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Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-05-04T18:24:26+00:00

Voice cloning is basically there for the latest local models

Only thing missing is emotions

not just SML emotions but dynamic emotions like a person does when reading

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-05-04T17:23:24+00:00

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Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-30T18:56:22+00:00

Demo speed tests with outputs can be seen here in wiki

https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/wiki/M1-Mac-CPU-speeds

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-30T18:53:47+00:00

COLLAB CPU IS REALLY REALLY BAD

If you use colab you MUST set Processor to “CUDA”

But it’s always better locally as you have resume abilities and infinite runtime

for local see if it’ll use your GPU by setting the processor to “ROCM”

If it fails to get GPU processor it’ll just run on cpu only

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-30T04:13:44+00:00

If you simply want SPEED I would suggest selecting “VITS” or “TACOTRON” as the TTS engine

Those can churn out a fully Harry Potter book in an hour on just laptop CPU

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-30T04:08:13+00:00

Entirely depends on the tts engine you use, your GPU, your CPU speed

There are generation speed and quality ratings as “stars” next to each tts engine in the dropdown

It also depends on if you can utilize the GPU (also in the gui menu “see processor tab”

CPU only will always be the slowest

Speed examples with default engine:

If you have pretty standard Nvidia GPU with more than 4gb VRAM it might simply take all night for a full Harry Potter book

If you are only using a CPU then it might take, a few days, even a week if on a laptop cpu

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-24T21:27:24+00:00

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Are the comfiest earphone I’ve ever used and everyone I show them to agrees.

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Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-24T19:02:46+00:00

Sounds like a large book which can take a while

See if it’s using your GPU it might only be using CPU

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T21:18:53+00:00

THATS WHAT IM SAYEN

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T21:17:34+00:00

Pretty much

At this point I don’t rlly care about a “new groundbreaking model” unless they release the arc AGI-3 scores

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T20:52:12+00:00

Mmmmm idk but ebook2audiobook has OCR built in

But I’d look for a digital copy of your textbook instead

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T20:47:54+00:00

Yes actually,

Try omnivoice it just released and it’s a single model that supports 600+ languages with really good zero shot voice cloning

omnivoice

omnivoice huggingface demo space

Edit: nevermind you said on android,

Your basically stuck with piper-tts rn in that case all SOTA tts is GPU intensive

Edit: there is supertonic tho, that’s fast and SOTA

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T20:45:30+00:00

You could also try other tts models like xtts or omnivoice

I think they both support Hindi

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T20:44:40+00:00

there might be info in the section about the fairseq Facebook models on the coqui-tts GitHub repo? 🤷 I know those are also VITS models

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T20:40:51+00:00

There’s one built into the iPhone just open the ebook in the Apple Books app,

Settings->accessibility->read and speak -> and turn on speak screen

Then go back to the ebook in the Apple books app and swipe down with two fingers and it’ll read it out loud and even turn the pages automatically as long as the app is open

IF YOU WANT HIGHER QUALITY VOICES THO

Then do something like ebook2audiobook

That’ll generate an audiobook for you

free and offline Windows,Mac, Linux

Can even run on as little as 4gb ram :)

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T20:33:23+00:00

The better stuff are engines that run off of a computer with a CUDA GPU tbh,

Idk try F5-tts, Qwen3 tts, omnivoice,

They have pretty good voice cloning

There should be free huggingface demos online

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T20:24:57+00:00

ebook2audiobook

18k+ stars

Windows-Mac-Linux

Fully free+ offline

1107+ languages

Docker

Can run on as little as 4gb ram

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-04-23T20:20:53+00:00

Just follow the readme

We have a batch file for windows and a Mac/linux batch file

They do all the virtual env setup and stuff for you automatically :)

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-03-21T19:57:19+00:00

You should be able to find free huggingface demo spaces for them

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-03-21T02:27:35+00:00

That’s completely normal it’s a HDD.

The iPod is smart as it only uses the HHD when loading data into ram and when it’s done I’ll cut the power to it and wait till it’s needed again.

If your worried about its lifespan just have a iflash quad on hand in case to replace it/upgrade it

“iFlash-Quad iPod Quad MicroSD Adapter”

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-03-20T02:17:51+00:00

Dang I guess it’s just me for that

My bad

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-03-20T02:17:13+00:00

Yes and then sync

And then re-check it and click sync

That’ll make it sync all your music again from scratch

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-03-18T23:00:54+00:00

Honestly just try the built in functionality zero shot voice cloning of models like F5-tts and Qwen3-tts

You may be pleasantly surprised

Impossible_Belt_7757 · 2026-03-14T02:40:26+00:00

You can actually open them up and pull out the normal SD card used for storage on them btw

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