sherpa-onnx
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5recommend
0warn against
Nov 12, 2025first mention
Oct 29, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“https://k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/index.html”
“So I switched over to Sherpa [3] trained on gigaspeech. It’s significantly more accurate”
switched from Whisper Tinyon “Show HN: Apple's Sharp Running in the Browser via ON…”
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“it might be the best starting point for what your after”
“Other popular repos for such tasks I would recommend:”
“Kokoro is available as a system TTS for Android via OSS project called”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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“contributed to Sherpa-ONNX (11.2k stars)”
Embedded/firmware engineer seeking workon “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026)”
Threads where it came up
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- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026) 1 mention
- TTS still sucks 1 mention
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All comments 6
“It all runs locally through sherpa-onnx.”
“https://k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/index.html”
“So I switched over to Sherpa [3] trained on gigaspeech. It’s significantly more accurate”
“it might be the best starting point for what your after”
“Other popular repos for such tasks I would recommend:”
“Kokoro is available as a system TTS for Android via OSS project called”