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Open-source TTS model Hurston-1 speaks diverse English accents for phone AI

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Destined AI has released Hurston-1, an open-source text-to-speech model designed for telephony applications. Hurston-1 features NB-TTS (Narrowband TTS) and is capable of generating English accents that are often poorly handled by other TTS systems, including Southern American and various African English dialects. The model was trained on a dataset that includes real phone calls and is intended to provide more authentic voice representation for AI customer service interactions. AI

IMPACT Enhances AI voice representation by enabling more diverse and authentic accents in telephony applications.

RANK_REASON Release of an open-source TTS model with specific accent capabilities.

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Open-source TTS model Hurston-1 speaks diverse English accents for phone AI

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  1. Hacker News — AI stories ≥50 points TIER_1 English(EN) · Gcarter08 ·

    Show HN: Hurston-1 open source TTS that speak Southern American and Afro-English

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