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harrrshall/syntts

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2JavaScriptAudience · generalComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

TLDR

A Hinglish text-to-speech demo that runs fully in your browser using WebGPU, converting typed Hindi-English mix into spoken audio with nothing sent to any server.

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    What it does
      Hinglish text-to-speech
      Runs in browser
      No server needed
    Input formats
      Romanized Hinglish
      Devanagari script
    How it works
      WebGPU computation
      Hugging Face model weights
      396MB one-time download
    Output
      4 fixed voices
      Audio generated on device
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Generate spoken Hinglish audio from typed text without uploading anything to a server.

USE CASE 2

Test a Hinglish code-switching TTS model in a browser as a demo or research reference.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptWebGPUHugging Face Transformers

How does it compare?

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Requires a browser with WebGPU support and a one-time 396MB model download on first visit.

No license is stated in the README.

In plain English

syntts is a text-to-speech tool that runs entirely inside a web browser, with no server or backend involved. It converts typed text into spoken audio and is built specifically for Hinglish, the everyday style of mixing Hindi and English words that many speakers use naturally across India. The model runs using WebGPU, a newer browser technology that lets web pages use the computer's graphics card for computation. Because everything runs on your device, nothing you type is sent to any server. Your text and the resulting audio stay entirely on your machine. The first time you visit the page, the browser downloads about 396 megabytes of model weights from Hugging Face, a platform where researchers publish AI models. After that initial download, the files are cached and the tool loads immediately on future visits. You can type in either romanized Hinglish, writing Hindi words with English letters such as "yaar kal ka match dekha", or directly in the Devanagari script used for written Hindi. The tool converts romanized Hindi input to Devanagari automatically while keeping English words in the Latin alphabet, which shapes how words are pronounced by the model. Four fixed speaker voices are available. The model has 89 million parameters. According to the README, the browser version produces audio that exactly matches the reference PyTorch model it was derived from. A live demo runs at the project's GitHub Pages address. No installation is needed: you visit the page in a supported browser. The README is sparse and does not state a license.

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Prompt 1
I want to integrate a WebGPU-based TTS model like syntts into my React app. How do I load and run a Hugging Face Transformers.js model on the GPU from a web component?
Prompt 2
How does syntts handle the conversion from romanized Hinglish like 'yaar kaise ho' to Devanagari before passing text to the TTS model? Can I replicate this transliteration step in Python?
Prompt 3
I want to build a Hinglish TTS feature for my app using the syntts model weights. What format are the weights in and how do I run inference outside the browser?

Frequently asked questions

What is syntts?

A Hinglish text-to-speech demo that runs fully in your browser using WebGPU, converting typed Hindi-English mix into spoken audio with nothing sent to any server.

What language is syntts written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, WebGPU, Hugging Face Transformers.

What license does syntts use?

No license is stated in the README.

How hard is syntts to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is syntts for?

Mainly general.

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