Are there any free/open-source TTS options out there that are on the same level as Google Cloud’s? I tried a lot of free ones, but they are absolutely awful and still sound like my Amiga did 30 years ago. With LLMs being available as open source, I am hoping there’s also a good TTS offering I just haven’t found yet.
I would say Elevenlabs is the best but unfortunately not free.
If you need it for a short while it might be worth it.
I tried Piper with different models, and a couple of FOSS alternatives but the output quality was definitely subpar.
I would say soon we will have good FOSS models, but for the time being that’s not the case.