Kokori TTS app for macOS: Transform text to speech with a powerful local API server & desktop app. High-quality voices, speed control, and seamless menubar integration.
Kokori was built as a result of burning through elevenLabs credits when developing projects locally. I did not want to pay for every time I tested TTS generation worked in my app before moving over to a paid production ready solution.
Kokori runs an API server which accepts text, voice & speed parameters to respond with an audio file. Additionally - it offers a desktop application UI to manually generate TTS audio files, view detailed logs, see previously generated audio files and manage settings.
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@jack_callow Lovely product! What specific pain point made you build Kokori instead of relying on macOS’s built-in voices?
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That is a cool idea! Are you planning to add more voices (german for example)?
The underlying TTS model does not have support for German dialect/accent voices. In future, if the model improves or releases new versions I can update the app.
Under the hood it's using an open source model with a similar name. I'll leave it ambiguous just to avoid clones of the app but a search on huggingFace should find it.
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TourGuideJS
@jack_callow Lovely product! What specific pain point made you build Kokori instead of relying on macOS’s built-in voices?
That is a cool idea! Are you planning to add more voices (german for example)?
Congrats on the launch!
TourGuideJS
Hi @ksenia_sh
The underlying TTS model does not have support for German dialect/accent voices. In future, if the model improves or releases new versions I can update the app.
@jack_callow i see, thanks for the info!
ConnectMachine
What is the underlying technology or API being used for converting from text to speech?
TourGuideJS
Hi @syed_shayanur_rahman
Under the hood it's using an open source model with a similar name.
I'll leave it ambiguous just to avoid clones of the app but a search on huggingFace should find it.