Chatterbox TTS 0.5B - Eleven Labs Alternative - Install and Test Locally
AI Summary
In this video, Fad Miraza introduces Chatterbox, an English-only text-to-speech model developed by Resemble AI. It’s based on a 0.5 billion parameter LLaMA architecture and trained on 500,000 hours of audio. Chatterbox is notable for its high performance, achieving significant benchmarks against other models and is open-source under the MIT license. The video demonstrates the installation of Chatterbox, the use of its gradio demo, and showcases its ability to synthesize voice from text with emotional expression. Viewers learn how to create voices and customize prompts, as well as various application scenarios. The video also discusses the model’s unique features such as emotion exaggeration controls and watermark technology for responsible AI use. Fad engages the audience by requesting help with non-English recordings, aiming to expand the model’s multilingual capabilities in future demonstrations.