README2.md

Check out original repo for more details and usage: Original Repo

Windows Install

1. Create and activate new conda environment.

conda create --name tortoise-WebUI python=3.9 -y && conda activate tortoise-WebUI

2. Install pytorch.

conda install pytorch torchvision torchaudio pytorch-cuda=11.8 -c pytorch -c nvidia -y

3. Confirm CUDA is available

python
import torch
torch.cuda.is_available()
exit()

4. Clone the repository and cd into the new folder

git clone https://github.com/natlamir/tortoise-WebUI.git && cd tortoise-WebUI

5. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Install pysoundfile

conda install -c conda-forge pysoundfile -y

7. Run tortoise setup file

python setup.py install

Usage

Using the example command from original repo

python tortoise/do_tts.py --text "we have now re-installed tortoise. enjoy!" --voice random --preset fast

Or use this command to locally run the gradio web UI (same as the one from huggingface space) with some modifications to be able to use locally

python app.py