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Re: Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

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System Requirements Works literally everywhere Haha, on one of my machines my python version is too old, and the package/dependencies don't want to install. On another machie the python version is too new, and the package/dependencies don't want to install.

We are working to fix that. Thanks

Re: Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

#112

I tried it. Not bad for the size (of the model) and speed. Once you install all the massive number of libraries and things needed we are a far cry away from 25MB though. Cool project nonetheless.

It mentions ONNX, so I imagine an ONNX model is or will be available. ONNX runtime is a single library, with C#'s package being ~115MB compressed. Not tiny, but usually only a few lines to actually run and only a single dependency.

We will try to get rid of dependencies.

Re: Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

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I hope this is the future. Offline, small ML models, running inference on ubiquitous, inexpensive hardware. Models that are easy to integrate into other things, into devices and apps, and even to drive from other models maybe.

yeah totally. the quality of these tiny models are only going to go up.

Re: Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

#114

System Requirements Works literally everywhere Haha, on one of my machines my python version is too old, and the package/dependencies don't want to install. On another machie the python version is too new, and the package/dependencies don't want to install.

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Re: Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

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post #3

I hope this is the future. Offline, small ML models, running inference on ubiquitous, inexpensive hardware. Models that are easy to integrate into other things, into devices and apps, and even to drive from other models maybe.

That is our vision too!

Re: Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

#116
post #8

Web version: https://clowerweb.github.io/kitten-tts-web-demo/ It sounds ok, but impressive for the size.

yeah, this is just a preview model from an early checkpoint. the full model release will be next week which includes a 15M model and an 80M model, both of which will have much higher quality than this preview.

Re: Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

#118
post #76
post #8

Web version: https://clowerweb.github.io/kitten-tts-web-demo/ It sounds ok, but impressive for the size.

I got an error when I tried the demo with 6 sentences, but it worked great when I reduced the text to 3 sentences. Is the length limit due to the model or just a limitation for the demo?

Currently we don't have chunking enabled yet. We will add it soon. That will remove the length limitations.

Re: Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

#119
post #8

Web version: https://clowerweb.github.io/kitten-tts-web-demo/ It sounds ok, but impressive for the size.

Thanks, I was looking for that. While the reddit demo sounds ok, even though on a level we reached a couple of years ago, all TTS samples I tried were barley understandable at all

This is just an early checkpoint. We hope that the quality will improve in the future.

Re: Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model

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post #76
post #8

Web version: https://clowerweb.github.io/kitten-tts-web-demo/ It sounds ok, but impressive for the size.

I got an error when I tried the demo with 6 sentences, but it worked great when I reduced the text to 3 sentences. Is the length limit due to the model or just a limitation for the demo?

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