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smcameron · 2021-09-25 09:17:56

There's also pico2wave (libttspico), which, to me, with the "-l=en-GB" flag, sounds the best by far of any offline TTS that I've tried.

You can hear it in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfcme7maygw&t=131s

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jjice | karma 4230 | avg karma 3.39 · | 2021-08-02 08:44:06

The TTS is pretty solid, what did you use for that? Amazon Polly is the best options I know of personally, but I'd love to know what you use because it's pretty solid.

noman-land | karma 2887 | avg karma 2.91 · | 2020-12-25 19:41:50+00:00

There was a similar device I tried to buy last year but they went out of stock before I found them.

https://www.tindie.com/products/greycatco/lora-text-developm...

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nshm | karma 398 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2021-12-11 13:11:53

Any of these with voice control? Preferably without internet connection.

kongprofit | karma 3 | avg karma 0.23 · | 2023-05-14 10:52:08

i know TTS play.ht uses amazon molly but commercial usage cost 49 USD.

noir_lord | karma 15474 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2015-07-07 22:02:24+00:00

I absolutely hadn't but that looks damn interesting, thanks!

What was the delay like in actual usage?

EDIT: This is literally what I was describing and have wanted for ages, US only but some ebay.co.uk vendors have them! I'm having one of these soon!

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eternityforest | karma 3505 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2022-08-20 03:40:56

Anything in the Owon HDS handheld series. I like mine a lot.

It even has some Github work I believe, for USB control, so there's a possibility of some open PC software if someone wants to work on that.

I do wish it had FFT. But I can live without it for the size.

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45ure | karma 290 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2023-06-15 07:47:18

The Xiao BLE nRF52840 might be worth a look.

https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/XIAO_BLE/

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danieldk | karma 20232 | avg karma 4.08 · | 2019-04-21 05:30:16+00:00

Or one of the Nitrokeys, which are generally more affordable and have open source firmware:

https://www.nitrokey.com

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manacit | karma 1691 | avg karma 7.17 · | 2019-07-15 21:21:25

I (and a number of people I know) have a CalDigit TS3+ and it's worked extremely well for me: https://www.caldigit.com/ts3-plus

I can't speak to what else is on the market, but there's not more I'd want from this.

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askvictor | karma 3286 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2018-12-10 21:20:18+00:00

Where can you get/make one with decent audio quality and stable frequency?

colejohnson66 | karma 9319 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2022-04-04 11:00:42

The HiFive Unmatched[0] from SiFive might be what you're looking for, but it seems to be discontinued.[a]

[a]: Their website implies that it's available, but the linked websites to purchase from show it as unavailable.

[0]: https://www.sifive.com/boards/hifive-unmatched

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oliwary | karma 571 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2021-02-16 15:20:36

I have a ttgo t5: http://www.lilygo.cn/prod_view.aspx?TypeId=50031&Id=1149&FId...

Seems to match what you are looking for, with an esp32, an e-ink display and a battery connection. It is also quite cheap. I use mine as a weather station.

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hcfman | karma 461 | avg karma 1.1 · | 2024-04-11 11:43:39

I have good results with cheap ublox 6m's and 7m's from aliexpress. For some reason the 8m's I got were poor in sensitivity.

Adfruit ones also work great, but are a lot mor expensive, I do have several though.

PPS is criticial to proper timing. However... I was using the time synched systems for sound localization. But as they only cost around 7 euros on aliexpress, why not.

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tga | karma 1386 | avg karma 3.75 · | 2012-10-20 11:05:13

Take a look at http://www.sonetel.com, they are cheaper than many other options and also available internationally.

fullstop | karma 3132 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2021-04-15 14:11:51

I have one of these and have been very impressed with the output.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QVNXBDL

It was ~$50.

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poulpy123 | karma 1407 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2023-06-01 05:18:20

There are several commercial devices, though I don't know if they have the performance you are looking for

kolchinski | karma 544 | avg karma 6.8 · | 2024-02-07 02:43:12

Just took a look, their lower-quality model is almost exactly the same price as Azure TTS, and the quality is similar. Thanks for the pointer.

kayodelycaon | karma 7427 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2021-10-26 11:57:09

I'm in the market for alternatives. What equivalent devices are both cheaper and more open? I haven't found any. :(

telesilla | karma 4119 | avg karma 3.35 · | 2024-03-29 09:14:40

Interesting, maybe this: https://www.timekettle.co/en-es/products/wt2-edge-online-voi...

Has anyone got experience with such a product? If it works, I'll happy purchase but like most of us here I'm sure, I've been burned by expensive tech that doesn't follow through.

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