Alright, let's have a real talk. For years, the AI world has been obsessed with BIG. Big models, big data, big GPUs, and even bigger cloud bills. Most text-to-speech (TTS) models today are heavyweight champs of burning cash. We're talking about multi-billion parameter, GPU-guzzling monsters that need more silicon than your phone, your laptop, and maybe your entire neighborhood combined. They give you great voices, sure... but only if you're willing to sign away your firstborn to AWS.
Forget that. The era of bloated AI is OVER.
What if I told you the real revolution isn't coming from a massive, air-conditioned data center? It's coming from a model so small, it's almost a joke. A model that fits on a thumb drive with room to spare.
Say hello to Kitten TTS. 😻
Introducing Kitten TTS, a SOTA tiny text-to-speech model
- Just 15M parameters
- Runs without a GPU
- Model size less than 25 MB
- Multiple high-quality voices
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