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30<img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://azure.microsoft.com&size=16" alt="Azure AI" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Azure AI</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Google-Chirp-3-HD/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://cloud.google.com&size=16" alt="Google Chirp 3 HD" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Google Chirp 3 HD</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Google/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://cloud.google.com&size=16" alt="Google Cloud" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Google Cloud</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/gemini-2-5-flash-tts/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://gemini.google.com&size=16" alt="Gemini 2.5 Flash" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Gemini 2.5 Flash</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/gemini-2-5-flash-tts-vd/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://gemini.google.com&size=16" alt="Gemini 2.5 Flash VD" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Gemini 2.5 Flash VD</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/gemini-3-1-flash-tts/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://gemini.google.com&size=16" alt="Gemini 3.1 Flash" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Gemini 3.1 Flash</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/gemini-3-1-flash-tts-vd/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://gemini.google.com&size=16" alt="Gemini 3.1 Flash VD" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Gemini 3.1 Flash VD</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/gemini-3-8-flash-tts/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://gemini.google.com&size=16" alt="Gemini 3.8 Flash" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Gemini 3.8 Flash</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/gemini-3-8-flash-tts-extended/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://gemini.google.com&size=16" alt="Gemini 3.8 Flash Extended" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Gemini 3.8 Flash Extended</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/gemini-3-8-flash-tts-vd/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754>
30<img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://gemini.google.com&size=16" alt="Gemini 3.8 Flash VD" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Gemini 3.8 Flash VD</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/OpenAI/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://openai.com&size=16" alt="OpenAI" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>OpenAI</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/GPT-4o-mini-tts/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://openai.com&size=16" alt="GPT-4o Mini" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>GPT-4o Mini</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/GPT-4o-mini-tts-vd/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://openai.com&size=16" alt="GPT-4o Mini VD" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>GPT-4o Mini VD</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/ResembleAI/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://resemble.ai&size=16" alt="Resemble AI" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Resemble AI</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Deepgram/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://deepgram.com&size=16" alt="Deepgram" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Deepgram</span></a></li><!--]--></ul></div><div data-v-a4114754><h4 class="text-gray-900 invisible h-0 md:h-auto font-bold mb-4" data-v-a4114754>Providers</h4><ul class="text-gray-600 space-y-3 text-sm" data-v-a4114754><!--[--><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Deepgram-A2/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://deepgram.com&size=16" alt="Deepgram Aura 2" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Deepgram Aura 2</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Deepgram-Flux/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://deepgram.com&size=16" alt="Deepgram Flux" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Deepgram Flux</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Soniox-TTS-V2/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://soniox.com&
