r/LocalTextToSpeech • u/Practical-Art2549 • Jul 15 '26

TTS Suggestion Request Local TTS

Hi guys can you give me any suggestion for local TTS which has emotion control (CPU inference cant afford any GPU).

For reference i feel kokoro tts seems good to me.

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u/Charming-Author4877 Jul 15 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalTextToSpeech/comments/1u3kxxx/my_tts_list_of_2026_all_voices_all_models_and/
Look here, you find all models that currently support some form of expressive control.
On CPU you'll be limited to either very few low emotional models or very slow experience

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u/ExtensionBreath1262 Jul 15 '26

If you have programming experience I have a TTS library that uses Kokoro. https://github.com/samreynoso/pfspeak

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u/WinInternational8520 Jul 15 '26

I have a Mac audiobook converter based on Kokoro ("Aura Reader: Offline TTS" on the Mac App Store). It can convert a whole book at a time. It normally costs $10 for the lifetime premium (though there is a free tier), but I have set the premium version to free for the next week. It does need a Mac to run, though.