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Dia 1.6B: The Open-Source Voice Model That Speaks (and Laughs) Like Us | 29th Apr 2025


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Can open-source really rival ElevenLabs? With Dia 1.6B by Nari Labs—it just might.

In this episode of the Colaberry AI Podcast, we explore Dia, a powerful new text-to-dialogue model capable of generating lifelike conversations between multiple speakers—including emotional tones and even non-verbal sounds like laughter or sighs.

We cover:
 🗣️ How Dia 1.6B turns plain text into expressive, multi-speaker dialogue
 🎭 Emotion and tone control via audio reference input
 🧬 Voice cloning from short samples
 🔓 Why this open-source model is a serious contender against proprietary solutions
 🧰 How you can experiment with Dia on Hugging Face or run it locally

Whether you’re building virtual assistants, AI storytelling apps, or synthetic media tools—Dia is a breakthrough worth knowing about.

🔗 Reference Links:

  • Dia 1.6B on Hugging Face
  • How to run Dia locally (APIDog blog)
  • AI Race Insights (BDTechTalks)

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