Show HN: Vaghenu, a meter aware sloka-to-chant, TTS for Sanskrit

Category: ai-ml

Tags: tts, sanskrit, text-to-speech

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 7, Documentation: 5, Utility: 7)

Vagdhenu is an open-source, meter-aware TTS system for Sanskrit chanting, developed by a single researcher to make ancient texts accessible. It innovatively combines prosody-aware synthesis with open training data and weights, filling a unique niche in cultural language technology. Its utility extends to students, teachers, and devotees, though documentation is limited to a blog-style README.

Target audience: researchers, linguists, educators

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