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 7) You can now start move back to the main Text generation webUI folder `cd ..` (a few times), start Text generation webUI (`start_windows.bat` or `./start_linux.sh`)  and load the AllTalk extension in the Text generation webUI **session** tab.
 
+**Note: It can take a while to start up.** Check the command prompt/terminal window if you want to know what its doing. After it says "Model Loaded" the Text generation webUI is usually available on its IP address a few seconds later, for you to connect to in your browser.
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 ### Other installation notes
 On first startup, AllTalk will download the Coqui XTTSv2 2.0.2 model to its **models** folder (1.8GB space required). You can customse your model or use the TTS latest model within the interface (details in documentation).