There are others.
I use coqui tts which already works well, ‘ideal would be more vts than TTS, otherwise thank you gemini cli:
Category 1: Online (simple and fast) IA software
These platforms are commercial services (often with a limited free offer) which have made voice cloning accessible to all. They are ideal for
Obtain high quality results quickly and without technical skills.
ElevenLabs
He is the undisputed leader in the consumer market. The quality of their cloning is stunning of realism and emotion.
Play.ht
Very popular, especially for professional uses such as the creation of audio books, podcasts or voiceover for videos.
- How does it work? Similar to Elevenlabs. You provide audio samples, and the platform creates a vocal clone that you can use to generate
audio from text. - Points Forts :
- Very high quality, very “clean” voice.
- Excellent integration with blogging platforms (WordPress) to transform articles into audio.
- Weak points:
- More “professional” oriented and therefore a little more expensive.
Resemble.ai
Another major player, very focused on flexibility and advanced use cases (video games, voice assistants, etc.).
- How does it work? In addition to standard cloning, it offers features such as “Speech-to-Speech” (transform your voice into the voice cloned in real time) and
The modification of emotions. - Points Forts :
- Very flexible and powerful.
- Allows you to “repair” words in an existing recording by regenerating them with the voted voice.
Category 2: Open-Source Self-Héberée software (Total Control)
These solutions are for technical users, researchers and enthusiasts who are not afraid to put their hands in the code. They offer freedom
Total but require Python skills, a good knowledge of the terminal and, above all, a powerful Nvidia GPU for training.
Coqui TTS (Text-to-Speech)
It is the most well-known and complete open-source project for the synthesis and cloning of voice. It is the spiritual successor of the TTS de Mozilla project.
Tortoise-TTS
Another very popular open-source project, renowned for its ability to generate very natural and emotional voices.
- How does it work? Similar to coqui tts, but it is often considered a little simpler for fast cloning (“zero-shot” or “few-shot” cloning), where it
May get correct results with only a few seconds of audio. - Points Forts :
- Excellent prosody and natural intonation.
- Good cloning capacities with little data.
- Weak points:
- The generation is known to be quite slow.
- Also asks a good GPU and technical skills.
Summary
| Tool | Type | Ease of use | Quality of the result | Ideal for … |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs | Online (commercial) | Very easy | Exceptional | Quickly obtain high quality results without effort. |
| Play.ht | Online (commercial) | Facile | Very high | Content creators (podcasts, audio books). |
| Cooking tts | Open-Source | Very difficult | Depends on you (good to excellent) | Passionaters and developers who want total control. |
| Tortoise-TTS | Open-Source | Difficile | Very good (natural) | Those who want a very expressive voice and who are comfortable with the code. |
