Changelog

Newest first. Development environment.

8 October 2026

Speech to text, live streaming and styled voices

  • Speech to text: POST /v1/listen, $0.0015 a minute, 60 free minutes.
  • WebSocket API: live transcription with end-of-speech detection, streamed speech, streamed agent turns.
  • Styled voices: happy, excited, sorry, calm and serious for your own voice, $17 per million characters.
  • Describe-a-voice chat in the portal.
  • Your own voice can now be used straight from POST /v1/speak.
  • Custom-voice sentences are stored after their second use.
6 October 2026

Free allowance, try-it, MCP, search, agents, status

  • 100,000 free characters per account, shown in the portal.
  • No-signup try-it on the home page and playground.
  • MCP server for Claude, Cursor and other AI tools at /api/mcp.
  • Library search endpoint and offline packs page.
  • Voice agents (beta, turn-based) with agent builder in the portal.
  • Public status page with five-minute checks.
6 October 2026

Live generation in seven languages

  • Any text in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.
  • Friendly errors with a message, a fix and a docs link.
  • Developer portal: keys, test, code, webhooks, usage, AI troubleshooter.
6 October 2026

Site and API launched in development

  • Listening room, voices, pricing calculator, docs and SDKs.
  • Serverless API on CloudFront, Lambda and DynamoDB.