NVIDIA Tacotron2
by NVIDIA
Reference Tacotron2 + WaveGlow stack from NVIDIA.
TL;DR
Reference Tacotron2 + WaveGlow stack from NVIDIA.
Best for educational reference for autoregressive TTS. Pricing: free.
Category
Open source
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux
What it is
The original NVIDIA Tacotron2 implementation. BSD-3-Clause.
Best for: Educational reference for autoregressive TTS.
Watch out for: Superseded by FastPitch / Riva TTS.
Watch out for: Superseded by FastPitch / Riva TTS.
Install / use
git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/tacotron2
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 1 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
NVIDIA Tacotron2 vs Whipscribe
| Feature | NVIDIA Tacotron2 | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | free | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | No | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | No | No |
| Languages | 1 | 99 |
| Platforms | Linux | Web, API, MCP |
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