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2026
SpeechifyAI and our electionsThe safeguards SpeechifyAI operates to prevent synthetic voices being used for election misinformation, and the commitments behind them.Voice Cloningvia speechify.ai
Voice cloning now verifies the speaker's consentCreating a cloned voice now requires the speaker to read a Speechify-issued phrase aloud, checked and retained as the consent record. The old consent JSON flow is deprecated today and will be switched off after a short migration window.Voice Cloningvia speechify.ai
Use your cloned voices on agents and paginate the voice catalogueGET /v1/agents/voices now lists your workspace's cloned voices alongside the shared catalogue, each marked personal, and cursor-paginates so the full set is walkable.Voice Agentsvia speechify.ai
Adding Text-to-Speech to a Web or Mobile App: The Practical GuideWhat engineers actually use to add voice to web and mobile apps, and the four decisions that matter: the browser's built-in API versus a cloud one, streaming versus batch, where the key lives, and how to keep audio playing on iOS.TTSvia speechify.ai
Best Voice Agent Platforms 2026: 9 Compared on Real All-In CostThe voice agent platforms developers actually evaluate in 2026, compared on what a minute really costs once the LLM, speech, and telephony are added. Most headline rates are platform fees, not bills. SpeechifyAI is all-in from $0.07/min.Voice Agentsvia speechify.ai
Generating Audio Content at Scale in 2026: What an Hour Actually CostsThe tools for producing narration without hiring voice actors, compared on cost per finished hour rather than per seat. Studio subscriptions cap downloaded minutes; per-character APIs do not. One hour of audio runs from $0.31 to $40 depending on which you pick.TTSvia speechify.ai
Cloned voices on simba-3.2 now enabled per workspaceVoice cloning on simba-3.2 moved from per-voice approval to per-workspace enablement. Once your workspace is enabled, every clone you own works on the model.TTSvia speechify.ai
Text-to-Speech for Customer Support Chatbots: How to ChooseWhich speech platform to pick when your chatbot has to talk. The decision is not voice quality, it is whether you need a TTS API or a full voice agent, plus how the model reads account numbers and order IDs back to a caller.Voice Agentsvia speechify.ai
Agent share links let anyone talk to your agent with no accountCreate a revocable, budget-capped share link for any agent. Share the URL and the recipient opens it and talks — no account, no embed, no setup.Voice Agentsvia speechify.ai
simba-3.0 is now the default TTS modelRequests that omit model now resolve to simba-3.0 instead of simba-english. Nothing you already send changes shape, and nothing that worked starts failing.TTSvia speechify.ai