# 21 Text to Speech tools (20 free)

21 Text to Speech resources, picked out of 17 saved Instagram reels and 10 liked tweets, from creators like @itsemilyhiggins, @theaiagents, @benkaluza. 20 of them are free, freemium or open source.

## All 21

- [ElevenLabs](https://xiry.app/resources/elevenlabs): AI voice generator, voice cloning, and conversational agent platform (Web app, Freemium)
- [Cartesia Sonic](https://xiry.app/resources/cartesia-sonic): Ultra-low-latency streaming text-to-speech and instant voice cloning model. (AI model, Freemium)
- [Dia](https://xiry.app/resources/dia): Open-source 1.6B text-to-speech model generating multi-speaker dialogue in one pass. (AI model, Open source)
- [Airy](https://xiry.app/resources/airy): Fast, low-cost text-to-speech API and studio for creators and developers (AI model, Freemium)
- [AudioPen](https://xiry.app/resources/audiopen): Converts spoken thoughts into structured, polished writing in customizable styles. (Web app, Freemium)
- [cartesia-python](https://xiry.app/resources/cartesia-python): Official Python library for Cartesia's real-time text-to-speech API (GitHub repo, Paid)
- [Chatterbox](https://xiry.app/resources/chatterbox): Open-source zero-shot text-to-speech and voice cloning model (AI model, Open source)
- [Coqui TTS](https://xiry.app/resources/coqui-tts): Open-source deep learning toolkit for text-to-speech synthesis and voice cloning. (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [ElevenLabs Transcription Shortcut](https://xiry.app/resources/elevenlabs-transcription-shortcut): Apple Shortcut replacing native dictation using ElevenLabs Scribe and OpenAI cleanup (Web app, Free)
- [Kyutai TTS (tts-1.6b-en\_fr)](https://xiry.app/resources/kyutai-tts-tts-1-6b-en-fr): Open-weights streaming text-to-speech model with ultra-low latency for English and French (AI model, Open source)
- [Lovevoice AI](https://xiry.app/resources/lovevoice-ai): Online text-to-speech generator with 300 realistic voices across 70+ languages. (Web app, Freemium)
- [MiniMax Audio](https://xiry.app/resources/minimax-audio): AI speech generation, voice cloning from 10-second clips, and music creation (AI model, Freemium)
- [mlx\_whisper local transcription benchmark & usage](https://xiry.app/resources/mlx-whisper-local-transcription-benchmark-and-usage): Fast local audio transcription benchmark and Python snippet for Apple Silicon Macs. (Tip, Open source)
- [Murf AI](https://xiry.app/resources/murf-ai): AI voice generator and text-to-speech platform for voiceovers and conversational agents (Web app, Freemium)
- [NaturalReader](https://xiry.app/resources/naturalreader): AI text-to-speech platform with multilingual voices and voice cloning. (Web app, Freemium)
- [NVIDIA Parakeet TDT 0.6B V2](https://xiry.app/resources/nvidia-parakeet-tdt-0-6b-v2): Open-source 600M English speech-to-text model with fast inference and timestamps (AI model, Open source)
- [qwen3\_tts\_rs](https://xiry.app/resources/qwen3-tts-rs): Rust-based inference CLI and API server for Qwen3 TTS with voice cloning (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice](https://xiry.app/resources/qwen3-tts-12hz-1-7b-customvoice): Open-weight text-to-speech model supporting instruction-driven style control across 10 languages (Web app, Open source)
- [SPEECHMA](https://xiry.app/resources/speechma): Free online text-to-speech converter with hundreds of multilingual voices (Web app, Freemium)
- [Supertonic](https://xiry.app/resources/supertonic): Fast, lightweight on-device text-to-speech running locally via ONNX Runtime. (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [Zonos-v0.1](https://xiry.app/resources/zonos-v0-1): Open-weight text-to-speech model with voice cloning and fine-grained emotion control (AI model, Open source)

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