A big caveat of this is that the author is just looking at a ranking of open models? It's just buried in a little sentence in there but makes a big difference to model quality. Kokoro in the overall rankings is only 15, so if #15 is what you consider the "best model" you need to be cognizant that you are leaving performance on the table.
I've heard a lot of Substacks voiced by Eleven Labs models and they seem fine (with the occasional weirdness around a proper noun.) Not a bad article but I think more examples of TTS usage would be more useful.
I guess the outcome is, open weight TTS models are only okay and could be a lot better?
I've heard a lot of Substacks voiced by Eleven Labs models and they seem fine (with the occasional weirdness around a proper noun.) Not a bad article but I think more examples of TTS usage would be more useful.
I guess the outcome is, open weight TTS models are only okay and could be a lot better?