Tag: speech models

Block built a voice model that never touches text

Dessa runs on a single GPU, learns only from recorded conversation, and carries emotion in the audio rather…

Alibaba’s Qwen adds a full-duplex voice stack for agents

The realtime model decides whether to listen, speak or wait, and ships only through a managed API.

ElevenLabs rebuilds its voice stack around a faster v4 model

The new speech family adds directional control, longer productions and a 150 millisecond voice agent tier.

Kyutai teaches a speech model to do arithmetic out loud

Kyutai released two open-weight speech-to-speech models that reason through math without transcribing audio first, posting a large jump…