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Gradium releases Phonon open-source TTS models for edge devices

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Gradium has released Phonon, a suite of open-source text-to-speech models designed for edge devices. The models, available in 31 million and 40 million parameter sizes, are accompanied by an open-source inference stack that supports over ten different backends, including CPUs and GPUs, with a focus on Rust implementation. Gradium hopes this release will foster community development and plans further open-source contributions. AI

IMPACT Provides developers with open-source TTS models optimized for edge deployment, potentially enabling new on-device voice applications.

RANK_REASON This is a release of open-source TTS models, which are tools for developers, rather than a frontier model release or significant industry event.

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Gradium releases Phonon open-source TTS models for edge devices

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/l-m-z ·

    Phonon is now open-source, 31M and 40M TTS models designed to run on the edge

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