Vaghenu, a meter aware sloka-to-chant, TTS for Sanskrit
A 15-year-old dream has come true today. I started a PhD with the dream of creating a system that chants any Sanskrit shloka perfectly. And here I am opening sourcing Vaghenu, a meter aware sloka-to-chant, TTS for Sanskrit . This is the world's first vrutta-aware, open-source TTS for Sanskrit Chanting. I am making the model weights, training scripts, and even data (that I meticulously collected) public - https://prathosh.in/vagdhenu/ No large AI lab. No big engineering team. No venture-scale budget. Just a professor's conviction that one of humanity's oldest knowledge…
Vaghenu, a meter aware sloka-to-chant, TTS for Sanskrit launched on June 30, 2026 with 10 votes, #1,316 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
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Vaghenu is an open-source text-to-speech system designed to chant Sanskrit slokas with proper meter awareness. It generates audio that respects the traditional metrical patterns (vrutta) of Sanskrit verse. The tool is intended for Sanskrit students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners who want accurate audio renderings of classical texts. The system includes publicly available model weights, training scripts, and training data.
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A 15-year-old dream has come true today. I started a PhD with the dream of creating a system that chants any Sanskrit shloka perfectly. And here I am opening sourcing Vaghenu, a meter aware sloka-to-chant, TTS for Sanskrit . This is the world's first vrutta-aware, open-source TTS for Sanskrit Chanting. I am making…
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