# tlack/babytalk

> Fully offline speech-to-text and text-to-speech for ESP32-S3/P4 in C, MicroPython and AtomVM, with STT/TTS models and a data generation and finetuning framework.

- Magnitude: 2.9 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 17 total · +4 stars measured 2026-10-10, 04:39–07:26 UTC, ≈ 15 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Hardware, IoT & robotics · Language: C · Created: 2026-09-26 · Last push: 2026-10-09
- GitHub: https://github.com/tlack/babytalk · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/tlack/babytalk

## Useful for

- Transcribe speech to text on a keyboardless LoRa node and send the message
- Read incoming text messages aloud on a screenless device
- Build voice control that works without WiFi and never sends audio to the cloud

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-10 (UTC), 04:39–07:26: 13 → 17 stars (+4). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +15 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 14 days old and already has 17 stars.
- Hacker News: “Show HN: Babytalk: Offline speech to text and text to speech on ESP32” — 10 points, 10 h ago.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 3
- Issues and pull requests: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Average over the last week: 4 per day
- Usual pace: 0 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 2

## Stars per day, last 15 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-26 … 2026-10-10: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 17, 4

## Hacker News

- Show HN: Babytalk: Offline speech to text and text to speech on ESP32 — 10 points, 5 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50026819

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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