Local TTS model

CosyVoice 2

Industrial-grade multilingual TTS with streaming, voice cloning and emotion control. Exceptional Chinese + English quality. Used in production at Alibaba scale.

Apple Silicon ready text-to-speech generation 8 languages Apache 2.0
Quality
9.3/10
Speed
8.8/10
Model size
2.4 GB
Voices
Zero-shot + cross-lingual cloning

Can CosyVoice 2 run locally?

CosyVoice 2 can generate speech locally for private voice workflows. Start with pip install cosyvoice.

Apache 2.0 license. Still verify upstream usage notes before shipping.

streamingrealtimecloningemotionmultilingual

Audio profile

Quality
9.3
Speed
8.8
Local
8.9

Best fit

CosyVoice 2 is best for local voice cloning and expressive speech generation.

Hardware: gpuapple

Model details

Type
Local TTS model
Family
cosyvoice
Latency
ultra-low
Formats
pytorchonnx
Languages
en, zh, ja, ko, yue, fr, de, es
Context
Instruct mode with natural language

Install locally

01
Check runtimeConfirm the backend supports pytorch, onnx on your machine.
02
Install modelUse the upstream command or repository instructions.
03
Test locallyRun a short private audio prompt before moving into production workflows.
pip install cosyvoice

Good for

  • text-to-speech generation
  • Apple Silicon ready local workflows
  • streaming, realtime, cloning

Watch before shipping

  • Validate pronunciation, latency and artifacts with your own voice samples.
  • Review the upstream license and acceptable-use notes.
  • Benchmark on your target CPU, Apple Silicon or GPU setup.

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