PIpierremenard·Apr 25, 2023
Yup, the code in the above repo is based on https://github.com/metavoicexyz/tortoise-tts-modal-api
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3 sourcesOpen-source serverless text-to-speech
8 points · Open discussionShow HN: Tortoise TTS as an at-cost open-source pay-per-second API
Tortoise TTS is the best TTS available today. We built an open-source, at cost, pay per second API for it. The quality of intonation it generates is unparalleled, and we hope our at-cost API will make it easier for people to build on top!
This allows folks to run via a single API call - it costs $0.03/query. The WAV file is downloadable, we apply no restrictions.
We're open-sourcing all our work — we made Tortoise run 30% faster, and have more improvements coming. If you're keen to contribute we can help with ideas, pointers, compute and data; just DM us. Our fork with the improvements can be found at https://github.com/metavoicexyz/tortoise-tts. The deployment code can be found at https://github.com/metavoicexyz/tortoise-tts-modal-api.
There are already great alternatives for using : i) @mdnest_r's awesome Huggingface Spaces, ii) origina
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l Google Colab, iii) host it yourself. Our work should accelerate those who need an API, don't want to spend time/$ hosting and need a scalable infra backing them.
We're especially excited about combining text-to-speech with content generated from LLMs, and about how it fits into video creation tools.
Tortoise in its current form is also inaccessible to non-technical users, which is why we are also providing a simple UI on top (also "at-cost"): https://tts.themetavoice.xyz
To use, generate an API key on https://tts.themetavoice.xyz and call via POST request. Or use the web UI. Or run your own deployment.