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213 posts
2026
Grok Voice Gets 21 New Voices. The Price Is the PointOriginalxAI added 21 multilingual voices, voice cloning from one minute of audio, and a no-code agent builder to Grok Voice at $0.05 per minute of audio. Here's what that means for the voice AI market.Voice AI
An Open Source TTS Model That Edits Words After RecordingOriginalViiTorVoice-NAR is an open-source TTS model that can replace individual words inside finished audio without regenerating the surrounding content. It also clones voices without needing a transcript.Voice AI
TIL: Playing Audio From the Terminal With SoX PlayOriginalplay (from SoX) plays any audio file through your speakers with one command. No media player needed when you are already in the terminal.TIL
Pricing wars are good for developersOriginalThree TTS providers changed pricing in the same week. The trend is clear and it benefits everyone building with voice AI.Opinion
Building a writing routine that actually sticksOriginalAfter years of inconsistent publishing, a daily writing habit finally clicked. Here is what changed.Developer Experience
Finding the rhythm: first impressions of a new role in a new corner of AIOriginalTwo weeks in, the patterns are becoming visible. What surprised me, what I was right about, and what I'm still figuring out about developer relations in a new AI domain.Developer Experience
Lessons from my first two weeks in a new corner of AIOriginalSwitching from speech-to-text to text-to-speech meant learning a new community, a new set of constraints, and a new definition of quality.Developer Experience
Onboarding at a new company: what I wish I had knownOriginalStarting a new DevRel role after years at the same company comes with a specific set of challenges nobody warns you about.Developer Experience
Voice AI mid-2026: the trends I am watchingOriginalQuality convergence, pricing pressure, open-weight models, and the regulatory shift. The voice AI landscape halfway through 2026.Voice AI
What surprised me about TTS API design after years of STTOriginalAfter years of building with speech-to-text APIs, switching to text-to-speech revealed design patterns I had never thought about.API Design