Hurston-1
Open source accented English text-to-speech model built for telephony
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Hurston-1 is an open source text-to-speech model fine-tuned to synthesize English accents such as Southern American and various African English accents. It supports narrowband telephony audio output formats for real phone use, including 8 kHz G.711 audio compatible with Twilio and other telephony systems. Developed by a small independent team, it aims to represent underrepresented accents in AI voice technology.
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