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

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Post by turnsout »

antisol wrote: post #103

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.

You're getting a lot of comments along the lines of "Why don't you just ____," which only shows how Stockholmed the entire Python community is.

With no other language are you expected to maintain several entirely different versions of the language, each of which is a relatively large installation. Can you imagine if we all had five different llvms or gccs just to compile five different modern C projects?

I'm going to get downvoted to oblivion, but it doesn't change the reality that Python in 2025 is unnecessarily fragile.

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

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Post by boobsbr »

userbinator wrote: post #64
nine_k wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does anybody find it funny that sci-fi movies have to heavily distort "robot voices" to make them sound "convincingly robotic"? A robotic, explicitly non-natural voice would be perfectly acceptable, and even desirable, in many situations. I don't expect a smart toaster to talk like a BBC host; it'd be enough is the speech if easy to recognize.

A robotic, explicitly non-natural voice would be perfectly acceptable, and even desirable, in many situations[...]it'd be enough is the speech if easy to recognize. We've had formant synths for several decades, and they're perfectly understandable and require a tiny amount of computing power, but people tend not to want to listen to them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Automatic_Mouth https://simulationcorner…

Huh, now I know what Airdorf used in Faith: Unholy Trinity.

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

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Post by adastra22 »

Hackbraten wrote: post #270
woadwarrior01 wrote: post #153

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> It’s that KittenTTS is Apache-2.0 Have you seen the code[1] in the repo? It uses phonemizer[2] which is GPL-3.0 licensed. In its current state, it's effectively GPL licensed. [1]: https://github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS/blob/main/kittentts/on... [2]: https://github.com/bootphon/phonemizer Edit: It looks like I replied to an LLM generated comment.

Given that the FSF considers Apache-2.0 to be compatible with GPL-3.0 [0], how could the fact that phonemizer is GPL-3.0 possibly be an issue? [0]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2

Compatible means they can be linked together, BUT the result is GPL-3.

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

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Post by sergiotapia »

smusamashah wrote: post #139
mlboss wrote: post #9

Reddit post with generated audio sample: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1mhyzp7/kitten_...

The reddit video is awesome. I don't understand how people are calling it an OK model. Under 25MB and cpu only for this quality is amazing.

https://vocaroo.com/1njz1UwwVHCF

It doesn't sound so good. Excellent technical achievement and it may just improve more and more! But for now I can't use it for consumer facing applications.

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

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Post by bouchard »

darkwater wrote: post #266
Retr0id wrote: post #211

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The people calling it "OK" probably tried it for themselves. Whatever model is being demoed in that video is not the same as the 25MB model they released.

Nope, looks like the default voice is the worst and it's not in the demo. A Reddit user generated these as well https://limewire.com/d/28CRw#UPuRLynIi7

Never thought I'd see the name LimeWire again, wow

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

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Post by [deleted] »

MutedEstate45 wrote: post #52

The headline feature isn’t the 25 MB footprint alone. It’s that KittenTTS is Apache-2.0. That combo means you can embed a fully offline voice in Pi Zero-class hardware or even battery-powered toys without worrying about GPUs, cloud calls, or restrictive licenses. In one stroke it turns voice everywhere from a hardware/licensing problem into a packaging problem. Quality tweaks can come later; unlocking that deployment…

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

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Post by rebolek »

wizzwizz4 wrote: post #196
baobun wrote: post #187

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man python There you go.

PYTHON(1) General Commands Manual PYTHON(1) NAME python - an object-oriented programming language SYNOPSIS python [ -c command | script | - ] [ arguments ] DESCRIPTION Python is the standard programming language. Computer scientists love Python, not just because whitespace comes first ASCIIbetically, but because it's the standard. Everyone else loves Python because it's PYTHON!

Python is used not because it's good but because it's good enough just like Windows and plastics.

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

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Post by iab »

Retr0id wrote: post #211
smusamashah wrote: post #139

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The reddit video is awesome. I don't understand how people are calling it an OK model. Under 25MB and cpu only for this quality is amazing.

The people calling it "OK" probably tried it for themselves. Whatever model is being demoed in that video is not the same as the 25MB model they released.

Local quality is very bad
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