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Tortoise TTS

by Open Source

4.1
Benchmark RatingLaunched 2022Free / open source

Tortoise TTS is a popular open-source text-to-speech model known for expressive, natural voices and built-in voice cloning. Run it locally for free — a favorite of the self-hosting community.

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Open source — $0

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Plan: Open sourcePrice: $0Tool: Tortoise TTS

Capabilities & Specs

Best for
Open-source TTS
Context window
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Image generation
Voice mode
Code execution
Web browsing
Offline / open weights
Public API
Starting price
Free / open

Pros

  • Completely free + open
  • Built-in voice cloning
  • Self-hostable

Cons

  • Slow generation
  • Needs a GPU
  • Quality below ElevenLabs

Tasks Tortoise TTS Covers

Voice