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We released TontaubeV1, a character-level TTS model for long-form generation [P]
We're excited to announce the release of TontaubeV1, a 2.9B-parameter open-weight Text-to-Speech (TTS) model engineered for expressive speech and seamless long-form generation. Primarily supporting English and German, TontaubeV1 leverages innovative character-level tokenization and a unique chunking/position scheme to enhance performance and maintain context even in extended passages. Achieving a 50.1% score on an LLM-as-a-judge audiobook benchmark against ElevenLabs, this model represents a significant advancement in accessible AI-driven voice technology. Explore the model and demo on Hugging Face today.
Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human
Smallest.ai secured $13 million to advance its development of ultra-fast voice AI, engineered to achieve remarkable realism. The startup’s focus is on creating voice models capable of convincingly passing the Turing test, paving the way for seamless and natural AI phone interactions. This investment underscores the growing demand for sophisticated AI solutions, as highlighted by the ongoing memory shortage impacting data centers—a trend discussed in our recent article, "Samsung expects memory shortage to worsen through 2027." Smallest.
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