kokoro-manim-voiceover 0.1.1

Professional library for generating high-quality voiceovers in Manim animations using Kokoro-82M model

Kokoro Manim Voiceover

Professional library for generating high-quality voiceovers in Manim animations using the Kokoro-82M model.

Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

pip install kokoro-manim-voiceover

Using uv (Alternative)

# For new projects
uv init my-project
cd my-project
uv add kokoro-manim-voiceover

# Or install directly
uv pip install kokoro-manim-voiceover

Note: uv is a modern, high-performance Python package manager that offers significantly faster installations and better dependency resolution than pip. It's fully compatible with existing Python workflows.

From Source

git clone https://github.com/nkayzai/kokoro-manim-voiceover.git
cd kokoro-manim-voiceover
pip install -e .

Quick Start

from manim import *
from manim_voiceover import VoiceoverScene
from kokoro_mv import KokoroService

class MyAnimation(VoiceoverScene):
    def construct(self):
        self.set_speech_service(KokoroService(voice="af"))
        
        with self.voiceover(text="Hello, this is my first voiceover!") as tracker:
            self.play(Write(Text("Hello, this is my first voiceover!")), run_time=tracker.duration)

Available Voices

Voice Code	Description
af	American Female (default)
af_bella	American Female - Bella
af_nicole	American Female - Nicole
af_sarah	American Female - Sarah
af_sky	American Female - Sky
am_adam	American Male - Adam
am_michael	American Male - Michael
bf_emma	British Female - Emma
bf_isabella	British Female - Isabella
bm_george	British Male - George
bm_lewis	British Male - Lewis

Usage Examples

Basic Animation

class BasicExample(VoiceoverScene):
    def construct(self):
        self.set_speech_service(KokoroService(voice="af"))
        
        circle = Circle()
        square = Square().shift(2 * RIGHT)
        
        with self.voiceover(text="This circle is drawn as I speak.") as tracker:
            self.play(Create(circle), run_time=tracker.duration)
        
        with self.voiceover(text="Now let's transform it into a square.") as tracker:
            self.play(Transform(circle, square), run_time=tracker.duration)

Custom Configuration

service = KokoroService(
    voice="am_michael",  # Male voice
    speed=1.2,           # 20% faster
    lang="en-us"         # Language setting
)

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• Dependencies are automatically installed

Model Files

The library automatically downloads required model files (~220MB) on first use.

Development

Setting up development environment

Using uv (Recommended)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/nkayzai/kokoro-manim-voiceover.git
cd kokoro-manim-voiceover

# Install in development mode with all dependencies
uv sync --dev

# Run tests
uv run pytest

# Format code
uv run black .
uv run isort .

# Type checking
uv run mypy .

Using pip

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/nkayzai/kokoro-manim-voiceover.git
cd kokoro-manim-voiceover

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install in development mode
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
black .
isort .

License

MIT License