The short version
A lightweight speech generator praised for speed, though not top-tier voice quality.
From the HackerLinks archive
Pocket TTS
A lightweight speech generator praised for speed, though not top-tier voice quality.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-08-22
Last seen:2026-09-24
Times seen:2
Website:github.com
Why it caught our attention
Direct enthusiastic use includes a useful quality-versus-speed limitation.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-09-24
“I love PocketTTS. It's stupid fast and the voice quality is decent. But it's not the highest quality.”
x3haloed · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech
2026-08-22
“I've now been using Pocket TTS which is super fast”
armcat · recommendation · evaluated
Direct HN comment
How we made a text-to-speech model respond in sub-50 ms
Also surfaced in this discussion
audio.cpp
Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech
2026-09-24
pdf-narrator
Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech
2026-09-24