[r/LocalLLaMA] Mistral AI to release Voxtral TTS, a 3-billion-parameter text-to-speech model with open weights that the company says outperformed ElevenLabs Flash v2.5 in human preference tests. The model runs on about 3 GB of RAM, achieves 90-millisecond time-to-first-audio, supports nine languages.

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Mistral AI is releasing Voxtral TTS, a 3-billion-parameter text-to-speech model with open weights, claiming it outperforms ElevenLabs Flash v2.5 in human preference tests. This highly efficient model runs on about 3 GB of RAM, achieves a rapid 90-millisecond time-to-first-audio, and supports nine languages. Its open-source nature and competitive performance are poised to significantly impact the TTS landscape.

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