### Sherpa TTS

(A Text-to-Speech Engine for DeGoogled Phones)

Sherpa TTS (github.com/woheller69/ttsengine) is a really good open source Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine for Android phones. It runs locally on your phone, which means you aren't sending your data back to some Big Tech company to be collected, analyzed and sold to suspicious 3rd party entities, whether they be government and private.

Sherpa TTS works really well with apps such as:

- Navigation Apps:

- OsmAnd~

- Organic Maps

- Librera - You can turn any ebook file into an audio book using Sherpa as the Librera TTS engine.

- Voca - copy and share any text to Voca, which reads it back to you.

Pros:

- A ton of Language Packs

- Language packs have many voices

- Whisper AI based

- Works really good

- Fully offline (runs on your phone)

- Open Source

Cons:

- Chinese developer with no credibility in the western world (yet)

### To Get Sherpa TTS Working

1. Install Sherpa TTS from the Zapstore (zapstore.dev) or From F-Droid (f-droid.org)

2. Search your DeGoogled phone settings for "text-to-speech output"

- select "text-to-speech output"

- select "Preferred engine"

- select "Sherpa TTS"

3. Open Sherpa TTS app and download a Language

- Most languages come with different voices, so try a few out. You might surprise yourself with a better voice.