--- license: other license_name: commercial-license-agreement license_link: LICENSE language: - 'no' - nb - nn base_model: - ResembleAI/chatterbox pipeline_tag: text-to-speech --- # Norwegian Chatterbox TTS Model Card ## Model Overview **Name:** Norwegian Chatterbox TTS (finetuned) **Architecture:** Based on the Chatterbox text-to-speech architecture, adapted and finetuned for Norwegian language support. **Framework:** 🤗 Transformers & 🦾 TorchAudio **License:** proprietary Commercial This model generates high-quality, natural-sounding Norwegian speech from input text. The model is a fine-tuned version of ResembleAI/chatterbox. It’s ideal for voice assistants, audiobooks, notifications, and accessibility applications requireing Norwegian language support. --- ## Intended Use - **Primary:** Text-to-speech synthesis for Norwegian (Bokmål / Nynorsk). - - Emotional expressiveness - Norwegian dialects - **Examples:** - Virtual assistants and chatbots - E‑learning platforms - Audiobook narration - In‑car infotainment systems ## Training Data - **Base Model:** Pretrained Chatterbox TTS, trained on a multi‑lingual corpus. - **Fine‑Tuning Data:** - ~6000 hours of audio‑recordings and transcriptions, of varying quality, spanning many dialects in addition to Bokmål and Nynorsk. --- ## Samples | Input Text | Audio Clip | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Ibsens ripsbærbusker og andre buskvekster | | Tilgi dem ikke; de vet hva de gjør! De puster på hatets og ondskapens glør! De liker å drepe, de frydes ved jammer, de ønsker å se vår verden i flammer! De ønsker å drukne oss alle i blod! Tror du det ikke? Du vet det jo! | | | | | | | | | | | ## Citation ```bibtex @misc{yourname2025norwegianchatterbox, title={Chatterbox TTS Norwegian}, author={Alexander Vaagan}, year={2025}, howpublished={\url{https://huggingface.co/akhbar/norwegian-chatterbox-tts}} }