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September 2026

  1. Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTSGoogleReleasedVoiceCopy the link to this entry

    Text-to-speech in more than 100 languages; can clone a voice from a short sample after the owner records a consent statement.

    Claim check: MixedArtificial Analysis ranks Flash second in its voice arena. The first places Google cites come from tests by Hume AI, whose founder co-wrote Google’s post.

    Price About $0.54 to $0.81 per hour of audio until the end of the year

    Google’s new Gemini voices can copy a person’s voice

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