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Inflect v3: New lightweight local TTS models released

A new family of local text-to-speech (TTS) models, named Inflect v3, has been released. The collection includes three variants: Mini (34.31M parameters), Micro (11.79M parameters), and Atom (157K parameters). The Mini model offers advanced features such as vocal-event tags for sounds like laughter or sighs, reference voice-tuning, and 48 kHz enhancement, and can run on both CPU and CUDA. AI

IMPACT Provides developers with new, lightweight options for local text-to-speech synthesis, potentially enabling more efficient AI applications.

RANK_REASON Release of a new open-source model with detailed technical specifications and performance metrics. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Inflect v3: New lightweight local TTS models released

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/b111ue ·

    I released Inflect v3: lightweight local TTS in 34M parameters (Apache 2.0)

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