minus-squareNarrativeBear@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Offline TTS in 2026?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoFaster Whisper could be a option, there is various GUI options available as well. https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper And if you are looking for something that you can “just install”, I recommend balabolka. The voices are natural and you can use some of the windows built in voices to make it more natural. https://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm Make Azure natural TTS voices accessible to any SAPI 5-compatible application. https://github.com/gexgd0419/NaturalVoiceSAPIAdapter linkfedilink
Faster Whisper could be a option, there is various GUI options available as well.
https://github.com/SYSTRAN/faster-whisper
And if you are looking for something that you can “just install”, I recommend balabolka. The voices are natural and you can use some of the windows built in voices to make it more natural.
https://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
Make Azure natural TTS voices accessible to any SAPI 5-compatible application.
https://github.com/gexgd0419/NaturalVoiceSAPIAdapter