# Fish Audio

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Fish Audio and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for natural-sounding speech, especially long narration, and fine-grained control of tone and emotion. No common caveat.

## Why people recommend it

- Natural, easy-to-listen speech quality (4 comments): "which I have found to be the most natural out of the many models I have tested" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46914801)) "yield much better prosody and are much easier to listen to for long runs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49822553)) "for the final render, they're much better" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49823185))
- Strong prosody for long narration (2 comments): "yield much better prosody and are much easier to listen to for long runs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49822553)) "for the final render, they're much better" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49823185))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ElevenLabs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elevenlabs.md): 59 recommend
- [Kokoro TTS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kokoro-tts.md): 59 recommend
- [Pocket TTS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pocket-tts.md): 41 recommend
- [Qwen3-TTS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qwen3-tts.md): 41 recommend
- [Kitten TTS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kitten-tts.md): 33 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://fish.audio/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fish Audio", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fish-audio/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).