Shared bench script
af_heart · Generated locally with Kokoro-82M v1.0 (int8 ONNX), voice af_heart.
Listen closely. Every voice on this bench is a machine, reading the same line.
hexgrad · 2025 · compact open
An 82-million-parameter Apache-2.0 model built on a slim StyleTTS 2 / ISTFTNet decoder. No diffusion stage, no encoder release — just a small network that still sounds like a much larger one, and runs on CPU.
Punching far above its size; the default local voice when you do not have a GPU.
Shared bench script
af_heart · Generated locally with Kokoro-82M v1.0 (int8 ONNX), voice af_heart.
Listen closely. Every voice on this bench is a machine, reading the same line.
Shared bench script · live
af_heart · Generated locally with Kokoro-82M v1.0 (int8 ONNX), voice af_heart.
The rain had not stopped for three days. On the fourth morning, the river finally broke its banks, and the town of Millfield learned what water can do when it is given time.
Shared bench script
af_heart · Generated locally with Kokoro-82M v1.0 (int8 ONNX), voice af_heart.
I told you we should have left at dawn. And miss the last train? Don't be ridiculous. Sit down. We'll figure this out.
Shared bench script
af_heart · Generated locally with Kokoro-82M v1.0 (int8 ONNX), voice af_heart.
At 8:15 this morning, officials confirmed that Route 47 will remain closed through Friday while crews repair the collapsed overpass near Cedar Junction.
Shared bench script
af_heart · Generated locally with Kokoro-82M v1.0 (int8 ONNX), voice af_heart.
Please transfer $1,247.50 to account 883-21, then call Dr. Nguyen at 555-0142 before 3:30 p.m. on March 9th.
Vendor / paper demo
af_heart · Official Kokoro-82M HEARME sample, hexgrad, Hugging Face.
Kokoro is an open-weight TTS model with 82 million parameters. Despite its lightweight architecture, it delivers comparable quality to larger models while being significantly faster and more cost-efficient. With Apache-licensed weights, Kokoro can be deployed anywhere from production environments to personal projects.
Vendor / paper demo
af_heart · Official Kokoro-82M sample af_heart_0 (Gibson line used as test text).
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.