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OmniVoice TTS model 600+ languages, voice cloning from 3-second clips, free open source.

OmniVoice TTS model 600+ languages, clone voices from 3-second clips, free open source. The k2-fsa team launched OmniVoice, a zero-shot text-to-speech model that supports more than 600 languages, which is the widest language coverage among existing zero-shot TTS models. It uses a new diffusion language model architecture and supports both voice cloning and voice design.

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The k2-fsa team has introduced OmniVoice, a zero-shot text-to-speech model that supports over 600 languages. This model uses a new diffusion language model architecture and allows for voice cloning and design. OmniVoice can clone a voice from a 3-15 second audio clip and generate speech in a specific accent or style. The model is open-source and available on GitHub and Hugging Face.

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