I haven't re-evaluated OSS TTS options for a few months but from my own experience earlier in the year I've been pleased with the results I've gotten from Piper: > What's the best open source text to speech? Same as above, but I had said "Silero" originally, which I started trying out too, before switching to a third (less open) option. I ended using something else for the project for other reasons, but this could still be a fairly good backup option for some use cases, IMO. I'm not sure exactly "how open source" they are, but it was simple to install the dependencies and write the basic Python to try it out I had to write a for loop to try all the voices like I wanted. IIRC, the license was free for noncommercial use only. ![]() ![]() And maybe 6 that were the "best ones" (very natural, not annoying to listen to, actually sounded like a person by and large), and maybe 2 made the top (as in, a tossup for the most listenable, all factors considered). Sampling those, I got about 10 that were pretty "good". įollowing the guide, it was pretty trivial to make the model render my sample text in about 100 English "voices" (many of which were similar to each other, and in varying quality). I doubt it's currently actually "the best open source text to speech", but the answer I came up with when throwing a couple of hours at the problem some months ago was "ttsprech". ![]() (Also, I don't know if that implication was intentional, but gen Z and "underaged" haven't meant the same thing for many years now) This is quite important in a field like AI, where it feels like something revolutionary happens every other week. That being said, Discord does have some advantages over older forum-type communities - it's usually way better for cultivating smaller communities, and its no-effort-required chat systems means that you can always hop on and discuss things that are on the cutting edge. And this sentiment definitely isn't just me, a lot of the techie "CS major" people I know lean towards using slightly older services - which is also probably why the aforementioned /r/localllama community still has more than 60 thousand members. While I like Discord a lot, I strongly disagree with using it to host content, essentially gating non-members from getting what they want (which is what leads to these communities with ludicrously inflated member counts). I kind of disagree? I am gen Z myself, and have used reddit extensively. Even if you simply want to reuse an existing recording in another context. And if I didn't, you can't use it outside of the very narrow scope of the work I produced for you. I bet my voice is mine under most jurisdictions (and I mean most the Berne convention has been signed by 181 countries), even if I signed a contract that gives you wide permission to use it. Just a few days ago I talked with a theater director: The author of the original work has the right to deny a production, for whatever reason, e.g. "“Author” is used in a very wide sense, and includes composers, artists, sculptors and even architects"Īrchitects can deny changes in interior design: Lighting, artwork, etc., long after the building is finished. "The protection of the moral rights of an author is based on the view that a creative work is in some way an expression of the author's personality: the moral rights are therefore personal to the author and cannot be transferred to another person except by testament when the author dies." "The authors of dramatic works (plays, etc.) also have the right to authorize the public performance of their works (Article 11, Berne Convention)." ![]() "Independent of the author's economic rights, and even after the transfer of the said rights, the author shall have the right to claim authorship of the work and to object to any distortion, modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to the said work, which would be prejudicial to the author's honor or reputation."
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