Gradium's open-weight TTS runs offline on iOS/macOS, benchmarked vs Kokoro and PocketTTS
amos_gyamfi · x · 2026-10-27
A recommendation to try Gradium's open-weight text-to-speech model for local voice generation. The model is small enough to run privately and offline on iOS and macOS.
The author also published a demo benchmarking it against Kokoro TTS and PocketTTS for local AI speech, useful for developers choosing an on-device TTS stack.
Related event: Gradium Open-Sources On-Device TTS Model Phonon(2 posts)→
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