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# Mimic 3
![mimic 3 mark 2](img/mimic3-mark-ii.png)
A fast and local neural text to speech system for [Mycroft](https://mycroft.ai/) and the [Mark II](https://mycroft.ai/product/mark-ii/).
[Available voices](https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3-voices)
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sudo apt-get install libespeak-ng1
```
### Mycroft TTS Plugin
Install the plugin:
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Enable the plugin in your [mycroft.conf](https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/using-mycroft-ai/customizations/mycroft-conf) file:
``` sh
mycroft-conf set tts.module mimic3_tts_plug
mycroft-config set tts.module mimic3_tts_plug
```
See the [plugin's documentation](https://github.com/MycroftAI/plugin-tts-mimic3) for more options.
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Install the command-line tool:
``` sh
pip install mimic3[all]
pip install mimic3-tts[all]
```
Once installed, the following commands will be available:
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* `<speaker>` can be a name or number starting at 0
* Speaker names come from a voice's `speakers.txt` file
For example, the default [Alan Pope](https://popey.me/) voice key is `en_UK/apope_low`. The [CMU Arctic voice](https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3-voices/tree/master/voices/en_US/cmu-arctic_low) contains multiple speakers, with a commonly used voice being `en_US/cmu-arctic_low#slt`.
For example, the default [Alan Pope](https://popey.me/) voice key is `en_UK/apope_low`.
The [CMU Arctic voice](https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3-voices/tree/master/voices/en_US/cmu-arctic_low) contains multiple speakers, with a commonly used voice being `en_US/cmu-arctic_low#slt`.
Voices are automatically downloaded from [Github](https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3-voices) and stored in `${HOME}/.local/share/mimic3` (technically `${XDG_DATA_HOME}/mimic3`).
Voices are automatically downloaded from [Github](https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3-voices) and stored in `${HOME}/.local/share/mimic3` (technically `${XDG_DATA_HOME}/mimic3`). You can also [manually download them](#downloading-voices).
## Running