AssemblyAI-TTS-1 is now live on OpenRouter!
@AssemblyAI's first text-to-speech model, built for voice agents. Ranked in the best quadrant for speed and accuracy, and highest naturalness for models at $15/1M characters or less, per @cekuraAi's benchmark.
4,000+ voices, served from US or EU.
Voice-AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → builders can call AssemblyAI-TTS-1 through OpenRouter's single API, with 4,000+ voices and US or EU serving. Cekura's benchmarkA standard public test set for comparing AI models — the shared scoreboards behind every "model X beats model Y" claim.Full definition → claims strong naturalness at or under $15 per million characters, which is unverified here.
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benchmark — A standard public test set for comparing AI models — the shared scoreboards behind every "model X beats model Y" claim.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.