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chatterbox-turbo
smdesai/chatterbox-turbo
chatterbox-turbo is a text-to-speech model from smdesai. Use it when you need text read aloud. It is set up for mlx-audio. The card lists the license as apache-2.0.
This model was converted to MLX format from ResembleAI/chatterbox-turbo using mlx-audio version 0.2.8. Refer to the original model card for more details on the model.
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At a glance
- Task
- Text-to-Speech
- Library
- mlx-audio
- License
- apache-2.0
- Model type
- chatterbox_turbo
- Access
- Public
- Created
- Dec 22, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 22, 2025
- SHA
- 27d6dea9
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Model card
From the Hugging Face model README
mlx-community/chatterbox-turbo
This model was converted to MLX format from ResembleAI/chatterbox-turbo using mlx-audio version 0.2.8.
Refer to the original model card for more details on the model.
Use with mlx
pip install -U mlx-audio
Voice Cloning:
mlx_audio.tts.generate --model mlx-community/chatterbox-turbo-fp16 --text "Oh, that's hilarious! [chuckle] Um anyway, we do have a new model in store. It's the SkyNet T-800 series and it's got basically everything. Including AI integration with ChatGPT and all that jazz. Would you like me to get some prices for you?" --ref_audio path_to_file.wav --play
Emotion Control
Chatterbox supports expressive event tags that can be inserted directly into your text to add natural vocal expressions:
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
[clear throat] | Throat clearing sound |
[sigh] | Sighing expression |
[shush] | Shushing sound |
[cough] | Coughing sound |
[groan] | Groaning expression |
[sniff] | Sniffing sound |
[gasp] | Gasping expression |
[chuckle] | Light chuckling |
[laugh] | Laughter |
mlx_audio.tts.generate --model mlx-community/chatterbox-turbo-fp16 --text "[sigh] I can't believe it's Monday again. [groan] But hey, [clear throat] let's make the best of it!" --play
Default Voice:
mlx_audio.tts.generate --model mlx-community/chatterbox-turbo-fp16 --text "Oh, that's hilarious! [chuckle] Um anyway, we do have a new model in store. It's the SkyNet T-800 series and it's got basically everything. Including AI integration with ChatGPT and all that jazz. Would you like me to get some prices for you?" --play
- Task
- Text-to-Speech
- Library
- mlx-audio
- Type
- chatterbox_turbo
- License
- apache-2.0
- Languages
- en
- Created
- Dec 22, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 22, 2025