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Kokoro TTS's phonemizer (misaki) auto-downloads the en_core_web_sm spacy model via spacy.cli.download(), which internally calls pip install. uv venvs don't include pip by default, causing "No module named pip" errors. Adding pip as a dependency ensures the download works. This becomes redundant once misaki publishes a fix upstream. Fixes #343
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## Summary - Add release notes for v0.15.4.1 (`docs/releases/v0.15.4.1.mdx`) - Bump `__version__` from `0.15.4` → `0.15.4.1` in `src/gaia/version.py` - Add `releases/v0.15.4.1` to nav and update navbar label in `docs/docs.json` Closes #336, #339, #344, #345, #342, #348, #346 > **Note:** Do not tag `v0.15.4.1` until after this PR merges. --------- Co-authored-by: Tomasz Iniewicz <[email protected]>
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Summary
pipto the[talk]extras insetup.pyto fix"No module named pip"when runninggaia talkFixes #343
Root Cause
Kokoro TTS depends on
misaki(phonemizer), which auto-downloads theen_core_web_smspacy model viaspacy.cli.download(). Internally, spacy callspip installto fetch the model. However,uv-created virtual environments don't includepipby default, causing the import to fail withModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'.Misaki's maintainers already fixed this upstream by adding
pip>=25.0.1as a dependency (hexgrad/misaki#77), but the fix hasn't been released to PyPI yet (latest is 0.9.4). Addingpipexplicitly to our[talk]extras resolves the issue now and becomes harmless (but redundant) once misaki ships the fix.Testing
Verified locally on Linux (aarch64, Docker, no audio hardware):
uv pip install -e ".[talk]"— confirmspip==26.0.1is installed into the venvpython -m pip --version— confirms pip is importablegaia talk --no-tts --whisper-model-size tiny— successfully initializes TalkSDK, downloads Whisper model, and reaches the "Listening..." state (fails only on audio device access, which is expected without a mic)No
"No module named pip"error observed.Test plan
uv pip install -e ".[talk]"installspipinto the venvgaia talkgets past module imports without errorgaia talkon a machine with audio hardware