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Maise Guides
Everything you need to get Maise set up as your Android speech engine — from first install to full offline AI voice integration with Maid.
Setup
Set Maise as Your System TTS Engine
Make Maise the default text-to-speech engine for your entire Android device. Every app that uses the standard TTS API — including navigation, accessibility tools, and Maid — will speak with Maise voices.
Setup
Set Up On-Device Speech Recognition
Configure Maise as your Android speech recognizer and enable the voice keyboard. Dictate text in any app using Whisper-powered recognition that runs entirely on your device.
Reference
Voices & Languages Reference
Browse the full catalogue of 68 Kokoro voices across 9 languages. Learn how to preview voices in the app and set your system-wide default.
Integration
Use Maise with Maid
Combine Maise TTS with Maid's local AI inference for a fully offline AI assistant — local model, local voice, local transcription, end to end.
Technical
How Maise Works
A technical walkthrough of the TTS and ASR pipelines: text normalisation, IPA phonemization, Kokoro neural synthesis, streaming playback, WebRTC VAD, and distil-Whisper transcription.