# Kannada TTS and STT

- Page: https://shared.btbytes.com/p/202310072059
- Date: 2023-10-07

**STATUS: DRAFT**

Deep Learning enabled, realistic sounding Text To Speech (TTS) and Speech To Text (STT) tools for Kannada.

There is a need for developing good, reliable,  open-source TTS and STT solutions for Kannada.

Text to speech means converting a string into speech. There have been numerous advantages in TTS engines.

Speech to

## Good outcomes

- A free to use, offline working, high quality Kannada TTS voice for any project without onerous licesing. See *Thorsten Voice* (German) below.

## References

- [Thorsten-Voice](https://github.com/thorstenMueller/Thorsten-Voice/): *A free to use, offline working, high quality german TTS voice should be available for every project without any license struggling.* This can serve as a template/model for generating Kannada TTS voice.