apps/desktop/README.md

🖥️ Desktop Integration

Tracks desktop app integration for ASR/TTS/translation pipelines.

✅ Verified Application Building Blocks

🎤 Speech Input: Faster-Whisper

• Repo: github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper
• Use in apps: fast offline/near-real-time transcription components.

🔈 Speech Output: Coqui TTS

• Repo: github.com/coqui-ai/TTS
• Use in apps: local speech synthesis modules for Pashto-enabled UX.

🌍 Translation Layer: OPUS MT (via multilingual models)

• Models:
  • huggingface.co/Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-en-mul
  • huggingface.co/Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-mul-en
• Pashto validation: language list includes pus.
• Use in apps: Pashto↔English assistive translation path for demos.

🧩 Suggested Desktop Pipeline

1. Mic input → ASR transcription
2. Optional translation (Pashto ↔ English)
3. Optional TTS playback in Pashto
4. Save logs for QA and benchmark replay