# Orpheus TTS
Orpheus TTS is an open source (Apache License) text-to-speech LLM created by [[Canopy Labs]].
This model was built on top of Llama-3b.
Orpheus supports different languages and different voices.
Interestingly, it's possible to add emotions to the text. Those will be conveyed in the generated audio output.
## Local usage
To use Orpheus TTS locally, one can use a combination of [[LM Studio]] and applications such as the following ones:
- https://github.com/Lex-au/Orpheus-FastAPI
- https://github.com/isaiahbjork/orpheus-tts-local
I tried the first (Orpheus-FastAPI), which provides a nice UI:
![[Orpheus TTS - orpheus-fastapi ui.png]]
I used it within [[Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)]] by following these steps: https://github.com/Lex-au/Orpheus-FastAPI?tab=readme-ov-file#fastapi-service-native-installation. I can the model itself locally using [[LM Studio]] for ease of use.
## References
- Announcement: https://canopylabs.ai/model-releases
- AI models: https://huggingface.co/canopylabs
- Source code: https://github.com/canopyai/Orpheus-TTS
- Supported emotions: https://github.com/canopyai/Orpheus-TTS/blob/main/emotions.txt