MLX-VLM: wait, what? Support TTS and STT added by @lllucas 👀
mlx-vlm is becoming mlx-anything 🔥
On 2026-06-12 @ivanfioravanti highlighted that MLX-VLM now has text-to-speech…
Brief
MLX-VLM now includes TTS and STT features added by contributor @lllucas, according to a 2026-06-12 post by @ivanfioravanti. The thread frames this change as a shift from a visual-language model toward a general “mlx-anything” platform, implying growing multimodal functionality and active community contributions.
Why it matters
On 2026-06-12 @ivanfioravanti highlighted that MLX-VLM now has text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-text (STT) support added by contributor @lllucas.
Key details
- The author claims mlx-vlm is evolving beyond a VLM into a broader “mlx-anything” project, signaling expanding multimodal capabilities and community-driven extensions.