mlx-community/kitten-tts-nano-0.8-8bit

Kitten TTS Nano 0.8 (MLX, 8-bit)

This is an 8-bit quantized MLX version of the KittenTTS Nano 0.8 model.

Source

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

Usage

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

model = load_model("mlx-community/kitten-tts-nano-0.8-8bit")

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.

Quantization

• Group size: 64
• Bits: 8
• Mode: affine