The latest articles on DEV Community by Anthony (@karmadon). https://dev.to/karmadon https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F499393%2Fadb9b8ea-e95f-4851-b3c5-f4e81566951d.jpeg https://dev.to/karmadon en Anthony Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:26:28 +0000 https://dev.to/karmadon/balaka-local-only-tts-with-fastapi-and-a-separate-frontend-3hp https://dev.to/karmadon/balaka-local-only-tts-with-fastapi-and-a-separate-frontend-3hp <h1> Balaka </h1> <p>Balaka is a local-only text-to-speech app built around OmniVoice.</p> <h2> What it does </h2> <ul> <li>runs TTS locally</li> <li>exposes a FastAPI backend</li> <li>ships a separate static frontend</li> <li>supports voice design and voice cloning</li> <li>removes remote inference fallback</li> </ul> <h2> Why I built it </h2> <p>I wanted a minimal local TTS stack that is easy to run, easy to inspect, and does not hide the model behind a remote service.</p> <h2> Repo </h2> <p><a href="https://github.com/stremovskyy/balaka" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/stremovskyy/balaka</a></p> ai opensource python showdev