mlx-community/kitten-tts-nano-0.8

Kitten TTS Nano 0.8 (MLX)

This is an MLX conversion of the KittenTTS Nano 0.8 model.

Source

• Original model: KittenML/kitten-tts-nano-0.8-fp32
• License: Apache-2.0

Usage

This model is meant to be used with the mlx-audio KittenTTS implementation.

from mlx_audio.tts.utils import load_model
import soundfile as sf

model = load_model("mlx-community/kitten-tts-nano-0.8")

# The generator yields one segment at a time.
for out in model.generate("This model runs with MLX.", voice="Jasper"):
    sf.write("out.wav", out.audio, model.sample_rate)

Notes:

• phonemizer (espeak backend) is required for generate().
• Available voices: Bella, Jasper, Luna, Bruno, Rosie, Hugo, Kiki, Leo.

Conversion Details

• Converted from ONNX weights.
• Output shapes and durations match the reference ONNX model for test inputs.