30size=16" alt="Soniox TTS V2" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Soniox TTS V2</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/AWS/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://aws.amazon.com&size=16" alt="AWS Polly" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>AWS Polly</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Speechify/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://speechify.com&size=16" alt="Speechify" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Speechify</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Speechify-Simba-3-2/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://speechify.ai&size=16" alt="Speechify Simba 3.2" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Speechify Simba 3.2</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/MurfAI/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://murf.ai&size=16" alt="Murf AI" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Murf AI</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/MurfAI-Falcon-2/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://murf.ai&size=16" alt="Murf Falcon 2" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Murf Falcon 2</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Inworld/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://inworld.ai&size=16" alt="Inworld AI" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Inworld AI</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/inworld-tts-2/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://inworld.ai&size=16" alt="Inworld TTS 2" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Inworld TTS 2</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/AsyncAI/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://async.com&size=16" alt="Async AI" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Async AI</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/MiniMax/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754>
30<img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://minimax.io&size=16" alt="MiniMax" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>MiniMax</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/orpheus-tts/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://canopylabs.ai&size=16" alt="Orpheus TTS" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Orpheus TTS</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/kokoro-82M/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M&size=16" alt="Kokoro 82M" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Kokoro 82M</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/qwen3-tts-flash/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://qwen.ai&size=16" alt="Qwen 3 TTS Flash" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Qwen 3 TTS Flash</span></a></li><!--]--></ul></div><div data-v-a4114754><h4 class="text-gray-900 invisible h-0 md:h-auto font-bold mb-4" data-v-a4114754>Providers</h4><ul class="text-gray-600 space-y-3 text-sm" data-v-a4114754><!--[--><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Rime-MistV2/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://rime.ai&size=16" alt="Rime Mist v2" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Rime Mist v2</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Rime-Arcana/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://rime.ai&size=16" alt="Rime Arcana" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Rime Arcana</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Rime-Coda/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://rime.ai&size=16" alt="Rime Coda" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Rime Coda</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/ElevenLabs-Turbo-v2-5/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://elevenlabs.io&size=16" alt="ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Hume-Octave-2/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://hume.ai&size=16" alt="Hume Octave 2" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>
30Hume Octave 2</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/Papla-Media/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://papla.media&size=16" alt="Papla Media" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Papla Media</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/grok-tts/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://x.ai&size=16" alt="Grok TTS" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Grok TTS</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/voxtral-tts/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://mistral.ai&size=16" alt="Voxtral TTS" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>Voxtral TTS</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/MAI-Voice-1/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://azure.microsoft.com&size=16" alt="MAI-Voice-1" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>MAI-Voice-1</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/MAI-Voice-2/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://azure.microsoft.com&size=16" alt="MAI-Voice-2" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>MAI-Voice-2</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/MiMo-V2-5-TTS/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://mimo.xiaomi.com&size=16" alt="MiMo V2.5 TTS" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>MiMo V2.5 TTS</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/MiMo-V2-5-TTS-vd/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://mimo.xiaomi.com&size=16" alt="MiMo V2.5 TTS VD" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>MiMo V2.5 TTS VD</span></a></li><li data-v-a4114754><a href="/voice/StepFun-TTS-2/" class="hover:text-indigo-600 flex items-center gap-2 transition-colors group" data-v-a4114754><img src="https://t1.