Another endorsement - I used Kokoro pretty extensively with an app I was developing over the last year and it's been excellent, both on- and off- GPU. Even with Elevenlabs (long time subscriber) the comparative quality of Kokoro keeps up really well until you get to their larger models with their professional voices.
I do wish there were better support for SSML, as well as deeper documentation of how to influence inflection in-line, but the default does well with standard emphasis (e.g. putting asterisks around text elements). Both asks are getting outside the zone of reasonable asks for this sort of distribution, though, and I remain incredibly grateful for the quality of what hexgrad and nazdridoy have put out in the world.
I do wish there were better support for SSML, as well as deeper documentation of how to influence inflection in-line, but the default does well with standard emphasis (e.g. putting asterisks around text elements). Both asks are getting outside the zone of reasonable asks for this sort of distribution, though, and I remain incredibly grateful for the quality of what hexgrad and nazdridoy have put out in the world.