What is ChatTTS?
ChatTTS is an open-source text-to-speech voice generation model available on GitHub (2noise/chattts). Specifically designed for conversational scenarios, it produces highly natural and expressive speech in both Chinese and English, making it ideal for dialogue-based AI applications.
Key Features
- Conversational Optimization: Purpose-built for dialogue tasks, producing natural-sounding speech with appropriate intonation and pacing for conversations.
- Bilingual Support: Full support for both Chinese and English with high-quality, natural synthesis in each language.
- Massive Training Data: Trained on approximately 100,000 hours of Chinese and English speech data for superior voice quality.
- Open-Source Model: The base model trained on 40,000 hours of data is open-sourced for academic and developer communities.
- LLM Integration: Designed to work seamlessly as the voice component for large language model assistants and chatbots.
- Versatile Applications: Suitable for dialogue tasks, audio/video introductions, narration, and podcast generation.
Use Cases
- Voice output for ChatGPT-like AI assistants
- Automated podcast and audio content creation
- Video narration and voiceover generation
- Customer service chatbot voice interfaces
- Accessibility tools for text-to-speech conversion
Getting Started
Visit the GitHub repository at 2noise/chattts to access the model, documentation, and community resources. The open-source version supports local deployment and customization.