Fish Audio (OpenAudio)
Fish Audio offers AI-driven text-to-speech and voice cloning tools. Perfect for creators, developers, and businesses seeking customizable audio solutions.
Overview
Fish Audio is a freemium AI service focused on text-to-speech (TTS) and voice cloning. It lets users create lifelike, customizable voices for different uses. From content creators to developers and businesses, Fish Audio combines high-quality voice generation with handy tools and APIs for adding AI-powered audio to projects.
You can use Fish Audio via a web platform or API.
Only 4GB VRAM required to run it locally.
Choose a TTS model or voice cloning option, add your text, adjust voice settings, and generate audio. Voice cloning needs voice samples so the AI can mimic tones and inflections. The output can be downloaded or embedded, making it easy to use in any project.
Fish Audio’s free version covers basic TTS needs, but advanced cloning and premium TTS features require a subscription. Pricing details are on the Fish Audio website.
Users love the realistic voice output and the simplicity of the platform, especially for content creation and automating customer service. While most appreciate the voice cloning, some suggest adding more customization for precise control. Fish Supports multiple languages out of the box.
Fish Audio is a powerful tool for professionals wanting high-quality, tailored audio. It’s great for creating content, developing apps, or enhancing customer interactions, making it a go-to for modern audio solutions. But remember while the code is open source, the models have a restrictive licence: you can not use them commercially.
Mid 2025 Rebranding
Fish Audio has changed its name to OpenAudio and launched a new lineup of Text-to-Speech models. Kicking off this series is the OpenAudio-S1, which boasts significant enhancements in quality, performance, and features.
This launch features two variants: OpenAudio-S1 and a more compact version called OpenAudio-S1-mini. You can find OpenAudio-S1 on the Fish Audio Playground, while OpenAudio-S1-mini is available on Hugging Face. For more information, check out the blog and technical report on the OpenAudio website.
👀 A slightly fishy rebranding in view of the fact the OpenAudio-S1 models aren't open-source. So what does rebranding achieve, sounding like OpenAI? Which also isn't open 😂
OpenAudio S1 mini is claimed to be open source but I wasn't able to find any links to its weights anywhere, unless they mean the original Fish Audio model? Yeah, that one still open source. Platform's playground won't let me test a single thing for free and HuggingFace spaces trying to run S1 mini get OOM errors.
Supported Languages
- Arabic
- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Korean
- Spanish
Tags
Freemium Apache License 2.0 Cross-platform #Voice & AudioLinks
| Plan Name | Tier Type | Cost per Month |
|---|---|---|
| Free | free | 0.00 |
| * Basic TTS functionality, 50 generations per day, up to 500 UTF-8 bytes per request. | ||
| Premium | lowest | 10.00 |
| * Platform does not make it clear what's included under Premium membership, simply takes you to Stripe's payment page. | ||
Where multiple modes are available, the calculations are done for the most advanced (and costly) ones.
Pricing can change, make sure to check relevant links for any updates to the subscription plans.
Compare With an Alternative
Comparing with: None
About Fish Speech 1.4:
- VRAM and Size: Users like the model's low VRAM requirement (4GB) and compact size (about 1GB).
- Open Source & Availability: Many users appreciate that it's open source and available on Hugging Face.
- Quality & Performance: Opinions on audio quality are mixed. The model's quality is generally seen as decent, with users noting a "fluttering artifact" common in open-source TTS models, similar to speaking through a fan. Compared to paid models like ElevenLabs, Fish Speech falls short in realism and emotional tone.
- Language Performance: Fish Speech supports multiple languages, but specific languages like French and Spanish received criticism for sounding odd or cartoonish. Users noticed some inconsistency in pronunciation and pacing, especially in German.
- Features: The model lacks emotion tags, which some users miss, and generation time is reported to be slow, making it impractical for real-time applications.
- Pricing: API costs around $15 per million UTF-8 bytes, which some users consider reasonable, especially for personal projects like audiobooks.
- Setup Experience: Users found it easy to set up, but slower compared to other tools, like XTTS, which remains a quality benchmark despite being older.
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Latest Fish Audio (OpenAudio) News
June 27, 2025
Fish Audio launched OpenAudio S1—an expressive AI voice model with top scores in speech accuracy tests. Supports emotional control via natural language.
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This page was last updated on July 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM