Text-to-speech Sourced statement

Pocket TTS on Raspberry Pi 5

Benchmark pending. We haven't measured this pair yet. Below is what the sources say about this hardware, quoted with links.

Hobbyist single-board computer. Common for Home Assistant voice and offline assistants. Small models only.

EvidenceSourced statement
Commercial useYes
Licensecc-by-4.0
Stated memoryNot stated
Device memory8 GB RAM

Results

Benchmark pending. No measured numbers from us yet for Pocket TTS on Pi 5. Get notified or send us your numbers (with the method).

What the sources say about Pi 5

  • Community/third-party Third-party sherpa-onnx port runs Pocket TTS on embedded boards including Raspberry Pi (listed in the official README). source
    Caveat: Community port, no Pi speed figure

Method

We haven't run this pair. Everything on this page is quoted from the linked sources, with the source type labelled (model authors vs third parties). Vendor numbers are often measured under favourable conditions.

Ways to run Pocket TTS

RuntimePrecisionDocumented devices
pocket-tts (PyTorchfp32, int8 dynamic quant (CPU only)CPU (GPU optional)source
sherpa-onnx (third-party)ONNXWindows/macOS/Linux, Raspberry Pi, Jetson, RK3588source
MLX port (communityMLXApple Siliconsource

Run it

We haven't verified a run command for this device yet. Start from the official instructions: https://github.com/kyutai-labs/pocket-tts.

Caveats

  • Community port, no Pi speed figure

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