Kyutai has released Pocket TTS, a ~100M parameter streaming language model that generates audio tokens autoregressively. This model is notable for its ability to perform zero-shot voice cloning from just 5 seconds of audio, a feature not present in other CPU-friendly models like Kokoro, Supertonic, and Inflect-Nano. While Pocket TTS is the slowest among the tested models, it offers voice cloning capabilities on CPU without requiring a GPU, making it a unique option for interactive applications. AI
IMPACT Enables voice cloning on consumer hardware, potentially lowering the barrier for AI-powered audio generation.
RANK_REASON New product release from a smaller developer, offering a specific niche capability (CPU voice cloning).
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