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PiperTTS-NCNN-Models

Guidelines for Converting Piper ONNX Model

• https://github.com/nihui/ncnn-android-piper
• https://github.com/OHF-Voice/piper1-gpl
• https://huggingface.co/datasets/rhasspy/piper-checkpoints

1. Checkout the correct version of the piper repository:
   bash

   1git clone [https://github.com/OHF-Voice/piper1-gpl](https://github.com/OHF-Voice/piper1-gpl) 2cd piper1-gpl 3git checkout 113931937cf235fc8all1afd1ca4be209bc6919bc7
2. Apply the necessary patch:
   bash

   1# Ensure 'piper1-gpl.patch' is available 2git apply piper1-gpl.patch
3. Set up the Python environment and install dependencies:
   bash

   1python3 -m venv .venv 2source .venv/bin/activate 3python3 -m pip install -e .[train]
4. Download a Piper checkpoint file (.ckpt) from Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/rhasspy/piper-checkpoints
5. Install the PNNX model converter:
   pip install -U pnnx
6. Obtain the export_ncnn.py script.
7. Run the conversion script on your checkpoint file:
   bash

   1# Replace with your actual file 2python export_ncnn.py (language code).ckpt (e.g., en.ckpt, fa.ckpt, ...)