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Nice to see Tortoise being used - I still think it's the best TTS system out there now. Generation time is slow, but quality is incredible. I wonder if the code

Nice to see Tortoise being used - I still think it's the best TTS system out there now. Generation time is slow, but quality is incredible. I wonder if the code can be optimised to speed up the generation, but I don't think the author is maintaining it any longer.[0] [0]https://github.com/neonbjb/tortoise-tts https://github.com/neonbjb/tortoise-tts

discardedrefuse 3y ago
You might want to check out Mimic 3 by the Mycroft team. Its also open source and runs offline. https://mycroft.ai/mimic-3/ https://mycroft.ai/mimic-3/
- mdaniel 3y ago
  It took quite a bit of digging to find the repo link https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3#readme https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3#readme and it's AGPL-3 for those interested in such things
turnsout 3y ago
Tortoise looks really nice! The output is very "polished" and audiobook-like. It's a contrast to Bark[0] which is far more expressive but unpredictable. [0]: https://github.com/suno-ai/bark https://github.com/suno-ai/bark
Tepix 3y ago
Coqui also looks interesting. https://github.com/coqui-ai/TTS https://github.com/coqui-ai/TTS Support for it was recently added to vocode: https://github.com/vocodedev/vocode-python/pull/56 https://github.com/vocodedev/vocode-python/pull/56
bondsynth 3y ago
If you're generally interested in TTS check out Bondsynth AI, it's a product I've been working on for long-form text-to-speech (think ebook to audiobook or website to audio). It's still in beta, so it's free, but I'm looking for feedback. Demo at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmQup3kst5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmQup3kst5s Signup at: https://signup.bondsynth.ai https://signup.bondsynth.ai
- dontwearitout 3y ago
  Very impressive demo! FYI https://signup.bondsynth.ai https://signup.bondsynth.ai doesn't work, but https://bondsynth.ai/signup.html https://bondsynth.ai/signup.html does
generalizations 3y ago
There's a lot of use cases just waiting for a good system that can do at least live speed generation.

discardedrefuse 3y ago

You might want to check out Mimic 3 by the Mycroft team. Its also open source and runs offline. https://mycroft.ai/mimic-3/ https://mycroft.ai/mimic-3/

mdaniel 3y ago
It took quite a bit of digging to find the repo link https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3#readme https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3#readme and it's AGPL-3 for those interested in such things

turnsout 3y ago

Tortoise looks really nice! The output is very "polished" and audiobook-like. It's a contrast to Bark[0] which is far more expressive but unpredictable. [0]: https://github.com/suno-ai/bark https://github.com/suno-ai/bark

Tepix 3y ago

Coqui also looks interesting. https://github.com/coqui-ai/TTS https://github.com/coqui-ai/TTS Support for it was recently added to vocode: https://github.com/vocodedev/vocode-python/pull/56 https://github.com/vocodedev/vocode-python/pull/56

bondsynth 3y ago

If you're generally interested in TTS check out Bondsynth AI, it's a product I've been working on for long-form text-to-speech (think ebook to audiobook or website to audio). It's still in beta, so it's free, but I'm looking for feedback. Demo at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmQup3kst5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmQup3kst5s Signup at: https://signup.bondsynth.ai https://signup.bondsynth.ai

dontwearitout 3y ago
Very impressive demo! FYI https://signup.bondsynth.ai https://signup.bondsynth.ai doesn't work, but https://bondsynth.ai/signup.html https://bondsynth.ai/signup.html does

generalizations 3y ago

There's a lot of use cases just waiting for a good system that can do at least live speed generation.