I gave Pocket TTS a shot. It's a local AI voice that claims to run well on the CPU, so it's faster to generate output and doesn't require a GPU. The main problem with it is the same as with so many voices these days, AI or otherwise: punctuation. Periods and commas sound the same, and question marks aren't always noticeable. Parenthetical phrases sound odd, and the double dash isn't handled at all. I love seeing this field continue to move forward, but I have yet to meet an AI voice I like.
@x0 @alexhall So could this work with screen readers? Maybe another provider for Sonata when the developer finishes or concludes their TTS lab project
@luiscarlosgonzalez @x0 I doubt it, given how responsive screen reader speech needs to be, but you never know.