Challenges with Open-Source Text-to-Speech Technology for Podcast Generation
By
speckx
6mo ago· 4 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The author discusses their experience with open-source text-to-speech (TTS) technology for converting blog posts into podcasts. They established a self-imposed rule to only use open models for voice cloning and transcript generation, despite acknowledging the limitations of current open TTS systems. The article reflects on their previous use of F5-TTS, which had issues like hallucinations and audio artifacts, and explores the ongoing challenges with open TTS technology compared to proprietary alternatives.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledor at least the open versions of it
whatever model I use to clone my voice and generate article transcripts needs to be an open model
Because - as you might have figured by now - I like to make my life hard
I still got some funny messages from people showing me the model completely hallucinating or squeaking here and there
or at least the open versions of it. I have this very stupid rule. A couple of years ago I decided to turn this blog into a podcast. At the time, I decided to make up a stupid rule: whatever model I use to clone my voice and generate article …
