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| <h1>Hebrew TTS Samples</h1> |
| <p class="subtitle">A comparison of Hebrew text-to-speech providers — voice cloning and stock voices.<br> |
| Snapshot taken March 2025.</p> |
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| <h2>Voice Clones</h2> |
| <p class="section-desc">Cloned from ~1 minute of Hebrew reference audio. Listen to the <strong>original voice</strong> (before) alongside the <strong>TTS output</strong> (after) from each provider.</p> |
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| <h3>Herman</h3> |
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| <h4>Original Voice (Reference Audio)</h4> |
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| <label>Hebrew reference (~1 min)</label> |
| <audio controls preload="none" src="audio/voice-sources/herman-before.mp3"></audio> |
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| <h4>TTS Output (Voice Clones)</h4> |
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| <label>MiniMax T2A v2.6 Turbo <span class="badge best">Best</span></label> |
| <audio controls preload="none" src="audio/voice-clones/minimax/herman.mp3"></audio> |
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| <label>Resemble AI (voice clone)</label> |
| <audio controls preload="none" src="audio/voice-clones/resemble/herman.mp3"></audio> |
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| <label>Chatterbox — Run 1 (English ref)</label> |
| <audio controls preload="none" src="audio/voice-clones/chatterbox/herman-run1.mp3"></audio> |
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| <label>Chatterbox — Run 2 (Hebrew ref)</label> |
| <audio controls preload="none" src="audio/voice-clones/chatterbox/herman-run2.mp3"></audio> |
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| <h3>Corn</h3> |
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| <h4>Original Voice (Reference Audio)</h4> |
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| <label>Hebrew reference (~1 min)</label> |
| <audio controls preload="none" src="audio/voice-sources/corn-before.mp3"></audio> |
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| <h4>TTS Output (Voice Clone)</h4> |
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| <label>MiniMax T2A v2.6 Turbo <span class="badge best">Best</span></label> |
| <audio controls preload="none" src="audio/voice-clones/minimax/corn.mp3"></audio> |
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| <h2>Stock Voices</h2> |
| <p class="section-desc">Pre-built Hebrew voices from various TTS providers. No voice cloning — these are the provider's default offerings.</p> |
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| <h3>Microsoft Edge TTS</h3> |
| <p class="provider-note">Free, built into Microsoft Edge. Tested with Avri (male) and Hila (female) at normal and 70% speed.</p> |
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| <h4>Avri (Male) — Normal Speed</h4> |
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| <div class="sample"><label>Family</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-100pc/family.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Jerusalem</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-100pc/jerusalem.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Sample Text</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-100pc/sample-text.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Sample Text (Short)</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-100pc/sample-text-short.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Shortest</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-100pc/shortest.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Travel</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-100pc/travel.mp3"></audio></div> |
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| <h4>Avri (Male) — 70% Speed</h4> |
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| <div class="sample"><label>Family</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-70pc/family.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Jerusalem</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-70pc/jerusalem.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Sample Text</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-70pc/sample-text.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Sample Text (Short)</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-70pc/sample-text-short.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Shortest</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-70pc/shortest.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Travel</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/avri-70pc/travel.mp3"></audio></div> |
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| <h4>Hila (Female) — Normal Speed</h4> |
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| <div class="sample"><label>Family</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-100pc/family.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Jerusalem</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-100pc/jerusalem.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Sample Text</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-100pc/sample-text.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Sample Text (Short)</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-100pc/sample-text-short.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Shortest</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-100pc/shortest.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Travel</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-100pc/travel.mp3"></audio></div> |
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| <h4>Hila (Female) — 70% Speed</h4> |
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| <div class="sample"><label>Family</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-70pc/family.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Jerusalem</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-70pc/jerusalem.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Sample Text</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-70pc/sample-text.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Sample Text (Short)</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-70pc/sample-text-short.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Shortest</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-70pc/shortest.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Travel</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/edge-tts/hila-70pc/travel.mp3"></audio></div> |
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| <h3>ElevenLabs</h3> |
| <p class="provider-note">v3 model with <code>language_code: "he"</code>. Note: multilingual v2 produces unintelligible Hebrew — v3 with explicit Hebrew is required.</p> |
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| <div class="sample"><label>Adam (Male)</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/elevenlabs/adam-v3-he.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Bella (Female)</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/elevenlabs/bella-v3-he.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Rachel (Female)</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/elevenlabs/rachel-v3-he.mp3"></audio></div> |
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| <h3>Google Gemini</h3> |
| <p class="provider-note">Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview TTS via Google AI Studio.</p> |
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| <div class="sample"><label>Puck</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/gemini/puck.mp3"></audio></div> |
| <div class="sample"><label>Zephyr</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/gemini/zephyr.mp3"></audio></div> |
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| <h3>Resemble AI</h3> |
| <p class="provider-note">Stock Hebrew preset voice. Custom voice clones require nekudot (diacritics) for intelligible output.</p> |
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| <div class="sample"><label>Avigail (Female)</label><audio controls preload="none" src="audio/stock/resemble/avigail.mp3"></audio></div> |
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| <h2>Summary</h2> |
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| <tr><th>Provider</th><th>Approach</th><th>Hebrew Quality</th><th>Notes</th></tr> |
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| <tr><td><strong>MiniMax</strong></td><td>Voice cloning (Replicate)</td><td class="quality-best">Best</td><td>Cloned from ~1 min Hebrew reference; natural sounding</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><strong>Edge TTS</strong></td><td>Stock voices</td><td class="quality-good">Good</td><td>Microsoft's free TTS; Avri and Hila voices</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><strong>Gemini</strong></td><td>Stock voices</td><td class="quality-good">Good</td><td>Google AI Studio, Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview TTS</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><strong>ElevenLabs</strong></td><td>Stock voices (v3)</td><td class="quality-good">Good</td><td>Requires <code>language_code: "he"</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><td><strong>Chatterbox</strong></td><td>Voice cloning</td><td class="quality-poor">Poor</td><td>Gibberish — Dicta ONNX nikud library unavailable on Replicate</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><strong>Resemble AI</strong></td><td>Stock + cloning</td><td class="quality-poor">Poor</td><td>Needs nekudot (diacritics) for intelligible output</td></tr> |
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| <p>Source: <a href="https://github.com/danielrosehill/Hebrew-TTS-Providers" target="_blank">danielrosehill/Hebrew-TTS-Providers</a></p> |
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