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ollama-voice-mac

Mac compatible Ollama Voice building on the work of https://github.com/maudoin/ollama-voice

Running

  1. Install Ollama on your Mac.
  2. Download the Mistral 7b model using the ollama pull mistral command.
  3. Download an OpenAI Whisper Model (base works fine).
  4. Clone this repo somewhere.
  5. Place the Whisper model in a /whisper directory in the repo root folder.
  6. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install.
  7. Run python assistant.py to start the assistant.

Improving the voice

You can improve the quality of the voice by downloading a higher quality version. These instructions work on MacOS 14 Sonoma:

  1. In System Settings select Accessibility > Spoken Content
  2. Select System Voice and Manage Voices...
  3. For English find "Zoe (Premium)" and download it.
  4. Select Zoe (Premium) as your System voice.