VentureBeat

Hume launches new text-to-speech model Octave that generates custom AI voices with adjustable emotions

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More New York City startup Hume AI emerged from stealth two years ago and has ...
ZDNet

Text-to-speech with feeling - this new AI model does everything but shed a tear

Not so long ago, generative AI could only communicate with human users via text. Now it's increasingly being given the power of speech -- and this ability is improving by the day. On Thursday, AI ...
VentureBeat

ElevenLabs’ new speech-to-text model Scribe is here with highest accuracy rate so far (96.7% for English)

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TechCrunch

Podcasting platform Podcastle launches a text-to-speech model with more than 450 AI voices

Podcast recording and editing platform Podcastle is now joining other companies in the AI-powered, text-to-speech race by releasing its own AI model called Asyncflow v1.0. An API for developers will ...
MIT Technology Review

AI text-to-speech programs could “unlearn” how to imitate certain people

New research shows models can be directly edited to hide selected voices, even when users specifically ask for them. A technique known as “machine unlearning” could teach AI models to forget specific ...
Engadget

Google's new text-to-speech can switch languages on the fly

Google is enhancing Gemini's text-to-speech (TTS). On Tuesday at Google I/O 2025, the company previewed a new TTS feature, built on native audio output, that can "converse in more expressive ways." ...