Voice AI Research

Week 2026-W34
2announcements

ElevenLabs@ElevenLabs 4 in corpus · first 2026-08-06

2026-08-19 · 2026-W34 · model · launch · Eleven v3 Conversational

Eleven v3 Conversational reaches general availability

ElevenLabs moved Eleven v3 Conversational, its realtime expressive TTS model, to general availability for production streaming voice apps across 70+ languages.

GA for the conversational TTS SKU. Pricing and plan mapping were not in the source we have (looks like LinkedIn rather than a dedicated blog).

Eleven v3 Conversational, our most expressive model for realtime speech, is now generally available. For developers building voice experiences that respond with real emotion, Eleven v3 Conversational includes audio tags for fine-grained control and support across 70+ languages.

https://x.com/ElevenLabs/status/2090136227617952145

AssemblyAI@AssemblyAI 2 in corpus · first 2026-08-19

2026-08-19 · 2026-W34 · model · model · Universal-3.5 Pro

Universal-3.5 Pro on pre-recorded audio, native code-switching

AssemblyAI brought Universal-3.5 Pro to pre-recorded audio with native code-switching across 18 languages and contextual prompting, priced at $0.21/hr.

Code-switch without language flags at $0.21/hr, plus a prompt that steers entity recognition. Named customers: Granola, Fireflies, Dovetail.