fix timeout issue

Dockerfile

@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install system deps: espeak-ng, libsndfile, and build tools for llama-cpp-python
+# Install system deps: espeak-ng for phonemizer, libsndfile for soundfile
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     espeak-ng \
     libespeak-ng-dev \
     libsndfile1 \
-    build-essential \
-    cmake \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Point phonemizer at espeak-ng (Debian/Ubuntu path)

app.py

@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ def get_tts():
                 print(f"Warning: Error resolving model path: {e}")
             return root_path
 
-        backbone_arg = _resolve_hf_snapshot(local_backbone) if os.path.isdir(local_backbone) else "neutts-air-q4-gguf"
+        # Use full transformers model (neuphonic/neutts-air) to avoid llama-cpp build on cloud
+        backbone_arg = _resolve_hf_snapshot(local_backbone) if os.path.isdir(local_backbone) else "neuphonic/neutts-air"
         print(f"Using backbone: {backbone_arg}")
         print(f"Using codec: neuphonic/neucodec")
         if not torch.cuda.is_available():

requirements.txt

@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ torch==2.8.0
 transformers==4.56.1
 resemble-perth==1.0.1
 gradio>=5.0
-torchao==0.13.0
-llama-cpp-python
+torchao==0.13.0