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Lure-TTS and Lure-Turbo: 600M voice models to run 4x faster than real time, with inline (tags), direction, and voice cloning. Trained for under $200.

I trained Lure TTS by finetuning Qwen3-TTS using some of the latest developments in model training, such as RLVR, OPD, and multi-teacher OPD. My goal was to create a faster, smaller TTS model that I could listen to as a voice assistant and not get angry at it. Mostly, I just wanted a faster model t…

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  1. 2026-10-25 12:29 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Lure-TTS and Lure-Turbo: 600M voice models to run 4x faster than real time, with inline (tags), direction, and voice cloning. Trained for under $200.

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