MeloTTS
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The facts
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What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Chinese support
- The Chinese speaker supports mixed Chinese and English.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- CPU inference
- The project says inference is fast enough for real-time use on a CPU.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Custom training
- The README links to instructions for training on a custom dataset.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Demo
- The project links to an official live demo on MyShell and a live demo on Hugging Face Spaces.checked 9 Oct 2026
- English accents
- English examples include American, British, Indian, Australian, and default accents.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- WAVchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Hardware
- The Python API can use CPU or GPU devices, and the guide says CPU is sufficient for real-time inference.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Inference
- The project says CPU is sufficient for real-time inference.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project documents a Python API and CLI, and links its Python API and model cards through the repository and Hugging Face.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project offers a Python API, CLI, Web UI, and custom-dataset training instructions for users working with speech synthesis.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- It provides a Web UI, command-line interface, and Python API.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Languages
- It supports English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- The library uses the MIT License and the project says it is free for commercial and non-commercial use.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Local interfaces
- Local usage includes a Web UI, CLI, and Python API.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Local use
- The installation guide describes running MeloTTS locally and opening its Web UI at localhost:8888.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Mixed language
- The Chinese speaker supports mixed Chinese and English.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- The guide describes installation on Linux and macOS and Docker installation for Windows and some macOS users.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- MeloTTS is a multilingual text-to-speech library by MIT and MyShell.ai.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- MeloTTS is a multilingual text-to-speech library by MyShell.ai.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The repository credits MIT and MyShell.ai and identifies MyShell.ai as the project maker.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- web,windows,macos,linux,api,self_hostedchecked 20 Sep 2026
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