Audio samples for zero-shot TTS evaluation. Given the text transcription and the first 3 seconds as the prompt, we ask the model to continue the utterance.
Zero-shot TTS Samples: MELD v.s. Codec-LM
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Reference
Ground Truth
Codec-LM
MELD
MELD (joint)
"and then he told all about his youth and the little mice had never heard the like before and they listened and said"
"beth was a beautiful girl the handsomest of the three cousins by far yet eliza surpassed her in natural charm and seemed well aware of the fact"
"cyril there must be some better way of doing i just draw the outline of an animal and then i put hairs or feathers on it they have no bodies"
"disdainful of a success of which madame showed no acknowledgement he thought of nothing but boldly regaining the marked preference of the princess"
"gold is the most common metal in the land of oz and is used for many purposes because it is soft and pliable"
"he detested the grasping disposition that would endeavor to take advantage of his evident desire to help young gates"
"her hair is still like flax and her blue eyes are just like a baby's and she has the same three freckles on her little nose and talks about going back to her bains de mer"
"her manner was neither independent nor assertive but rather one of well bred composure and calm reliance"
"it is evident therefore that the present trend of the development is in the direction of heightening the utility of conspicuous consumption as compared with leisure"
"it presents like no other of luther's writings the central thought of christianity the justification of the sinner for the sake of christ's merits alone"
"it was silent and gloomy being tenanted solely by the captive and lighted by the dying embers of a fire which had been used for the purposed of cookery"
"nay dear aunt you never heard me say that all people are called to forsake their work and their families"
"ten days were consumed in these negotiations but the spirit of vengeance refused to yield"
"the eyes of the whole party followed the unexpected movement and read their success in the air of triumph that the youth assumed"
"the peculiar circumstances of the colony are within your excellency's knowledge"
"the result is a great mobility of the labor employed in printing perhaps greater than in any other equally well defined and considerable body of workmen"
"these thoughts agitated me all day and my imagination scarcely calmed down after several hours sleep"
"unc knocked at the door of the house and a chubby pleasant faced woman dressed all in blue opened it and greeted the visitors with a smile"
"yea his honourable worship is within but he hath a godly minister or two with him and likewise a leech"
Zero-shot TTS Samples: MELLE v.s. MELD
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Reference
Ground Truth
MELLE (our reproduction)
MELD
"they set up a crane over the fire and hung the pot upon it and we sat and watched it boil while we joked at last the supper began"
"and with it i leave you a name sif the friendly i shall hope to drink with you sometime in valhalla"
"to night there was no need of extra heat and there were great ceremonies to be observed in lighting the fires on the hearthstones"
"rodolfo and his companions with their faces muffled in their cloaks stared rudely and insolently at the mother the daughter and the servant maid"
"fortunately said mister vanderpool northerners and southerners are arriving at a better mutual understanding on most of these matters"
"positively heroic added cresswell avoiding his sister's eyes"
"i am not depreciating it when i say that in these times it is not rare"
"you'll easily judge why when you hear because the thing had been such a scare he continued to fix me"
"harangue the tiresome product of a tireless tongue"