; run with `nohup stackvox serve &` to background
+stackvox status        # is the daemon up?
+stackvox say "Hello"   # send text to the daemon (fails if not running)
+stackvox stop          # graceful shutdown
+```
+
+## `stackvox-say` (bash helper, ~13ms)
+
+When you want minimum latency from shell scripts (hooks, CI steps, etc.), skip the Python client and use the bash helper — it talks directly to the daemon's unix socket via `nc`:
+
+```bash
+stackvox-say "back to you in 5"
+stackvox-say --voice bf_emma --speed 1.1 "hello"
+stackvox-say --fallback-say "text"     # shell out to macOS `say` if daemon is down
+```
+
+Exit codes: `0` ok, `2` daemon unreachable (unless `--fallback-say` was given).
+
+## Python library
+
+```python
+from stackvox import Stackvox, speak, synthesize
+
+# One-shot — model loads on first call, reused for subsequent calls.
+speak("Hello world")
+
+# Reusable engine.
+tts = Stackvox(voice="af_bella")
+tts.speak("First line")
+tts.speak("Faster", speed=1.2)
+
+# Non-blocking playback.
+tts.speak("async", blocking=False)
+tts.stop()
+
+# Raw samples for custom processing.
+samples, sr = tts.synthesize("give me the array")
+
+# Gapless multi-line playback with concurrent synthesis.
+tts.speak_sequence([
+    {"text": "Hello", "voice": "af_heart", "lang": "en-us"},
+    {"text": "Bonjour", "voice": "ff_siwis", "lang": "fr-fr"},
+])
+```
+
+### Daemon client from Python
+
+```python
+from stackvox import daemon
+
+ok, resp = daemon.say("queue this via the running daemon")
+if daemon.is_running():
+    daemon.stop()
+```
+
+## Voices
+
+Kokoro ships voices across several languages. Voice prefix encodes gender + language:
+
+| Prefix         | Language         | Example                  |
+| -------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------ |
+| `af_*`, `am_*` | American English | `af_heart`, `am_michael` |
+| `bf_*`, `bm_*` | British English  | `bf_emma`, `bm_fable`    |
+| `ff_*`         | French           | `ff_siwis`               |
+| `hf_*`, `hm_*` | Hindi            | `hf_alpha`, `hm_omega`   |
+| `if_*`, `im_*` | Italian          | `if_sara`, `im_nicola`   |
+| `pf_*`, `pm_*` | Portuguese       | `pf_dora`, `pm_alex`     |
+| `ef_*`, `em_*` | Spanish          | `ef_dora`, `em_alex`     |
+| `jf_*`, `jm_*` | Japanese         | `jf_alpha`               |
+| `zf_*`, `zm_*` | Mandarin Chinese | `zf_xiaoxiao`            |
+
+Run `stackvox voices` for the authoritative list.
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+┌────────────────────┐      unix socket           ┌─────────────────────────┐
+│  stackvox-say      │ ───────────────────────▶   │  stackvox daemon        │
+│  (bash, ~13ms)     │   JSON line per request    │  (Python, long-lived)   │
+└────────────────────┘                            │                         │
+┌────────────────────┐      ~500ms (Py startup)   │  preloaded Kokoro ONNX  │
+│  stackvox say      │ ───────────────────────▶   │  worker thread playback │
+│  (Python client)   │                            │  → sounddevice → audio  │
+└────────────────────┘                            └─────────────────────────┘
+┌────────────────────┐
+│  stackvox speak    │   loads model in-process, plays, exits
+│  (one-shot CLI)    │
+└────────────────────┘
+```
+
+Socket lives at `~/.cache/stackvox/daemon.sock` (override with `STACKVOX_SOCKET` for the client, `STACKVOX_CACHE_DIR` for the daemon). Protocol is one line of JSON per connection: `{"text":"...", "voice":"...", "speed":1.0, "lang":"en-us"}`; reply is `ok` / `busy` / `err: <msg>`. Plain text (no JSON) is accepted as a fallback and treated as `{"text": line}`.
