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Hurston-1 open source TTS speaks Southern American and African American English
Original: Show HN: Hurston-1 open source TTS that speak Southern American and Afro-English
A new open source text-to-speech model called Hurston-1 has been released, built to synthesize speech in Southern American and African American English. The model is hosted on Hugging Face, and the launch is drawing attention on Hacker News, where commenters are weighing in on its voice quality and the significance of dialect-specific TTS models.
Why now: The release of an open source TTS model targeting dialects underserved by mainstream speech technology is new and sparking discussion.
Hurston-1Hugging FaceGcarter08Hacker News
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