Tag: AI

  • Convert Text to Audio on Linux – Coqui TTS

    Convert Text to Audio on Linux – Coqui TTS

    In a separate post on my blog, I documented a simple way to convert text to audio using Google’s Text-To-Speech service. This works for small projects. But, during a recent conversion, I ran into an error where my requests were getting blocked by Google for using the service too much. I didn’t realize they capped…

  • Qualitative Analysis Using LLMs on a Local Machine

    Qualitative Analysis Using LLMs on a Local Machine

    While most of my research is quantitatively oriented, I am a mixed-methods researcher and periodically use qualitative sociological methods for research projects (typically interviews). I have used a variety of software packages to analyze qualitative data over the years, from NVIVO to Taguette to an abandoned R package to just coding text in word processing…

  • Getting Ollama and Open WebUI Working on Kubuntu 23.10

    Getting Ollama and Open WebUI Working on Kubuntu 23.10

    I have two specific use cases for setting up AI locally instead of using ChatGPT (for which I have a subscription as I use it for a variety of tasks, as does my wife). I needed to analyze interviews but couldn’t upload them to the web for security reasons. I also wanted to work on…