mahkeh-voice v2.3

What’s new

• Five named voices: Varney (Calm), Musu (Calm), Sackie (Koloqua guy), Pa Tarnue (Moderate) and Pa Kollie (Kpelle man).
• Reads Kpelle as well as English and Koloqua; Pa Kollie reads Kpelle by default.
• Long text is no longer cut off: a sentence that stops early is read again.

Known limits

Delivery can still sound flat, and Kpelle pronunciation is still improving as we improve the model with more Kpelle speakers. Some Kpelle translations may not be very accurate.

What’s new

• Bigger base model for a stronger Liberian accent.
• Five voices, including the new Liberian woman, moderate voice.

Known limits

Speech delivery is still somewhat flat, and some pronunciations may drift toward a more general West African accent. Koloqua voice quality also needs improvement, and we are continuing to train the model to produce more natural, authentic Liberian Koloqua speech.

What’s new

• Four voices: Liberian man, calm; Liberian man, tough; Liberian girl, calm; Liberian man, moderate (Koloqua).
• Trained on audio exactly as recorded, for more natural voices than v1.6.
• Fewer long pauses and no runaway takes.

Benchmark

Listening tests by a native speaker on fixed test lines in English and Koloqua.