Kitten-TTS 2: New Open-source SOTA 1.58 bit TTS (CPU-only with voice cloning, multilingual, emotion control)
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Source record
Published by r/LocalLLaMA (T2 source). The original is at https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1xc48or/kittentts_2_new_opensource_sota_158_bit_tts/.
Pipeline notes
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SummaryKitten-TTS 2 is an open-source text-to-speech model using 1.58-bit quantization, running on CPU only, with voice cloning, multilingual support, and emotion control capabilities.
Why it mattersA CPU-only, ultra-low-bit TTS with cloning and emotion control is a rare combination worth tracking for local agent and accessibility builds.
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