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Ming 3 TTS ranks first among open voice models in Artificial Analysis leaderboard
The post reports that the open Ming 3 TTS model, published by inclusionAI, leads the Artificial Analysis ranking among open TTS models and slightly ahead of Fish Audio Drama 3. Teams that self-host speech synthesis should evaluate candidates on their own data before switching models.
- 15 days ago huggingface.co
Qwen3-TTS 1.7B: open-source voice cloning with emotion and accent controls
The post presents an open-source 1.7B text-to-speech model for voice cloning, with controls for emotion, age, tone and accent, plus multilingual support. For companies, a self-hosted evaluation means checking license, languages and controls before any use.
- 15 days ago huggingface.co
Whistle: 16.9 MB speech-to-text model built for on-device use
Cactus-Compute published Whistle, a 16.9 MB speech-to-text model for on-device use. The author claims it rivals Whisper base. For companies handling sensitive audio, the announcement opens a case for local transcription.
- 17 days ago huggingface.co
Evaluating real-time spoken dialogue for business
A January 16, 2026 publication describes an interactive spoken-dialogue model with an Apache 2.0 license and a dual-brain architecture aimed at low latency. Learn how to assess a voice application before integrating it.
- 17 days ago huggingface.co
Assess French speech synthesis for your business
A post by PHBJT, published on September 25, 2024, points to a French text-to-speech model and mentions other speech-generation options.
- 17 days ago huggingface.co
Multilingual speech: evaluating FireRedTTS 2
Published on September 17, 2025, the article presents an open speech synthesis model supporting long-form conversation, multilingual voice cloning, and low-latency generation.
- 18 days ago huggingface.co
On-device Android TTS with real-time speech
A publication dated August 26, 2026 reports that a 100-million-parameter text-to-speech model runs on Android with LiteRT, offering six voices and real-time or faster playback.
- 18 days ago huggingface.co
Youdao evaluates real-time streaming ASR and translation
On September 23, 2026, a Youdao article evaluated two models for real-time speech recognition and translation, reporting streaming support and the ability to chain them.
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