A Guide to Voice Cloning on Voxtral with a Missing Encoder

Miso Labs has released MisoTTS, an open-weights 8B text-to-speech model. It uses residual vector quantization (RVQ) to scale its sonic range without scaling parameters, and conditions on both text and audio context to respond to speaker tone. The architecture pairs a 7.7B backbone with a 300M depth decoder. The post Miso Labs Releases MisoTTS: An 8B Emotive Text-to-Speech Model with Open Weights appeared first on MarkTechPost.

Text-to-speech changed fast in 2026. This guide ranks the leading commercial and open-weight TTS models, comparing quality, latency, cost, language coverage, and licensing so engineers can match a model to the job. The post Best Text-to-Speech TTS Models in 2026: A Benchmark-Based Comparison appeared first on MarkTechPost.

Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen3.5-LiveTranslate-Flash, a real-time multimodal translation model that processes audio and video simultaneously. The model covers 60 input languages and produces speech output in 29 languages at 2.8 seconds of latency. Key additions over the previous Qwen3 version include real-time speaker voice cloning, vision-enhanced comprehension via lip movements and on-screen text, and dynamic keyword configuration for domain-specific terminology. On FLEURS and CoVoST2 benchmarks, the model outperforms major commercial alternatives. It is available as an API-only model through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio using a WebSocket-based protocol. The post Alibaba Qwen Team Introduces Qwen3.5-LiveTranslate-Flash: Real-Time Multimodal Interpretation Across 60 Languages at 2.8-Second Latency appeared first on MarkTechPost.

The Seoul-based speech AI company ships its third generation of its on-device TTS engine, adding expressive tags, improved reading stability, and a 6× increase in language coverage — all while keeping the inference contract unchanged for existing integrations. The post Supertone Releases Supertonic v3: On-Device Text-to-Speech Model with 31-Language Support, Fewer Reading Failures, and Expression Tags appeared first on MarkTechPost.

Learn how the Voxtral TTS model works, what makes its voice cloning and low‑latency performance special, and how to start generating speech with just a few lines of Python code.

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In this tutorial, we build an advanced hands-on workflow with the Deepgram Python SDK and explore how modern voice AI capabilities come together in a single Python environment. We set up authentication, connect both synchronous and asynchronous Deepgram clients, and work directly with real audio data to understand how the SDK handles transcription, speech generation, […] The post A Coding Implementation on Deepgram Python SDK for Transcription, Text-to-Speech, Async Audio Processing, and Text Intelligence appeared first on MarkTechPost.

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has launched two standalone audio APIs — a Speech-to-Text (STT) API and a Text-to-Speech (TTS) API — both built on the same infrastructure that powers Grok Voice on mobile apps, Tesla vehicles, and Starlink customer support. The release moves xAI squarely into the competitive speech API market currently occupied by […] The post xAI Launches Standalone Grok Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech APIs, Targeting Enterprise Voice Developers appeared first on MarkTechPost.