Banter 1: TTS Tailored for Bilingual Voice Agents
Dynamicrex · reddit · 2026-07-06
A developer built a text-to-speech model named Banter 1, designed specifically for voice agents that need to mix Arabic and English within the same conversation. The author notes that most existing TTS solutions treat Arabic as an afterthought, leading to flat pronunciation, dialectal errors, and crashes during mid-sentence code-switching, prompting them to build a custom model to fill this gap. The model is still in its early stages, and the author is seeking community feedback and experiences regarding building bilingual agents.
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