Orpheus 3b French FT Q8 0.gguf

🚀 Orpheus-3b-FT-Q8_0

Orpheus-3b-FT-Q8_0 is a high - performance Text - to - Speech model. It's a quantised version of canopylabs/3b-fr-ft-research_release, optimised for efficient inference on consumer hardware while maintaining high - quality speech output.

🚀 Quick Start

Download the Model

1. Download this quantised model from lex-au's Orpheus-FASTAPI collection.

Load the Model

2. Load the model in your preferred inference server and start the server.

Set up the Front - end

3. Clone the Orpheus - FastAPI repository:

git clone https://github.com/Lex-au/Orpheus-FastAPI.git
cd Orpheus-FastAPI

4. Configure the FastAPI server to connect to your inference server by setting the ORPHEUS_API_URL environment variable.
5. Follow the complete installation and setup instructions in the repository README.

✨ Features

• Multiple Voice Options: 3 distinct voice options with different characteristics.
• Emotion Support: Support for emotion tags like laughter, sighs, etc.
• GPU Acceleration: Optimised for CUDA acceleration on RTX GPUs.
• High - Quality Audio: Produces high - quality 24kHz mono audio.
• Naturalness: Fine - tuned for conversational naturalness.

📦 Installation

Compatible Inference Servers

This quantised model can be loaded into any of these LLM inference servers:

• GPUStack - GPU optimised LLM inference server (My pick) - supports LAN/WAN tensor split parallelisation.
• LM Studio - Load the GGUF model and start the local server.
• llama.cpp server - Run with the appropriate model parameters.
• Any compatible OpenAI API - compatible server.

💻 Usage Examples

Available Voices

The model supports 3 different voices:

• Pierre: Male, French, sophisticated.
• Amelie: Female, French, elegant.
• Marie: Female, French, spirited.

Emotion Tags

You can add expressiveness to speech by inserting tags:

• <laugh>, <chuckle>: For laughter sounds.
• <sigh>: For sighing sounds.
• <cough>, <sniffle>: For subtle interruptions.
• <groan>, <yawn>, <gasp>: For additional emotional expression.

📚 Documentation

Model Description

Orpheus - 3b - FT - Q8_0 is a 3 billion parameter Text - to - Speech model that converts text inputs into natural - sounding speech with support for multiple voices and emotional expressions. The model has been quantised to 8 - bit (Q8_0) format for efficient inference, making it accessible on consumer hardware.

Technical Specifications

Limitations

• Best performance achieved on CUDA - compatible GPUs.
• Generation speed depends on GPU capability.

📄 License

This model is available under the Apache License 2.0.

🔧 Technical Details

Citation & Attribution

The original Orpheus model was created by Canopy Labs. This repository contains a quantised version optimised for use with the Orpheus - FastAPI server.

If you use this quantised model in your research or applications, please cite:

@misc{orpheus-tts-2025,
  author = {Canopy Labs},
  title = {Orpheus-3b-0.1-ft: Text-to-Speech Model},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {HuggingFace},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/canopylabs/orpheus-3b-0.1-ft}}
}

@misc{orpheus-quantised-2025,
  author = {Lex-au},
  title = {Orpheus-3b-FT-Q8_0: Quantised TTS Model with FastAPI Server},
  note = {GGUF quantisation of canopylabs/orpheus-3b-0.1-ft},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {HuggingFace},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/lex-au/Orpheus-3b-FT-Q8_0.gguf}}
}