Files
qwen3-tts-ra/README.md
pi-bot-01 d3ca5ab0b2 feat: Qwen3-TTS proxy with HIP graph + CPU decoder optimisations
- OpenAI-compatible Flask proxy (POST /audio/speech, GET /models)
- faster-qwen3-tts HIP graph acceleration: GPU LLM at 1.78x RTF
- CPU speech tokenizer decoder: bypasses MIOpen ConvDirectNaiveConvFwd,
  eliminates 4-40s per-request decode overhead
- attn_implementation=sdpa for transformer attention
- AOTRITON env var toggle (off=short sentences, on=long-form/novel chapters)
- HIP_GRAPHS env var toggle (default on)
- Startup warmup with HIP graph capture (~5s)
- CORS support for browser extension requests
- RTF: 0.9-1.5x on AMD RX 7900 XTX (gfx1100, ROCm 6.3)

Performance vs baseline (CPU-only, ~3 min/sentence):
  12c: 3.2s | 44c: 2.7s | 115c: 6.6s
2026-03-25 21:18:42 -07:00

83 lines
2.6 KiB
Markdown

# qwen3-tts-ra
Qwen3-TTS with Read-Aloud browser extension integration.
## Components
- `qwen3-proxy/` — OpenAI-compatible TTS proxy (`POST /audio/speech`)
- `Qwen3-TTS/` — Qwen3-TTS library (submodule / clone)
- `read-aloud/` — Read-Aloud browser extension (submodule / clone)
- `setup_qwen3_readaloud.sh` — Initial environment setup script
## Architecture
```
Read-Aloud extension
→ POST http://localhost:5000/audio/speech
→ qwen3-proxy/app.py (Flask, OpenAI-compatible API)
→ faster-qwen3-tts (HIP graph acceleration, AMD gfx1100)
→ GPU: LLM token generation at ~1.78x RTF
→ CPU: speech tokenizer decode (bypasses MIOpen)
```
## Performance (AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, gfx1100)
| Input | Audio | Time | RTF |
|-------|-------|------|-----|
| 12c "Hello world." | ~2s | ~3s | ~0.9x |
| 44c sentence | ~4s | ~3s | **1.5x** |
| 115c paragraph | ~10s | ~7s | **1.5x** |
RTF > 1.0 = generates faster than real-time.
## Key optimisations
1. **HIP Graphs** (`faster-qwen3-tts`) — captures autoregressive decode loop as a static GPU program, eliminating Python overhead per token
2. **CPU speech decoder** — moves `speech_tokenizer.model` to CPU, bypassing MIOpen's slow `ConvDirectNaiveConvFwd` fallback entirely
3. **`attn_implementation=sdpa`** — PyTorch native SDPA for transformer attention
4. **`MIOPEN_USER_DB_PATH`** — persistent MIOpen find-DB for LLM-side convolutions
## Setup
```bash
# Install Python venv + deps
./setup_qwen3_readaloud.sh
# Start the proxy service
systemctl --user start qwen3-tts-proxy.service
# Watch logs
journalctl --user -u qwen3-tts-proxy.service -f
```
## Read-Aloud Extension Settings
In Read-Aloud → Settings → OpenAI:
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| URL | `http://127.0.0.1:5000` |
| API Key | *(leave blank)* |
| Voice list | see below |
```json
[
{"voice": "alloy", "lang": "en-US", "model": "tts-1"},
{"voice": "echo", "lang": "en-US", "model": "tts-1"},
{"voice": "fable", "lang": "en-US", "model": "tts-1"},
{"voice": "onyx", "lang": "en-US", "model": "tts-1"},
{"voice": "nova", "lang": "zh-CN", "model": "tts-1"},
{"voice": "shimmer", "lang": "zh-CN", "model": "tts-1"}
]
```
## Env vars (systemd service)
| Variable | Default | Notes |
|----------|---------|-------|
| `QWEN_MODEL` | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-0.6B-CustomVoice` | HF model id or local path |
| `DEVICE` | `cuda:0` | GPU device |
| `HIP_GRAPHS` | `1` | Enable faster-qwen3-tts HIP graphs |
| `AOTRITON` | `0` | AOTriton flash attention — faster for long text (>80 chars), slower for short sentences |
| `PROXY_PORT` | `5000` | Listening port |