KittenTTS Nano AI Small Text-to-Speech LLM Runs on CPUs Without a GPU

KittenTTS brings small text to speech models to edge devices; the Nano 8-bit model is about 25 MB, local playback is possible.
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Kyrgz AI speech model extends language support

Startup NineNineSix has released an open-source text-to-speech (TTS) model that brings high-quality speech AI to underrepresented languages.
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DIY Raspberry Pi Pico Text-to-Speech Using Wit.ai

Type a sentence into the input bar at the top of the Serial Monitor and hit Enter to send it to the Wit.ai API. The console will log " Requesting TTS " followed by " Buffer ready, starting playback ," ...
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New Open Source AI Projects : How Collaboration is Beating Big Tech

What if the future of artificial intelligence wasn’t locked behind corporate walls, but instead, open for everyone to explore, innovate, and shape? The rise of open source AI is turning this vision ...