+
+Queue depth is 2 — rapid-fire requests beyond that get `busy` rather than piling up.
+
+Before each utterance the daemon resets PortAudio so it picks up the current system default output device. Swap from speakers to Bluetooth headphones mid-session and the next `say` follows you — no daemon restart needed. The refresh costs ~10–50ms per play, which is invisible next to synthesis time.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- Python 3.10+
+- macOS or Linux
+- `nc` (BSD netcat — default on macOS, `netcat-openbsd` on Linux) for the bash helper
+
+## License & attributions
+
+stackvox itself is licensed under the **Apache License, Version 2.0** — see [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE). Third-party attributions are collected in [`NOTICE`](./NOTICE); the summary below is informational.
+
+**Model.** Speech is generated by [Kokoro-82M](https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M) (© hexgrad, Apache 2.0). The ONNX-converted weights (`kokoro-v1.0.onnx`) and voice pack (`voices-v1.0.bin`) are downloaded from the [kokoro-onnx](https://github.com/thewh1teagle/kokoro-onnx) release assets on first use and cached under `~/.cache/stackvox/`. stackvox does not modify or redistribute them.
+
+**Runtime dependencies.** [`kokoro-onnx`](https://github.com/thewh1teagle/kokoro-onnx) (MIT, © thewh1teagle), [`onnxruntime`](https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime) (MIT, © Microsoft), [`sounddevice`](https://python-sounddevice.readthedocs.io/) (MIT, © Matthias Geier), [`soundfile`](https://github.com/bastibe/python-soundfile) (BSD-3, © Bastian Bechtold), [`numpy`](https://numpy.org/) (BSD-3).
+
+**GPL note.** `kokoro-onnx` pulls in [`phonemizer-fork`](https://github.com/bootphon/phonemizer) as a transitive runtime dependency; it is licensed under **GPL-3.0**. stackvox does not bundle, modify, or statically link it — pip installs it alongside stackvox and the two communicate through phonemizer's published Python API at runtime. If you redistribute a combined work (e.g. a frozen binary, container image, or vendored wheel set) that includes phonemizer-fork, review GPL-3.0 obligations for that distribution.

stackvox-0.2.0/README.md

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+# stackvox
+
+[![ci](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+[![coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/StackOneHQ/stackvox/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/StackOneHQ/stackvox)
+[![python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10%2B-blue)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue)](./LICENSE)
+
+Offline TTS using [Kokoro-82M](https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M) via [kokoro-onnx](https://github.com/thewh1teagle/kokoro-onnx). Apache 2.0 model, ~340MB, CPU real-time, plays straight to system audio. Designed to be importable as a Python library, drivable as a CLI, or poked via a unix socket for ~13ms speech requests from shell scripts.
+
+## Install
+
+Recommended — install globally with pipx so `stackvox` and `stackvox-say` end up on PATH:
+
+```bash
+pipx install git+https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox.git
+```
+
+Upgrade later with `pipx install --force git+https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox.git` (pipx's `upgrade` doesn't always detect new commits on git installs).
+
+Dev install from a clone:
+
+```bash
+python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+Model + voice files auto-download to `~/.cache/stackvox/` on first use. Override with `STACKVOX_CACHE_DIR`.
+
+## CLI
+
+```bash
+stackvox "Hello world"              # synthesize and play in-process
+stackvox speak "Hi" --voice bf_emma # same, explicit subcommand
+stackvox speak "save" --out a.wav   # write wav instead of playing
+stackvox welcome                    # multilingual welcome (6 languages)
+stackvox voices                     # list all voice ids
+```
+
+Daemon mode (keeps the model resident so each subsequent call is instant):
+
+```bash
+stackvox serve         # foreground; run with `nohup stackvox serve &` to background
+stackvox status        # is the daemon up?
