ovos-tts-plugin-espeakNG and ovos-tts-plugin-cotovia
Plugin A provides a text-to-speech engine using espeak-ng, while Plugin B is a specific Galician TTS plugin for the same OpenVoiceOS ecosystem, making them complementary in that Plugin B likely leverages or is designed to work alongside the underlying TTS framework provided by plugins like A, or offers an alternative for a specific language where Plugin A might be a more general-purpose solution.
About ovos-tts-plugin-espeakNG
OpenVoiceOS/ovos-tts-plugin-espeakNG
espeakNG plugin
Wraps the espeak-ng speech synthesis engine as a pluggable TTS module for OpenVoiceOS, enabling lightweight multilingual text-to-speech with configurable voice selection. The plugin delegates audio synthesis to the native espeak-ng binary while providing a standardized plugin interface for voice selection and parameter configuration. Includes Docker containerization for isolated deployment with HTTP synthesis endpoints.
About ovos-tts-plugin-cotovia
OpenVoiceOS/ovos-tts-plugin-cotovia
galician tts plugin for OVOS
Wraps the Cotovia unit-selection TTS engine, which synthesizes speech by concatenating prerecorded phonetic segments with parallel intonation contour selection for natural prosody. Provides three pre-trained voices (Iago, Sabela, Sabela-large) supporting Galician and Spanish with configurable pitch, speed, and voice selection. Integrates as a plugin into the OVOS voice assistant framework via standard TTS module interface.
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