chatterbox-turbo-4bit

smdesai/chatterbox-turbo-4bit

chatterbox-turbo-4bit 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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mlx-community/chatterbox-turbo-4bit

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-4bit --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-4bit --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-4bit --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 21, 2025
Updated: Dec 21, 2025