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Show HN: Hurston-1 open source TTS that speak Southern American and Afro-English

Show HN: Hurston-1 open source TTS that speak Southern American and Afro-English
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Destined AI open-sourced Hurston-1, an Apache-2.0 licensed narrowband TTS model that excels at reproducing Southern American and Regional African English accents.

Key points

  • •Hurston-1 is a narrowband TTS model released under the Apache-2.0 license and performs well with American English in general.
  • •It is particularly noted for its ability to naturally reproduce Southern American and Regional African English accents.
  • •The developer, Destined AI, has collected 1 million audio recordings from over 20,000 people with full consent since 2021.
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