HeyGen Voice is the company's first native text-to-speech model and currently ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice TTS Arena with an Elo of 1,201. It has outperformed Alibaba's Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus and ElevenLabs' Eleven v4 Turbo in blind tests, particularly in UK English and assistant roles. While it generates 40 characters per second and ranks 10th for overall pronunciation robustness at 83.1%, it placed second for preserving exact text sequences.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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HeyGen Launches Voice Model on OpenRouter and Design Arena
AI6 days ago
The AI startup's in-house speech tool is now available via two new partners, providing a low-latency 'Turbo' option for developers. On OpenRouter, HeyGen Voice costs $15 per 1 million characters and the Turbo version is $7.50 per 1 million characters, both of which are 50% off their list prices through October 31. The model has also been integrated into the Design Arena platform for conversational assistants and customer service applications.
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