Tools and Setup

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Paths on TonyB

C:\tts\tts.py - Chatterbox voice script (--ref <wav> for cloning)
C:\tts\gemini_tts.py - Gemini TTS; --style for directions, --whole (whole script in one request), --fallback-model (switch to Lite when the daily limit is hit)
C:\tts\qwen3tts - Qwen3-TTS venv (1.7B VoiceDesign / Base clone)
C:\tts\chatterbox - Chatterbox venv
C:\tts\voices\user_announcer_ref.wav - user's own announcer recording (20.65 s, mono 24 kHz)
C:\tts\vt\vt.py - voice-test runner
C:\video\template - video template
C:\video\HERMES_PROMPT.md, C:\video\COPYWRITING.md
C:\video\examples\prop1ad - worked example
C:\video\voice_tests - bake-off samples
Hermes profile: C:\Users\fight\AppData\Local\hermes\profiles\explainer - start with explainer chat

Qwen llama-server on :1922 uses ~6.4 GB baseline. Never start Gemma (:1923) alongside it.
Peak VRAM seen: Chatterbox 3.9 GB, Qwen3-TTS VoiceDesign ~4.3-4.5 GB, Qwen3-TTS clone 5.0 GB. Run TTS models one at a time.
Long runs: one-time scheduled tasks (schtasks /create ... /sc once, /run), delete afterwards.

Free tier: 10 requests/day on flash-tts (resets ~4:50 PM PT); flash-lite-tts 3/min. Script auto-falls back to Lite.
Style must go in speech_metadata.style (interactions endpoint), never in the text.
GEMINI_API_KEY goes in the explainer profile .env (user step; not confirmed done).