Upgrading Kokoro: natural TTS for short bursts
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IMHO, being able & willing to defeat CAPTCHA, hCaptcha, or any other reasoning puzzle is a must-have for any Web-Browsing / Computer-Using Agent (WB/CUA).
I realize it subverts the purpose of CAPTCHA, but I do not think you can claim to be building AGI/agents without smoothly passing humanity checks. It would be like getting in a self-driving car that requires human intervention over speed bumps. Claiming AGI or even "somewhat powerful AI" seems hollow if you are halted by a mere CAPTCHA.
I imagine OpenAI's Operator is *able* but *not willing* to defeat CAPTCHA. Like their non-profit status, I expect that policy to evolve over time—and if not, rival agent-builders will attack that opening to offer a better product.
I realize it subverts the purpose of CAPTCHA, but I do not think you can claim to be building AGI/agents without smoothly passing humanity checks. It would be like getting in a self-driving car that requires human intervention over speed bumps. Claiming AGI or even "somewhat powerful AI" seems hollow if you are halted by a mere CAPTCHA.
I imagine OpenAI's Operator is *able* but *not willing* to defeat CAPTCHA. Like their non-profit status, I expect that policy to evolve over time—and if not, rival agent-builders will attack that opening to offer a better product.
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📣 Looking for labeled, high-quality synthetic audio/TTS data 📣 Have you been or are you currently calling API endpoints from OpenAI, ElevenLabs, etc? Do you have labeled audio data sitting around gathering dust? Let's talk! Join https://discord.gg/QuGxSWBfQy or comment down below.
If your data exceeds quantity & quality thresholds and is approved into the next hexgrad/Kokoro-82M training mix, and you permissively DM me the data under an effective Apache license, then I will DM back the corresponding voicepacks for YOUR data if/when the next Apache-licensed Kokoro base model drops.
What does this mean? If you've been calling closed-source TTS or audio API endpoints to:
- Build voice agents
- Make long-form audio, like audiobooks or podcasts
- Handle customer support, etc
Then YOU can contribute to the training mix and get useful artifacts in return. ❤️
More details at hexgrad/Kokoro-82M#21
If your data exceeds quantity & quality thresholds and is approved into the next hexgrad/Kokoro-82M training mix, and you permissively DM me the data under an effective Apache license, then I will DM back the corresponding voicepacks for YOUR data if/when the next Apache-licensed Kokoro base model drops.
What does this mean? If you've been calling closed-source TTS or audio API endpoints to:
- Build voice agents
- Make long-form audio, like audiobooks or podcasts
- Handle customer support, etc
Then YOU can contribute to the training mix and get useful artifacts in return. ❤️
More details at hexgrad/Kokoro-82M#21