Part 1 ·
AI voice models: ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs' Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo hold the top two arena spots. Cloning, languages, latency, prices, the new Realtime v1 and what users say.
Series · 3 parts
AI voice models
Voice models, one or two per part, answered on the same questions from each vendor's own pages.
Part 2 ·
AI voice models: OpenAI vs Google Gemini TTS
OpenAI is retiring its TTS models for realtime voice; Google doubled down on cheap TTS. GPT-Live 1, Realtime 2.1 and Gemini 3.8 TTS on twelve questions.
Part 3 ·
AI voice models: xAI Grok Voice
Grok Voice 3.0 at $0.08 a minute, TTS at $15 per million characters, verified voice cloning and 20+ languages. Ranks, limits, rights and the gaps.
