Lojban support

app.py

@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ def text_to_ipa(text, lang='en-us'):
         ipa_sections = re.findall(regex, text)
         text = re.sub(regex, '[]', text)
 
-        if lang in LANG_NAMES:
+        if lang == 'jb':
+            # Lojban language
+            import lojban
+            ps = lojban.lojban2ipa(text, 'vits')
+        elif lang in LANG_NAMES:
             local_phonemizer = phonemizer.backend.EspeakBackend(language=lang, preserve_punctuation=True, with_stress=True)
             ps = local_phonemizer.phonemize([text])
             ps = ps[0]
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ for v in CHOICES.values():
 TOKEN_NOTE = '''
 💡 Customize pronunciation with Markdown link syntax and /slashes/ like `[Kokoro](/kˈOkəɹO/)`
 
-💬 To adjust intonation, try punctuation `;:,.!?—…"()""` or stress `ˈ` and `ˌ`
+💬 To adjust intonation, try punctuation `;:,.!?—…"()“”` or stress `ˈ` and `ˌ`
 
 ⬇️ Lower stress `[1 level](-1)` or `[2 levels](-2)`
 
@@ -236,7 +240,7 @@ with gr.Blocks() as stream_tab:
 BANNER_TEXT = '''
 [***Kokoro*** **is an open-weight TTS model with 82 million parameters.**](https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M)
 
-This demo supports multiple languages using G2P and phonemizer. Select your language below!
+This demo uses native US English and British English speakers. But also supports multiple languages using G2P and phonemizer. Select your language below!
 '''
 
 API_OPEN = os.getenv('SPACE_ID') != 'hexgrad/Kokoro-TTS'
@@ -245,23 +249,24 @@ API_NAME = None if API_OPEN else False
 # Language choices for the dropdown
 LANGUAGE_CHOICES = [
     ['English (US)', 'en-us'],
-    ['Czech (Non-native)', 'cs'],
-    ['Danish (Non-native)', 'da'],
-    ['Dutch (Non-native)', 'nl'],
-    ['Estonian (Non-native)', 'et'],
-    ['Finnish (Non-native)', 'fi'],
-    ['French (Non-native)', 'fr'],
-    ['German (Non-native)', 'de'],
-    ['Greek (Non-native)', 'el'],
-    ['Italian (Non-native)', 'it'],
-    ['Norwegian (Non-native)', 'no'],
-    ['Polish (Non-native)', 'pl'],
-    ['Portuguese (Non-native)', 'pt'],
-    ['Russian (Non-native)', 'ru'],
-    ['Slovene (Non-native)', 'sl'],
-    ['Spanish (Non-native)', 'es'],
-    ['Swedish (Non-native)', 'sv'],
-    ['Turkish (Non-native)', 'tr'],
+    # ['Czech (Non-native)', 'cs'],
+    # ['Danish (Non-native)', 'da'],
+    # ['Dutch (Non-native)', 'nl'],
+    # ['Estonian (Non-native)', 'et'],
+    # ['Finnish (Non-native)', 'fi'],
+    # ['French (Non-native)', 'fr'],
+    # ['German (Non-native)', 'de'],
+    # ['Greek (Non-native)', 'el'],
+    # ['Italian (Non-native)', 'it'],
+    # ['Norwegian (Non-native)', 'no'],
+    # ['Polish (Non-native)', 'pl'],
+    # ['Portuguese (Non-native)', 'pt'],
+    # ['Russian (Non-native)', 'ru'],
+    # ['Slovene (Non-native)', 'sl'],
+    # ['Spanish (Non-native)', 'es'],
+    # ['Swedish (Non-native)', 'sv'],
+    # ['Turkish (Non-native)', 'tr'],
+    ['Lojban', 'jb'],
 ]
 
 with gr.Blocks() as app: