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Larynx Demo

synesthesiam · demo · Watch on YouTube

Computer vision, speech & NLP

What it is

A demonstration of Larynx, an offline open source neural text-to-speech system supporting nine languages. The video itself is narrated with a Larynx-generated voice.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as proof that offline TTS can sound natural, relevant to private voice assistant alternatives.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Larynx is significantly ahead in terms of quality of output”

    Demo of high-quality offline TTS voices

    follower, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Private Alternatives to Alexa?”

  2. “the video is a great example”

    Demo showing good Larynx voice quality

    2Gkashmiri, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Private Alternatives to Alexa?”

  3. “sounds very natural and not like a robot from the 1980s”

    Natural-sounding offline TTS demo

    sublinear, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Prime Voice AI: The most realistic and versatile AI speech software”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: larynx, tts, open source, neural voice, privacy

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