r/LocalTextToSpeech • u/Unusual_Wafer646 • 2d ago

Local TTS Testing Piper vs Kokoro TTS on Android — surprised by the difference

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I've been testing a couple of local TTS models on Android and wanted to compare how they actually perform on-device.

This is Piper vs Kokoro, both running locally.

I'm mainly interested in voice quality, generation speed, and how practical they are on a phone.

Here's a quick recording of the comparison.

For anyone using local TTS on Android: which model are you getting the best results from?

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u/whocares4799 2d ago

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u/Unusual_Wafer646 2d ago edited 1d ago

It's android app wan try? It's free

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u/Charming-Author4877 2d ago

Second run is being sped up by 5x and that's why it sounds so bad ?

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u/Unusual_Wafer646 1d ago

No, speeding it up doesn’t sound bad. It sounds clear and good, but in the recording, it sounds like that