TTS News and Analysis

2 verified stories covering TTS, product updates and industry developments.

Google 2026-09-24

Google's Gemini 3.8 TTS Clones a Voice From 30 Seconds of Audio

Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS clones voices from 30-second clips, but cloning is blocked in Illinois, Texas, the EU, UK and India, and pricing doubles in 2027.

#voice AI #TTS

voice AI 2026-04-10

Mistral Open-Sources 4B Voice Model, Rated More Natural Than ElevenLabs in Human Evaluation

Mistral released Voxtral TTS, its first voice model, on March 26. The 4B-parameter open-weight model is rated by human evaluators as more natural than ElevenLabs Flash v2.5 and on par with ElevenLabs v3. API pricing is $0.016 per thousand characters, and the model can run on your own server.

#TTS #Mistral #Open Source