README.md

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title: KasbahTTS V0 — Algerian Dardja TTS
emoji: 🎙️
colorFrom: red
colorTo: green
sdk: gradio
sdk_version: 6.20.0
app_file: app.py
pinned: false
license: mit
short_description: Zero-shot Algerian Dardja (الدارجة) text-to-speech
models:
  - MenaVoice/KasbahTTS-V0
tags:
  - text-to-speech
  - arabic
  - algerian-arabic
  - dardja
  - f5-tts
  - voice-cloning
---

# KasbahTTS V0 — Algerian Dardja TTS

Interactive demo for [`MenaVoice/KasbahTTS-V0`](https://huggingface.co/MenaVoice/KasbahTTS-V0),
the first open-source text-to-speech model built for **Algerian Dardja** (الدارجة الجزائرية).

Give it a few seconds of any voice and some Dardja text, and it speaks that text in that voice.

## How it works

Built on **F5-TTS** (DiT-based flow matching), fine-tuned from **Habibi-TTS** on real Algerian
conversational speech. Weights are pulled at runtime from the model repo, so this Space does not
carry its own copy.

## Limitations

- Arabic script only — no French code-switching
- No digits — spell numbers out (`ثلاثة`, not `3`)
- No diacritics (تشكيل)
- May occasionally repeat words; try `nfe_step=64` or shorter segments

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*من القصبة للعالم — From the Kasbah to the world*