VITS

by jaywalnut310

Reference E2E TTS — building block for voice-agent loops.

TL;DR

Reference E2E TTS — building block for voice-agent loops.

Best for voice-cloning / TTS prototypes paired with Whisper ASR. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
—
Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux

What it is

The VITS paper reference code. MIT.

Best for: Voice-cloning / TTS prototypes paired with Whisper ASR.
Watch out for: TTS, not ASR.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/jaywalnut310/vits

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported2
HIPAA eligibleNo

VITS vs Whipscribe

FeatureVITSWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages299
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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