u/Slow-Classic7242

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for good TTS voices for YouTube content (mainly pt-BR, but English works too). Since I'm from Brazil, paid tools like ElevenLabs get pretty expensive with the currency conversion, so I'm exploring local options to keep costs down.

My setup:
- 16GB RAM
- RTX 3060 Ti (8GB VRAM)

So...are there any open-source/free TTS models that run well locally on this hardware? I've seen Piper, XTTS v2, Kokoro, and Orpheus mentioned, but not sure which ones are actually worth it.

And...which models give the best quality without sounding too robotic? Don't need real-time, just need natural enough for YouTube.

Thanks!