Bark

Assisted

Open-source text-to-audio model — speech, music, and sound effects from text.

Visit Bark →

About

Bark is Suno's open-source (MIT license) text-to-audio model that generates realistic multilingual speech, music, laughter, sighs, and sound effects from text prompts. Runs locally on modest hardware (under 4GB VRAM). Useful for prototyping NPC dialogue, ambient sounds, and voice placeholders.

Agentic Level: Assisted

AI handles parts of the task with human guidance and direction.

Generates audio from text prompts locally. Human provides prompts and selects outputs.

Engine Support

Engine Agnostic

Pricing

Open Source MIT license, free to use and modify, runs locally

Game Dev Workflows

Asset Production Pipeline Concept & Pre-Production

Tags

text-to-speech open-source sound-effects voice local

Listed in AI Audio & Music

Last updated: 2026-03-02