Splits the input text at sentence-ending punctuation (with secondary
split on , ; : for sentences over 220 chars), yields one wav chunk
per clause. Callers can start playback as soon as chunk 0 arrives —
TTFB ~ 50 ms on M4 — while the rest synthesise in the background.
API:
for idx, wav in pipe.generate_stream('Phrase 1. Phrase 2.', voice='F1', lang='fr'):
play_audio(wav)
For non-streaming consumers:
chunks = [w for _, w in pipe.generate_stream(text, ...)]
full = pipe.concat_chunks(chunks, gap_ms=80)
Bench on a 23 s French paragraph (M3 Ultra):
chunks: 6
TTFB: 54 ms (first 2.44 s audio chunk ready)
total: 410 ms (RTF x56)
Whisper: 98 % word overlap on concat
The 80 ms inter-chunk silence in concat_chunks roughly matches the
natural breathing pause between sentences and masks the prosody
discontinuity from independent chunk generation. Each chunk uses
seed + idx so chunks don't sound identical even on repeated nouns.
Example script in examples/streaming_demo.py.
