8 min
Dream TTS Proves Local Speech Is a Product Architecture Problem
Dream TTS turned local speech from a model demo into product architecture: Flutter for the surface, Rust for durable synthesis work, and strict …
#dream-tts
#local-tts
#flutter
+5
/categories/ai
// 5 posts in this category
7 min
Local TTS Quality Is Operations, Not Taste
Local speech becomes trustworthy when pronunciation, latency, fixtures, logs, and release gates make quality repeatable instead of subjective.
#local-tts
#text-to-speech
#pronunciation
+4
7 min
Your App Should Not Know Which TTS Engine Is Speaking
A local speech feature survives only when the app talks to one stable product API while engines, voices, platforms, playback, and failures change …
#local-tts
#software-architecture
#cross-platform
+4
7 min
Ship Your First Local Voice with Piper, Then Make It Boring
Your first local voice ships only after it is bundled, checksummed, observable, cancellable, and boring enough to survive real user machines.
#piper-tts
#local-tts
#onnx
+4
7 min
Local TTS Starts After the Demo Voice Works
If your app needs speech without a hosted API, the hard part comes after the nice demo voice: engines, latency budgets, licenses, updates, and …
#local-tts
#text-to-speech
#piper-tts
+5