Quick Start

Launch the VoiceForge server and UI to generate your first audio.

First Time Setup?

If you haven't installed the dependencies yet, run these commands first.

# 1. Setup Backend
python -m venv venv
.\venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 2. Setup Frontend
cd frontend
npm install
cd ..

1. Start the Backend

Open a terminal in the root `voiceforge` directory.

# Activate environment first!
.\venv\Scripts\activate

python main.py

Server will start at http://localhost:8000

2. Start the Frontend

Open a NEW terminal, navigate to frontend/ and run:

npm run dev

UI will be available at http://localhost:3000

3. Verify it works

Go to the Text to Speech tab in the UI. Type "Hello world" and click Generate.