Kokoro 82M v1.0 has been recognized as the leading open-source text-to-speech model. It closely rivals commercial offerings, trailing Simba 3.2 from SpeechifyAI by a mere 174 ELO points in blind human preference tests. This narrow margin highlights the rapid advancement and accessibility of downloadable AI models in the speech synthesis field. AI
IMPACT Highlights the increasing competitiveness of open-source TTS models against commercial offerings.
RANK_REASON The cluster reports on a new open-source model release and its performance benchmark against a commercial model. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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