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Best Open source TTS right now for narration?

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I run these models on Kaggle notebook, so not all TTS models, such as the ones that use conda env, are compatible (Or I just haven't found a way for them to work on Kaggle). I currently use a fork from Chatterbox called Chatterbox Audiobook. It is like a workstation really optimized for getting the…

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  1. 2026-09-09 16:10 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Best Open source TTS right now for narration?

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