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=https://stepfun.ai&size=16" alt="StepFun TTS 2" class="grayscale group-hover:grayscale-0 w-3.5 h-3.5 transition-all flex-shrink-0" data-v-a4114754><span class="truncate" data-v-a4114754>StepFun TTS 2</span></a></li><!--]--></ul></div><!--]--></div></div><div class="border-gray-100 text-gray-400 border-t pt-8 text-center text-sm" data-v-a4114754>© 2026 VoiceRankings. All rights reserved.</div></div></footer></div><!--]--></div><!--[--><!--[--><!--v-if--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[--><!--v-if--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[--><!--[--><!--v-if--><!--]--><!--]--><span></span><!--]--><!----><!----><!--[--><!--[--><!--v-if--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[--><div class="fixed top-20 right-0 bottom-0 w-full sm:w-[400px] bg-white border-l border-gray-200 shadow-2xl z-[70] transform transition-transform duration-300 ease-in-out flex flex-col translate-x-full"><div class="flex flex-col bg-white border-b border-gray-100"><div class="px-4 pt-2 pb-2 flex items-center justify-between text-gray-900"><div class="flex items-center gap-1.5 min-w-0"><div class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full bg-indigo-100 flex items-center justify-center shrink-0"><svg class="w-3 h-3 text-indigo-600" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
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30<script type="application/json" data-nuxt-data="nuxt-app" data-ssr="true" id="__NUXT_DATA__">[["ShallowReactive",1],{"data":2,"state":698,"once":735,"_errors":736,"serverRendered":128,"path":738,"pinia":739},["ShallowReactive",3],{"blog-posts-list":4},[5,436],{"id":6,"title":7,"author":8,"body":9,"date":422,"description":423,"extension":424,"image":425,"meta":426,"navigation":128,"path":427,"seo":428,"stem":429,"tags":430,"__hash__":435},"blog/blog/ai-voice-race.md","The AI Voice Race: How Kokoro-82M Climbed From #8 to #1","Sam",{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":408},"minimark",[12,19,22,25,28,31,36,39,42,47,54,61,64,67,70,74,77,82,116,122,138,141,144,146,150,153,156,159,162,167,170,173,175,179,182,185,191,194,244,247,252,255,258,260,264,267,273,279,282,285,288,291,294,299,301,305,308,311,314,317,320,323,326,333,336,339,344,350,352,356,359,362,365,368,371,374,379,382,384,389,392,399,402],[13,14,15],"p",{},[16,17,18],"strong",{},"What happens when you look at AI voice popularity through what people actually search for and choose to listen to?",[13,20,21],{},"For the past year, I've been tracking AI/TTS voice plays on VoiceRankings.",[13,23,24],{},"Not benchmark scores.",[13,26,27],{},"Not laboratory tests.",[13,29,30],{},"Not what companies say their best model is.",[13,32,33],{},[16,34,35],{},"Actual plays from people discovering and listening to voices on the site.",[13,37,38],{},"I recently turned the first year of that data into a race animation.",[13,40,41],{},"And one result immediately stood out:",[43,44,46],"h2",{"id":45},"kokoro-82m-climbed-from-8-to-1","Kokoro-82M climbed from #8 to #1.",[13,48,49,50,53],{},"When I first added Kokoro-82M to the VoiceRankings database in November 2025, it was ",[16,51,52],{},"#8 with just 100 plays",".",[13,55,56,57,60],{},"By July 2026, it had climbed to ",[16,58,59],{},"#1 with approximately 3,600 monthly plays"," and had held the top spot for four consecutive months.",[13,62,63],{},"That's a pretty dramatic change.",[13,65,66],{},"But Kokoro wasn't the only model making a move.",[68,69],"hr",{},[43,71,73],{"id":72},"the-leaderboard-changed-considerably-over-the-year","The leaderboard changed considerably over the year",[13,75,76],{},"I turned the data into a race animation to see how the leaderboard evolved over the full year.",[13,78,79],{},[16,80,81],{},"Some of the biggest movements:",[83,84,85,89,92,98,104,110],"ul",{},[86,87,88],"li",{},"Speechify API (now Speechify.ai) started as the early leader",[86,90,91],{},"Async.ai (now Async.com) took #1 in early 2026",[86,93,94,95],{},"ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5 climbed from ",[16,96,97],{},"#23 to #6",[86,99,100,101],{},"Amazon Polly (AWS) went from ",[16,102,103],{},"#12 to #5",[86,105,106,107],{},"Azure Neural voices went from ",[16,108,109],{},"#6 to #4",[86,111,112,113],{},"OpenAI remained around the middle of the pack at ",[16,114,115],{},"#8",[13,117,118,119],{},"Overall, monthly plays grew from ",[16,120,121],{},"2,100+ in September 2025 to 16,700 in July 2026.",[13,123,124],{},[125,126],"video",{"src":127,"controls":128,"playsInline":128,"preload":129,"className":130}
