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Zonos TTS on Pinokio Computer

Zonos TTS on Pinokio: Open-source voice cloning that slays. 5-sec audio, 200k hrs training—raw, real, free.
2025-02-15
Updated 2025-03-11 08:07:08

Zonos TTS on Pinokio: Voice Cloning That Kicks Ass

Zyphra just dropped a bomb—Zonos-v0.1, the open-source TTS beast that’s got X buzzing like a hornet’s nest. Launched February 10, 2025, it’s not just another text-to-speech toy—it’s a voice cloning juggernaut, and paired with Pinokio Computer, it’s stupidly easy to run. Forget robotic drones or Big Tech’s paywalled polish; Zonos delivers raw, real speech with a 5-second audio snippet. Here’s why it’s the wildest thing in AI audio right now.

The Tech: A Voice Cloning Monster Unleashed

Zonos isn’t one model—it’s two, both 1.6 billion parameters strong. You’ve got a pure transformer and a hybrid with Mamba state-space tech, both Apache 2.0 on Hugging Face. Trained on 200,000 hours of speech—English mostly, with Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish, and German thrown in—it clones your voice from a quick clip, zero-shot. X posts scream it’s “scary good,” spitting out 44 kHz audio with emotion tweaks—happy, angry, whispery—all in ~2x real-time on an RTX 4090. Beta? Sure, but this ain’t no toy—it’s a beast. Full emotion and expression control included.

Pinokio: One-Click Wizardry

Here’s the kicker—Pinokio Computer makes Zonos a no-brainer. No command-line bullshit, no dependency hell. Hit “Discover,” grab Zonos-v0.1, and Docker does the grunt work. The Gradio UI lets you tweak pitch or clone your buddy’s rant in seconds—5-30 seconds of audio, and boom, it’s you reading Shakespeare or cursing out traffic. X’s @cocktailpeanut says restarting fixes glitches; rough edges, yeah, but for local, GPU-powered TTS, it’s a goddamn dream. Minimum 8GB VRAM, though—your old rig might choke.

Why It Slays

Voice cloning’s the star—feed Zonos your growl, and it’ll growl back anything you type. Old open-source like Tacotron 2 needs days of training; VITS is solid but fiddly. Zonos? Instant, expressive, and free Hugging Face weights are yours. X chatter pits it against ElevenLabs’ $5-$330/month realism—some say Zonos wins, others catch clicks and odd breaths. Beta quirks aside, 200k hours of data and multilingual flex (try “konnichiwa” or “merde”) make it a titan. Pinokio’s setup seals the deal—AI audio for the rest of us.

The Catch: Rough and Raw

It’s not perfect—1.6B params hog VRAM, and CPU’s a slog without Zyphra’s PyTorch fix (per noted.lol). Artifacts pop up—subtle clicks, weird inhales—but X users shrug it off as “early days.” Compare that to Amazon Polly’s ad-ready sheen or Google WaveNet’s corporate lock-in—Zonos is gritty, open, and yours to break. Pinokio smooths the ride, but if your GPU’s pre-Ampere, you’re sidelined.

The Verdict: TTS Redefined

Zonos-v0.1 on Pinokio isn’t just good—it’s a middle finger to walled gardens. Clone your voice, tweak its soul, run it local—no subscriptions, no cloud bullshit. Big Tech’s got cash, sure (Grok’s voice is coming, Apple’s got Siri), but Zonos is here, now, and free. X calls it “the future”; I call it a wild ride worth taking. Grab it, mess with it—what’s the dumbest voice you can clone? Drop it below; this thing’s too fun to sleep on.

Imagine having the power of cutting-edge AI technology right on your desktop, ready to transform text into lifelike speech with just a few clicks. With the integration of Zyphra's Zonos TTS into Pinokio Computer, this vision is becoming a reality for users worldwide.

Zonos TTS: Text-to-Speech Technology with High-Fidelity Voice Cloning

What sets Zonos TTS apart is its ability to accurately mimic the nuances of human speech. Whether it's the tone, pitch, or emotion, Zonos captures the subtleties that make spoken language so unique. This advancement is not just a technical feat; it opens up new possibilities for content creators and general users who seek high-quality voice synthesis for various applications.

Zonos Installation Tutorial

System Requirements

Ampere-based NVIDIA GPUs and newer (RTX 3000, 4000 and 5000 series) including models like the RTX 3050, 3060, 4070, 4080, 5080.

Developers of Zonos mentioned that they are working on a pytorch version of the transformers, so that Zonos would be compatible for older architectures than NVIDIA Ampere and could run on MLX, older NVIDIA GPUs and AMD.

Installation

You can install Zonos standalone on Linux and Windows.

 

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