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Re:Sopro TTS: A 169M model with zero-shot voice cloning that... by jbaber on Thursday January 08, 2026 @07:59PM (#46548793)
I am unhappy about the criminal dimension of voice cloning, too, but there are plenty of use cases.

e.g. If I could have a (local!) clone of my own voice, I could get lots of wait-on-the-phone chores done by typing on my desktop to VOIP while accomplishing other things.

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Re:Sopro TTS: A 169M model with zero-shot voice cloning that... by anigbrowl on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:15PM (#46549974)
But why do you need it to be a clone of your voice? A generic TTS like Siri or a vocaloid would be sufficient.
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