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Ollama adds text-to-speech support with Gradium Phonon AI models
Ollama now runs text-to-speech AI models locally, starting with Gradium's Phonon family on Apple Silicon.
Summary
Ollama added text-to-speech capabilities, starting with Gradium's Phonon family of AI models. The feature is available for macOS with MLX acceleration, while Windows and Linux support will arrive soon. Developers can use the OpenAI-compatible audio speech endpoint or CLI commands to generate audio.
What changed
- Ollama added text-to-speech support starting with the Phonon model family from Gradium.
- Apple Silicon users get MLX acceleration for the new speech models.
- An OpenAI-compatible endpoint supports speech generation in code.
- Windows and Linux support will arrive soon.
Availability
Available now“Speech models are now available for macOS, with Windows and Linux support coming soon.”
Founder takeaway
Test local text-to-speech generation on macOS using the new Phonon models and OpenAI-compatible API endpoints.
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