---
title: Install §Voice on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of §Voice for on Ubuntu - Fast, private, local
  text-to-speech powered by Kokoro
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/truevoice/ubuntu
---

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# Install §Voice on **Ubuntu**

# §Voice (truevoice)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/truevoice/ubuntu#install)

#### Fast, private, local text-to-speech powered by Kokoro

Voice turns text, files, and standard input into natural Kokoro speech
entirely on your CPU. The model runs locally: text is not uploaded and no
account or network connection is required after installation.

Select from 54 voices across American and British English, Spanish, French,
Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese. Voice
can play speech immediately or write a 24 kHz WAV file for later use.

Command-line examples:

```
 truevoice speak "Hello from Voice"
 truevoice voices
 truevoice speak --output speech.wav "Save this as a WAV file"
```

For the full Ubuntu GNOME Quick Settings experience, run this once after
installing the snap:

```
 git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/t4ce/Voice.git
 cd Voice
 ./tools/install_ubuntu_integration.sh
```

This host-side installer adds the Voice tile, language and voice selection,
Speak Clipboard, Speak Selection, and keyboard shortcuts for the current
user. The speech model remains local and only loads when Voice is switched on.

### Package name

* truevoice

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 8 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 8 August 2026 - latest/edge

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### Donations

* [www.trueos.eu](https://www.trueos.eu "https://www.trueos.eu")

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install §Voice

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install §Voice

To install §Voice, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install truevoice
```

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