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KittenML releases new compact text-to-speech models

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KittenML has released three new text-to-speech models: Kitten TTS 2 Mini, Nano, and Pico. The Mini model features 82 million parameters, supports 16 languages, and offers 118 voices at a 24 kHz sample rate. The Nano and Pico models are smaller, with Nano having 17 million parameters and 37 voices across 8 languages, while Pico has 7.2 million parameters and 30 voices in 8 languages. All models are available in ONNX format with int8 weights for CPU execution, requiring no PyTorch, and also offer float32 PyTorch weights. AI

IMPACT Provides developers with new, efficient text-to-speech options for various applications.

RANK_REASON Release of new open-source models with detailed parameter and feature counts. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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KittenML releases new compact text-to-speech models

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