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TTS benchmarks

Reproducible measurements of text-to-speech latency, accuracy and audio quality, including metrics no other vendor publishes.

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TTS latency benchmark: 50 ms to first audio

Four vendors, both transports, 240 measured calls, zero errors. Gepard returns first audio in 49 to 50 ms over WebSocket, about half the next fastest.

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TTS API pricing in 2026: the real cost

Ten realtime voice vendors in one table. ElevenLabs Flash is $50 per million characters, Cartesia $30, ours $5. Here is what that means on your monthly bill.

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