🤖Block Unveils Dessa: A Human-Sounding Voice Model
Dessa: The Most Realistic Voice AI Yet
TL;DR
Block's research lab released Dessa, a voice model that runs locally and sounds human with expressions like laughs and pauses. It's designed to be more natural and less annoying than current voice AI.
Block's research lab just dropped Dessa, a voice model that runs locally and sounds shockingly human. It can laugh, pause, and even cry, making it the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Why should you care? If you're building voice interfaces for businesses or consumers, Dessa could be a game-changer. It's trained on human speech and runs on a single NVIDIA GPU, making it accessible to developers. The model's knowledge comes from conversational data, and it can run on consumer-grade computers like a MacBook M4 Max. But here's the catch: there's no public access yet, and Block is calling for safety researchers to test it.
Key Points
Dessa, Block's new voice model, runs locally on a single NVIDIA GPU and sounds human with expressions like laughs and pauses.
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