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 "notice": "Data from Open Source Everything (https://opensourceeverything.org), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: use it freely, credit the site, link to the page, and share changes under the same license. Listings were drafted with AI assistance and are managed by the r/TrueOpenSource moderators; check a project's own page before relying on a fact.",
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   "note": "Covers music and singing; spoken voice-overs and speech are not described.",
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   "id": "kokoro",
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    "mac"
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   "note": "Covers spoken voice only; no AI music, and it is a code library, not a ready app.",
   "why": "Does part of the job · Advanced setup · No recent activity",
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   "id": "coqui-tts",
   "name": "Coqui TTS",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/coqui-tts/",
   "summary": "Coqui TTS is a free toolkit that turns written text into spoken audio, and it can also learn new voices from recordings. It is aimed mainly at programmers and researchers who want to build or customize speech systems.",
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   "setup": "advanced",
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    "linux",
    "server"
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