+stackvox say "Hello"   # send text to the daemon (fails if not running)
+stackvox stop          # graceful shutdown
+```
+
+## `stackvox-say` (bash helper, ~13ms)
+
+When you want minimum latency from shell scripts (hooks, CI steps, etc.), skip the Python client and use the bash helper — it talks directly to the daemon's unix socket via `nc`:
+
+```bash
+stackvox-say "back to you in 5"
+stackvox-say --voice bf_emma --speed 1.1 "hello"
+stackvox-say --fallback-say "text"     # shell out to macOS `say` if daemon is down
+```
+
+Exit codes: `0` ok, `2` daemon unreachable (unless `--fallback-say` was given).
+
+## Python library
+
+```python
+from stackvox import Stackvox, speak, synthesize
+
+# One-shot — model loads on first call, reused for subsequent calls.
+speak("Hello world")
+
+# Reusable engine.
+tts = Stackvox(voice="af_bella")
+tts.speak("First line")
+tts.speak("Faster", speed=1.2)
+
+# Non-blocking playback.
+tts.speak("async", blocking=False)
+tts.stop()
+
+# Raw samples for custom processing.
+samples, sr = tts.synthesize("give me the array")
+
+# Gapless multi-line playback with concurrent synthesis.
+tts.speak_sequence([
+    {"text": "Hello", "voice": "af_heart", "lang": "en-us"},
+    {"text": "Bonjour", "voice": "ff_siwis", "lang": "fr-fr"},
+])
+```
+
+### Daemon client from Python
+
+```python
+from stackvox import daemon
+
+ok, resp = daemon.say("queue this via the running daemon")
+if daemon.is_running():
+    daemon.stop()
+```
+
+## Voices
+
+Kokoro ships voices across several languages. Voice prefix encodes gender + language:
+
+| Prefix         | Language         | Example                  |
+| -------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------ |
+| `af_*`, `am_*` | American English | `af_heart`, `am_michael` |
+| `bf_*`, `bm_*` | British English  | `bf_emma`, `bm_fable`    |
+| `ff_*`         | French           | `ff_siwis`               |
+| `hf_*`, `hm_*` | Hindi            | `hf_alpha`, `hm_omega`   |
+| `if_*`, `im_*` | Italian          | `if_sara`, `im_nicola`   |
+| `pf_*`, `pm_*` | Portuguese       | `pf_dora`, `pm_alex`     |
+| `ef_*`, `em_*` | Spanish          | `ef_dora`, `em_alex`     |
+| `jf_*`, `jm_*` | Japanese         | `jf_alpha`               |
+| `zf_*`, `zm_*` | Mandarin Chinese | `zf_xiaoxiao`            |
+
+Run `stackvox voices` for the authoritative list.
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+┌────────────────────┐      unix socket           ┌─────────────────────────┐
+│  stackvox-say      │ ───────────────────────▶   │  stackvox daemon        │
+│  (bash, ~13ms)     │   JSON line per request    │  (Python, long-lived)   │
+└────────────────────┘                            │                         │
+┌────────────────────┐      ~500ms (Py startup)   │  preloaded Kokoro ONNX  │
+│  stackvox say      │ ───────────────────────▶   │  worker thread playback │
+│  (Python client)   │                            │  → sounddevice → audio  │
+└────────────────────┘                            └─────────────────────────┘
+┌────────────────────┐
+│  stackvox speak    │   loads model in-process, plays, exits
+│  (one-shot CLI)    │
+└────────────────────┘
+```
+
+Socket lives at `~/.cache/stackvox/daemon.sock` (override with `STACKVOX_SOCKET` for the client, `STACKVOX_CACHE_DIR` for the daemon). Protocol is one line of JSON per connection: `{"text":"...", "voice":"...", "speed":1.0, "lang":"en-us"}`; reply is `ok` / `busy` / `err: <msg>`. Plain text (no JSON) is accepted as a fallback and treated as `{"text": line}`.
+
+Queue depth is 2 — rapid-fire requests beyond that get `busy` rather than piling up.
+
+Before each utterance the daemon resets PortAudio so it picks up the current system default output device. Swap from speakers to Bluetooth headphones mid-session and the next `say` follows you — no daemon restart needed. The refresh costs ~10–50ms per play, which is invisible next to synthesis time.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- Python 3.10+
+- macOS or Linux
+- `nc` (BSD netcat — default on macOS, `netcat-openbsd` on Linux) for the bash helper
+
+## License & attributions
+
+stackvox itself is licensed under the **Apache License, Version 2.0** — see [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE). Third-party attributions are collected in [`NOTICE`](./NOTICE); the summary below is informational.
