OpenAI releases three new audio models in API for voice apps
Developers get speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice activity detection models...
Deep Dive
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Key Points
- Three audio models: speech-to-text (Whisper v3), text-to-speech (with multiple voices), and voice activity detection
- Pricing: $0.006 per minute for transcription and generation, enabling cost-effective voice apps
- Low latency and high accuracy allow real-time conversational agents and interactive voice response systems
Why It Matters
Voice-first apps become trivial to build, unlocking faster, more natural user interactions across industries.