Qwen TTS Just Changed Open-Source Voice

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Qwen TTS just released, and it’s one of the most interesting open-source text-to-speech models for developers right now. In this video, I run a full local demo showing natural language emotion control (no tags), 3-second voice cloning, multi-emotion storytelling, real-time streaming (~97ms latency) all running locally with no API required. If you’re building AI agents, voice assistants, game characters, accessibility tools, or real-time apps, Qwen TTS gives you direct control over tone and performance. 🔗 Relevant Links Qwen Repo - https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS Qwen Docs - https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3tts-0115 Qwen Hugging Face - https://huggingface.co/collections/Qwen/qwen3-tts ❤️ More about us Radically better observability stack: https://betterstack.com/ Written tutorials: https://betterstack.com/community/ Example projects: https://github.com/BetterStackHQ 📱 Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/betterstackhq Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterstackhq/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@betterstack LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterstack 📌 Chapters: 00:00 Qwen TTS Demo (Real Emotion vs Robotic Voice) 00:30 What Is Qwen TTS? Open-Source Local Voice AI 01:09 Why Developers Should Care About Qwen TTS 01:25 3-Second Voice Cloning Demo (Local) 02:20 Multi-Emotion Storytelling with Qwen TTS 02:50 Funny Dev Meme Test 03:20 Qwen TTS vs ElevenLabs vs Chatterbox 03:37 Qwen TTS Pros and Cons for Developers 05:15 Qwen TTS Cons and Limitations 04:18 Is Qwen TTS Setup Hard? 04:35 Should You Use Qwen TTS?