Example Python File
from bark import SAMPLE_RATE, generate_audio, preload_models
from scipy.io.wavfile import write as write_wav
from IPython.display import Audio
# download and load all models
preload_models()
# generate audio from text
text_prompt = """
♪ Hello, welcome to LinuxLinks. [laughs]
We hope you love our content. ♪
"""
audio_array = generate_audio(text_prompt)
# save audio to disk
write_wav("bark-LinuxLinks.wav", SAMPLE_RATE, audio_array)
# play text in notebook
Audio(audio_array, rate=SAMPLE_RATE)
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Page 2 – In Operation and Summary
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Never heard of Bark before. It looks kinda interesting. I’ll give it a whirl under Ubuntu.
I’m using Debian so I should be able to get it working.
do what?
Can you run Bark without a dedicated graphics card? I’ve got a 5th generation Intel machine with 8GB of RAM.
We don’t recommend using Bark without a dedicated GPU, but it’s definitely possible to run it without one.
You’ll get a warning
“No GPU being used. Careful, inference might be very slow!”
And that’s definitely the case. A 5 second clip took over a minute to be generated on an Intel i5-10400 machine.
Even with an i9-13900K, processing is slow. A dedicated graphics card is a must for these machine learning apps.