Local TTS model

Spark TTS

Bilingual TTS with virtual speaker creation - control pitch, speed, gender from text. Built on Qwen2.5 LLM backbone for powerful generation.

Quality
9/10
Speed
8.2/10
Size
3GB
Languages
2+

Quick answer

Spark TTS is a local speech model from SparkAudio. It is best suited for cloning, streaming, realtime workflows. Check the license before commercial use.

Model details

Hardware

gpuapple

Formats

pytorch

Voices

Virtual speaker creation

Latency

low

License

Apache 2.0

Release

2025-03

Install command

pip install sparktts

Features

cloningstreamingrealtime

Languages: en, zh

Context: Qwen2.5 LLM backbone

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