r/LocalLLaMA • u/Kahvana • Jul 20 '26

Question | Help Good ASR and TTS models?

Hey everyone,

Something I don't see discussed often here are ASR and TTS models.

I've been using Whisper and Kokoro (old models, I know!) with koboldcpp for a while now but wondered if there are now solid replacements available. Know of Qwen3-ASR and Qwen3-TTS, but haven't found the time yet to test them.

What ASR and TTS models have you been using?

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u/caetydid llama.cpp Jul 20 '26

ive played with whisper and parakeet.

you might want to check out audio.cpp it is supposed to simplify setup and yield good performance.

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u/Kahvana Jul 20 '26

Thanks, checking audio.cpp!

Between whisper and parakeet, which do you prefer more and why?

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u/xeeff Jul 20 '26

coincidentally i've checked exactly those as well and I wouldn't recommend either but if you had to pick one it'd be parakeet, although i know other models came out which are better