PaddlePaddle Parakeet (TTS)
by Baidu
Baidu's TTS half — included for end-to-end voice pipelines.
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Upstream is archived. PaddlePaddle Parakeet (TTS)’s repository has been set read-only by its owner, so there are no further releases, fixes, or security patches. The last commit landed 2021-11-19. It can still be cloned and run, and forks may be maintained elsewhere. See the repository.
TL;DR
Best for mandarin TTS prototyping inside PaddleSpeech-compatible pipelines. Pricing: free.
Category
Open source
License
NOASSERTION
Stars
★ 626
Last push
2021-11-19
Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux
What it is
Note: unrelated to NVIDIA Parakeet ASR. Apache-2.0.
Best for: Mandarin TTS prototyping inside PaddleSpeech-compatible pipelines.
Watch out for: TTS, not ASR; included as a stack peer; mostly inactive — see PaddleSpeech.
Watch out for: TTS, not ASR; included as a stack peer; mostly inactive — see PaddleSpeech.
Install / use
git clone https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/ParakeetFeatures
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 2 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
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PaddlePaddle Parakeet (TTS) vs Whipscribe
| Feature | PaddlePaddle Parakeet (TTS) | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Open source | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | free | $4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup |
| Speaker diarization | No | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | No | No |
| Languages | 2 | 99 |
| Platforms | Linux | Web, API, MCP |
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