30,"https://cdn.soundranks.com/blog/video/vr-provider-race.mp4",true,"metadata",[131,132,133,134,135,136,137],"w-full","rounded-xl","ring-1","ring-slate-900/5","shadow-lg","shadow-slate-900/5","bg-slate-900",[13,139,140],{},"The interesting part isn't just who reached #1.",[13,142,143],{},"It's what happened around them.",[68,145],{},[43,147,149],{"id":148},"new-models-arent-simply-replacing-the-old-ones","New models aren't simply replacing the old ones",[13,151,152],{},"One thing that stood out to me was how well the established providers held up.",[13,154,155],{},"AWS and Azure remained near the top throughout the year, even as newer models like Kokoro made dramatic moves up the leaderboard.",[13,157,158],{},"That's interesting because the AI voice conversation often focuses on the newest model releases.",[13,160,161],{},"But the data suggests something a little different:",[13,163,164],{},[16,165,166],{},"People are still finding and listening to voices from established providers.",[13,168,169],{},"The newer models can make dramatic moves, but the established providers aren't simply disappearing.",[13,171,172],{},"The old guard is still very much in the race.",[68,174],{},[43,176,178],{"id":177},"kokoros-rise-is-still-the-biggest-surprise","Kokoro's rise is still the biggest surprise",[13,180,181],{},"This is where the story comes back to Kokoro.",[13,183,184],{},"It didn't start anywhere near the top.",[13,186,187,188,53],{},"It entered the VoiceRankings data at ",[16,189,190],{},"#8 with 100 plays",[13,192,193],{},"Then:",[83,195,196,202,208,214,220,226,232,238],{},[86,197,198,201],{},[16,199,200],{},"December:"," #6 â 285 plays",[86,203,204,207],{},[16,205,206],{},"January:"," #5 â 374 plays",[86,209,210,213],{},[16,211,212],{},"February:"," #6 â 568 plays",[86,215,216,219],{},[16,217,218],{},"March:"," #3 â 515 plays",[86,221,222,225],{},[16,223,224],{},"April:"," #1 â ~1,000 plays",[86,227,228,231],{},[16,229,230],{},"May:"," #1 â ~1,600 plays",[86,233,234,237],{},[16,235,236],{},"June:"," #1 â ~2,500 plays",[86,239,240,243],{},[16,241,242],{},"July:"," #1 â ~3,600 plays",[13,245,246],{},"The important part isn't simply the April jump to #1.",[13,248,249],{},[16,250,251],{},"It stayed there.",[13,253,254],{},"Four consecutive months at the top makes the result much more interesting than a one-month spike.",[13,256,257],{},"And that's what made the race worth watching.",[68,259],{},[43,261,263],{"id":262},"what-are-these-numbers-actually-measuring","What are these numbers actually measuring?",[13,265,266],{},"This isn't a benchmark or a survey.",[13,268,269,270,53],{},"It's based on what people actually ",[16,271,272],{},"search for and choose to listen to on VoiceRankings",[13,274,275,276,53],{},"About 90% of the site's traffic comes from organic search, so I think the data provides an interesting, though imperfect, proxy for ",[16,277,278],{},"search-driven interest in AI voices and models",[13,280,281],{},"That distinction matters.",[13,283,284],{},"These numbers don't tell us global TTS market share.",[13,286,287],{},"They don't tell us which model is objectively the best.",[13,289,290],{},"And they don't tell us how many people use each model outside VoiceRankings.",[13,292,293],{},"What they do show is something different:",[13,295,296],{},[16,297,298],{},"Which voices are attracting enough interest for people to find them and press Play.",[68,300],{},[43,302,304],{"id":303},"so-what-does-the-race-tell-us","So what does the race tell us?",[13,306,307],{},"For me, the most interesting finding isn't simply that Kokoro reached #1.",[13,309,310],{},"It's that the leaderboard was much more dynamic than I expected.",[13,312,313],{},"Speechify started on top.",[13,315,316],{},"AsyncAI took the lead.",[13,318,319],{},"Kokoro came from #8 and eventually became the sustained leader.",[13,321,322],{},"ElevenLabs made a major climb.",[13,324,325],{},"AWS and Azure continued to attract strong interest.",[13,327,328,329,332],{},"And overall activity grew from roughly ",[16,330,331],{}
