# How-to Guides

This section provides guides for alternative deployment options and advanced setup of the Text To Speech microservice.

- [Run on the Host](./how-to-guides/run-standalone.md): Run the service directly with Python, without Docker.
- [Build From Source](./how-to-guides/build-from-source.md): Build the Docker image from the source code.


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./how-to-guides/run-standalone
./how-to-guides/build-from-source

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