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by syngrog66 752 days ago
I reach first for Mac's built-in "say" program. Its not perfect, but good enough for most use cases. Free, simple, CLI driven. Potentially more private than a cloud service, and works when have 0 connectivity.
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Totally fair, and I was really excited about the iOS safari built-in version. It didn't work for the book I bought and then after using AI bases TSS, I just couldn't go back.

I would love to be able to run the models on the device, and it will come in the future. The OSS models are not quite there from a quality standpoint yet. But they will surly get there