Kokoro 82M v1.0, an open-source text-to-speech model, has been released and is noted as the best downloadable option. It performs 250 ELO points behind ElevenLabs' Eleven v4 model in blind human preference tests, according to the olud.ai media leaderboard. AI
IMPACT Provides an open-source alternative in text-to-speech, though it lags behind commercial offerings in performance.
RANK_REASON Release of an open-source model with benchmark comparison. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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