+
+**Model.** Speech is generated by [Kokoro-82M](https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M) (© hexgrad, Apache 2.0). The ONNX-converted weights (`kokoro-v1.0.onnx`) and voice pack (`voices-v1.0.bin`) are downloaded from the [kokoro-onnx](https://github.com/thewh1teagle/kokoro-onnx) release assets on first use and cached under `~/.cache/stackvox/`. stackvox does not modify or redistribute them.
+
+**Runtime dependencies.** [`kokoro-onnx`](https://github.com/thewh1teagle/kokoro-onnx) (MIT, © thewh1teagle), [`onnxruntime`](https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime) (MIT, © Microsoft), [`sounddevice`](https://python-sounddevice.readthedocs.io/) (MIT, © Matthias Geier), [`soundfile`](https://github.com/bastibe/python-soundfile) (BSD-3, © Bastian Bechtold), [`numpy`](https://numpy.org/) (BSD-3).
+
+**GPL note.** `kokoro-onnx` pulls in [`phonemizer-fork`](https://github.com/bootphon/phonemizer) as a transitive runtime dependency; it is licensed under **GPL-3.0**. stackvox does not bundle, modify, or statically link it — pip installs it alongside stackvox and the two communicate through phonemizer's published Python API at runtime. If you redistribute a combined work (e.g. a frozen binary, container image, or vendored wheel set) that includes phonemizer-fork, review GPL-3.0 obligations for that distribution.

stackvox-0.2.0/bin/stackvox-say

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# stackvox-say — fast TTS client for hooks.
+# Talks directly to the stackvox daemon over its unix socket, bypassing
+# Python startup. Falls back to macOS `say` with --fallback-say.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   stackvox-say "text"
+#   stackvox-say --voice bf_emma --speed 1.1 "text"
+#   stackvox-say --fallback-say "text"
+#   stackvox-say --socket /tmp/other.sock "text"
+#
+# Env:
+#   STACKVOX_SOCKET — override socket path (default: ~/.cache/stackvox/daemon.sock)
+
+set -u
+
+sock="${STACKVOX_SOCKET:-$HOME/.cache/stackvox/daemon.sock}"
+voice="" speed="" lang="" fallback=0 text=""
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --voice)        voice="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --speed)        speed="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --lang)         lang="$2";  shift 2 ;;
+    --fallback-say) fallback=1; shift ;;
+    --socket)       sock="$2";  shift 2 ;;
+    -h|--help)
+      sed -n '3,13p' "$0" | sed 's/^# \{0,1\}//'
+      exit 0 ;;
+    --)             shift; text="$*"; break ;;
+    -*)             echo "stackvox-say: unknown flag: $1" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+    *)              text="${text:+$text }$1"; shift ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$text" ]]; then
+  echo "stackvox-say: no text provided" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+do_fallback() {
+  if [[ $fallback -eq 1 ]] && command -v say >/dev/null; then
+    say "$text"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  exit 2
+}
+
+[[ -S "$sock" ]]          || do_fallback
+command -v nc >/dev/null  || do_fallback
+
+# Minimal JSON escape: backslash, double quote, newline, tab.
+esc=${text//\\/\\\\}
+esc=${esc//\"/\\\"}
+esc=${esc//$'\n'/\\n}
+esc=${esc//$'\t'/\\t}
+
+payload='{"text":"'$esc'"'
+[[ -n "$voice" ]] && payload+=',"voice":"'$voice'"'
+[[ -n "$speed" ]] && payload+=',"speed":'$speed
+[[ -n "$lang"  ]] && payload+=',"lang":"'$lang'"'
+payload+='}'
+
+resp=$(printf '%s\n' "$payload" | nc -U -w 1 "$sock" 2>/dev/null)
+[[ "$resp" == "ok" ]] && exit 0
+
+do_fallback