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1. suz11

   12 months ago
   Fast

   It's fast - but for an API, not the fastest speech-to-text. For a long while I hadn't done research and trusted them. Then tried Whisper and Picovoice. On-device latency is nothing comparable with cloud APIs. If latency is important go with Whisper or Picovoice. If customization is also important go with Picovoice.

   don't get me wrong it's still faster than amazon, Microsoft or Assemblyai

   🏁 Competitors: Picovoice.ai, Google Cloud Speech API, AssemblyAI, Speechmatics, Microsoft Azure, Amazon

   👍 Pros:    Fast|Fast sales|A free demo|Supports multiple languages

   👎 Cons:    Slow support for free customers|Limited free version

eSpeak mentions (10)

• Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

  Yes! I'm currently using https://espeak.sourceforge.net/, so it isn't especially fun to listen to though. Additionally, since I'm streaming the LLM response, it won't take long to get your reply. Since it does it a chunk at a time, there's occasionally only parts of words that are said momentarily. Also of course depends on what model you use or what the context size is for how long you need to wait. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Does anyone know any good TTS program for linux? I'm hoping for something free. There's a good option on windows, but I tried messing with wine to use it on linux and it wasn't working for me.

  You might try espeak or - for something that looks more feature-rich - festival. Source: over 1 year ago

• I don't know if I'll be able to stream because of my mutism :((

  Hey! I’m mute too and I’ve been wanting to stream. So far I’ve decided on using eSpeak https://espeak.sourceforge.net/, a text-to-speech app for PC that allows commercial usage. You might also be able to find online text-to-speech that allows commercial usage, it just might take awhile to find. Depending on the time of content you make you could also dedicate part of your layout to a spot you could type in and... Source: over 1 year ago

• Vocaloid 6

  Can someone point to a good open source alternative for vocaloid? I know of Sinsy [0] but I couldn't get it working. Ecantorix [1] is very old and rudimentary (it uses espeak underneath [2]). Searching just now I see OpenUtau [3] but I have no experience with it. Seems crazy there isn't a good FOSS solution for this. [0] http://www.sinsy.jp/ [1] https://github.com/divVerent/ecantorix [2]... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Is there a website that reads the custom phonetically written words?

  The closest that I know of is espeak, https://espeak.sourceforge.net/ . It certainly doesn't cover all of the IPA though. Source: over 1 year ago

Deepgram mentions (28)

• Self-hosted offline transcription and diarization service with LLM summary

  For $5 for 20 hours of audio you can try https://deepgram.com. They give $200 of credit. - Source: Hacker News / 26 days ago

• Building a Live Proctoring System to Detect Multiple Speakers

  Lastly, we will be using Deepgram Audio Diarization APIs to get speaker details from a sample audio clip. - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago

• How do I begin building AI tools for myself?

  There are other AI-powered APIs out there to consider, too. For example, Deepgram can be used to transcribe audio (better than Whisper, offered by OpenAI), ElevenLabs can be used to generate speech from text (including using custom voices, which OpenAI's TTS can't currently do), etc. Depending on what you're trying to make, a combination of these services may be what you need. In any case, Python is going to be... Source: 7 months ago

• Use Langchain, Deepgram, and Mistral 7B to Build a Youtube Video Summarization App

  This guide delves deep into the world of YouTube video summarization, harnessing the power of cutting-edge technologies including Deepgram for superior audio transcription, Langchain for harvesting the power of the LLM, and Mistral 7B, a state-of-the-art and open-source LLM. - Source: dev.to / 7 months ago

• Create a realtime closed captioning solution with Deepgram and Ably

  Historically it's been challenging to provide closed captioning for live experiences, be it a live interview, a sports game with commentary, or a livestream. But Deepgram's AI tooling has changed this, allowing users to easily convert realtime streams of audio into accurate transcripts. - Source: dev.to / 8 months ago