Practical overview
When it fits
Use TTS when you want a Python library for speech synthesis or need tools and model components for text-to-speech development, training or dataset analysis.
Who it is for
- Developers adding speech synthesis to Python applications.
- Researchers and practitioners prototyping or training text-to-speech models.
- Teams assessing or curating speech-training datasets.
Documented uses
- Generate speech from text using released models.
- Prototype speech-generation features with pretrained models.
- Train text-to-speech models, including multi-speaker models.
- Analyze and assess the quality of speech datasets.
- Evaluate models and select parameters with notebooks.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and specifies the MPL-2.0 license. The README specifies Python >=3.6 and
- The README recommends the PyPI package for synthesis with released models, and a local repository installation for coding or training.
- The project documents released models in PyTorch, TensorFlow and TensorFlow Lite formats.
- The README lists multi-GPU training, multi-speaker synthesis, training logs and a demo server for model testing.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Install TTS from PyPI for released-model speech synthesis
Install the library in an environment that meets its documented Python version requirement, as a prerequisite for synthesizing speech with released models.
Before you start
- Python >= 3.6 and < 3.9
Steps
Use a Python environment in the supported version range.
Install the package with the command below.
pip install TTSContinue to the README’s released-model speech-synthesis example to use the installed library.
Expected outcome
The TTS package is installed for the documented released-model synthesis workflow.
Guide limitations
- This installation recipe does not document the speech-synthesis invocation or its inputs.
- The documented Python support is limited to versions >= 3.6 and < 3.9.
Install TTS locally for coding or model training
Set up a local editable installation for coding with TTS or training models.
Before you start
- Python >= 3.6 and < 3.9
- Git and pip
Steps
Clone the repository with the command below.
git clone https://github.com/mozilla/TTSFrom the cloned project directory, install it locally with the command below.
pip install -e .Use the repository’s training executables or training recipes as the next stage.
Expected outcome
TTS is installed locally in editable mode for development or training work.
Guide limitations
- This setup guide does not document dataset preparation, training parameters, or a complete training run.
- The documented Python support is limited to versions >= 3.6 and < 3.9.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 16 October 2026
- Original website title
- mozilla/TTS · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

