Local TTS model

Bark (Suno)

Generative TTS that can produce highly expressive speech, music, and sound effects. Very creative but slower.

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Quality
8.5/10
Speed
4/10
Size
4.2GB
Languages
13+

Quick answer

Bark (Suno) is a local speech model from Suno. It is best suited for multilingual, music, sfx workflows. Check the license before commercial use.

Model details

Hardware

gpuapple

Formats

pytorch

Voices

Preset voices + prompts

Latency

high

License

MIT

Release

2023-04

Install command

pip install bark

Features

multilingualmusicsfx

Languages: en, zh, fr, de, hi, it, ja, ko, pl, pt, ru, es, tr

Context: Prompt engineering

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