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myshell-ai/MeloTTS

MeloTTS is a text-to-speech library that generates speech audio in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. It operates with real-time inference on a CPU and supports interaction via Python, a CLI, and a web UI.

Project overview

Project type: Audio & Speech
Use cases: Translation & Subtitles · Audio & Speech
Deployment: Refer to project documentation
License: MIT

Best for

Developers and general users needing a self-hosted library to convert text to speech in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean without documented GPU hardware requirements.

Key capabilities

Converts text to high-quality speech in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Fast enough to generate speech in real-time entirely on a CPU.
Supports mixed Chinese and English text generation.
Provides a command line interface and web user interface for utilizing the library.
Supports training the model on custom datasets.

Limitations and risks

Supports a specific set of languages: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Requires access to HuggingFace to download pre-trained MeloTTS model cards.

Getting started

Install the Python library or use a hosted notebook, download the required pre-trained MeloTTS model cards from HuggingFace, and input text via the CLI, Web UI, or Python API to receive generated audio.

Evidence and sources

GitHub project description: High-quality multi-lingual text-to-speech library by MyShell.ai. Support English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
README: MeloTTS is a **high-quality multi-lingual** text-to-speech library by [MIT](https://www.mit.edu/) and [MyShell.ai](https://myshell.ai). Supported languages include:
README: Fast enough for `CPU real-time inference`.
README: The Python API and model cards can be found in [this repo](https://github.com/myshell-ai/MeloTTS/blob/main/docs/install.md#python-api) or on [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/m…
README: Many thanks to [@fakerybakery](https://github.com/fakerybakery) for adding the Web UI and CLI part.

Reviewed at: 2026-07-15T18:49:24Z