NVIDIA-NeMo/Speech
A scalable generative AI framework built for researchers and developers working on Large Language Models, Multimodal, and Speech AI (Automatic Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech)
- Stars
- 19k
- Forks
- 3.7k
- Open issues
- 138
- Last push
- today
About Speech
Speech is a free, open-source AI voice and audio tool by NVIDIA-NeMo, written mainly in Python. A scalable generative AI framework built for researchers and developers working on Large Language Models, Multimodal, and Speech AI (Automatic Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech). It has 19k GitHub stars and 3.7k forks, and was last updated today. It's released under the Apache-2.0 license, a standard open-source license.
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Python
- Stars
- 18,610
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Not stated
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not required
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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Speech FAQ
Is Speech free?
Yes. Speech is open source and free to use. It's released under the Apache-2.0 license, a standard open-source license.
Does Speech run on a Mac?
The project doesn't say. Check its installation guide before you start.
Does Speech need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is Speech still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 138 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to Speech?
Similar free, open-source tools include VoxCPM, PaddleSpeech, speechbrain, FunASR.