30,"2,100 monthly plays to 16,700"," over the period.",[13,334,335],{},"There wasn't one simple story.",[13,337,338],{},"There were established providers holding their ground, newer models gaining attention, and an open-source model making the biggest climb of them all.",[13,340,341],{},[16,342,343],{},"And that's what makes the data interesting to me.",[13,345,346,347],{},"Not necessarily who has the \"best\" voice, but ",[16,348,349],{},"which voices people are actually choosing to discover and listen to.",[68,351],{},[43,353,355],{"id":354},"the-race-isnt-over","The race isn't over",[13,357,358],{},"The leaderboard is still changing.",[13,360,361],{},"New models are being added to the VoiceRankings database, and user interest continues to shift.",[13,363,364],{},"The first year already produced several different leaders.",[13,366,367],{},"There's no reason to assume the next year will look the same.",[13,369,370],{},"And I'm interested in continuing to track itânot just through plays, but eventually through other signals such as user ratings and listener engagement as those datasets become more substantial.",[13,372,373],{},"For now, though, the first year's result is pretty fascinating:",[13,375,376],{},[16,377,378],{},"An open-source model entered the race at #8 with 100 plays and ended July at #1 with roughly 3,600 monthly plays.",[13,380,381],{},"The AI voice race is far from over.",[68,383],{},[385,386,388],"h3",{"id":387},"about-the-data","About the data",[13,390,391],{},"The rankings in this article are based on voice plays recorded by VoiceRankings.",[13,393,394,395,398],{},"A model's ",[16,396,397],{},"\"added to the VoiceRankings database\" date"," refers specifically to when I began tracking that model. It does not represent the model's original release date, creation date, or public availability date.",[13,400,401],{},"The rankings measure recorded plays on VoiceRankings and should not be interpreted as global market share, total model usage, or a definitive measure of voice quality.",[13,403,404,405,407],{},"Because approximately 90% of VoiceRankings traffic comes from organic search, the data may provide an interesting proxy for ",[16,406,278],{},", but it should be interpreted within that context.",{"title":409,"searchDepth":410,"depth":410,"links":411},"",2,[412,413,414,415,416,417,418],{"id":45,"depth":410,"text":46},{"id":72,"depth":410,"text":73},{"id":148,"depth":410,"text":149},{"id":177,"depth":410,"text":178},{"id":262,"depth":410,"text":263},{"id":303,"depth":410,"text":304},{"id":354,"depth":410,"text":355,"children":419},[420],{"id":387,"depth":421,"text":388},3,"2026-08-23","An open-source voice model climbed from #8 to #1 and stayed there â based on real plays from real users, not benchmarks","md","/images/blog/ai-voice-race/cover.png",{},"/blog/ai-voice-race",{"title":7,"description":423},"blog/ai-voice-race",[431,432,433,434],"AI Voice","Text to Speech","Open Source","VoiceRankings","k6uwJZd_Fg0p-0rWTAJcYF_M_RpND_OBJ6R5rl6eCWQ",{"id":437,"title":438,"author":8,"body":439,"date":689,"description":690,"extension":424,"image":691,"meta":692,"navigation":128,"path":693,"seo":694,"stem":695,"tags":696,"__hash__":697},"blog/blog/voicerankings-one-year-in.md","VoiceRankings, One Year In",{"type":10,"value":440,"toc":681},[441,445,462,465,468,471,478,485,488,492,495,498,505,511,514,517,520,524,527,530,537,542,545,556,562,567,570,574,577,580,583,586,589,595,599,605,608,611,634,637,640,643,646,650],[43,442,444],{"id":443},"welcome","Welcome!",[13,446,447,448,457,458,461],{},"I'm the person behind VoiceRankings â ",[16,449,450,451,456],{},"Sam (",[452,453,455],"a",{"href":454},"mailto:[email protected]","[email protected]",")"," â and since the project officially hit its ",[16,459,460],{},"one-year mark this month",", I thought it was finally time to start documenting the journey.",[13,463,464],{},"I launched VoiceRankings back in August 2025 because finding the right AI voice was becoming surprisingly difficult. As more providers and models appeared, the AI voice landscape became increasingly fragmented.",[13,466,467],{},"Before building the site, testing a few options meant managing a dozen different accounts, navigating completely disjointed interfaces, and â in the worst cases â digging through documentation to make raw API calls just to find a voice ID. Even then, some platforms didn't offer a quick way to hear a voice before committing to it. You could end up burning through your own paid API credits just to find out whether a voice was actually a good fit.",[13,469,470],{},"In the short year since launching, the problem has only become more pronounced. New voice providers have appeared month after month, spanning everything from massive closed corporate APIs to highly capable local open-source models.",[13,472,473,474,477],{},"I wanted a simple place to ",[16,475,476],{},"discover, test, and compare AI voices"," from across this expanding industry without all that friction.",[13,479,480,481,484],{},"The idea was to make voice discovery feel a little more like ",[16,482,483],{},"Google Fonts"," â browse voices from different providers in one unified place, listen to real samples instantly, and quickly find something that sounds right for a particular use case.",[13,486,487],{},"What started as a small side project has grown quite a bit over the past year.",[43,489,491],{"id":490},"voicerankings-20","VoiceRankings 2.0",[13,493,494],{},"In June, I launched VoiceRankings 2.0, a redesign of the site focused on making voice discovery much better.",[13,496,497],{},"The biggest change wasn't really the visual redesign. 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