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Kokoro

Speech engine or client · Voice

Compact text-to-speech model with supplied voices.

Kokoro capability illustration
Official Hugging Face social-thumbnail image for the Kokoro-82M model card, retrieved 14 September 2026.

Use it for

Choose for lightweight speech synthesis using available voices.

Choose something else for

Not a complete voice studio or conversational system.

Give it

Text; Reference audio where supported

Get back

Speech audio

How it is operated

Engine/client, often exposed through voice-pro

Availability

Provider capabilities and historical Studio notes are distinguished below. Current account access, credits and runtime readiness were not tested.

How charging works

Local inference compute; check distribution terms.

Where processing happens

Local when self-hosted.

Language support

Use the voices and languages published with the selected release.

Choose an underlying speech engine

★★★★☆ 4/5 for this task

Editorial task fit based on the documented role and integration requirements. Not the choice when reproducing a particular reference speaker is mandatory; check language and voice support.

Decision: Choose for lightweight speech synthesis using available voices.

Limits and things to check

Not the choice when reproducing a particular reference speaker is mandatory; check language and voice support.

Evidence

Official model/project documentation reviewed; no same-script listening test

Catalogue review: 2026-09-05. The evidence note identifies what was verified. This date does not imply a fresh tool test or verification of every linked source.

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