# Installing Mimic2 as System-Wide TTS Engine (Ubuntu)?
**URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/installing-mimic2-as-system-wide-tts-engine-ubuntu/11663
**Category:** Mimic
**Created:** [December 26, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/installing-mimic2-as-system-wide-tts-engine-ubuntu/11663 "2021-12-26T13:14:27Z")
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### Author:  [@gregory.opera](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/gregory.opera)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/installing-mimic2-as-system-wide-tts-engine-ubuntu/11663/1 "2021-12-26T13:14:27Z")
Can Mimic2 be installed for use as a System-wide text-to-speech engine in Linux-based operating systems (such as Ubuntu)?
Or is it a proprietary thing that’s only available to those paying a subscription fee?
I primarily want to use it as the text-to-speech engine for ‘Foliate’ (the eBook software), though I would probably use it to listen read Wikipedia articles on occasion, too…
Is this possible?
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### Author:  [@goldyfruit](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/goldyfruit)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/installing-mimic2-as-system-wide-tts-engine-ubuntu/11663/2 "2021-12-26T14:08:12Z")
The sources of Mimic2 are here
> **[GitHub - MycroftAI/mimic2: Text to Speech engine based on the Tacotron...](https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic2)**
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> Text to Speech engine based on the Tacotron architecture, initially implemented by Keith Ito. - GitHub - MycroftAI/mimic2: Text to Speech engine based on the Tacotron architecture, initially implem...
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### Author:  [@gregory.opera](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/gregory.opera)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/installing-mimic2-as-system-wide-tts-engine-ubuntu/11663/3 "2021-12-26T20:50:06Z")
Is there not a pre-compiled and pre-configured package available anywhere?
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### Author:  [@baconator](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/baconator)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/installing-mimic2-as-system-wide-tts-engine-ubuntu/11663/4 "2021-12-27T22:18:53Z")
No. Also don’t use mimic2. If anything, coqui’s tts would be a comparable (and more usable/better) choice. Mimic3/larynx is also out there, but unclear if that’s configurable yet? (mike or someone will probably reply to correct me if that’s wrong)
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### Author:  [@gregory.opera](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/gregory.opera)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/installing-mimic2-as-system-wide-tts-engine-ubuntu/11663/5 "2021-12-27T23:35:30Z")
Any idea if they’re planning to have a pre-compiled version at some point?
Based on the demos (of Mimic2) shown on the website, I feel like this could be a strong addition to the Linux Community,…
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### Author:  [@baconator](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/baconator)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/installing-mimic2-as-system-wide-tts-engine-ubuntu/11663/6 "2021-12-27T23:54:20Z")
Mimic2 is way out of date and should not be used.