Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model
9 months ago
- #lightweight
- #text-to-speech
- #open-source
- Kitten TTS is an open-source, realistic text-to-speech model with 15 million parameters.
- Designed for lightweight deployment and high-quality voice synthesis.
- Currently in developer preview.
- Ultra-lightweight: Model size less than 25MB.
- CPU-optimized: Runs without GPU on any device.
- High-quality voices: Several premium voice options available.
- Fast inference: Optimized for real-time speech synthesis.
- Install via pip: `pip install https://github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS/releases/download/0.1/kittentts-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl`.
- Example usage provided for generating and saving audio.
- Available voices include multiple male and female options.
- Works literally everywhere.
- Future plans: Release preview model, fully trained weights, mobile SDK, and web version.