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Gradium, the Paris-based voice AI company spun out of the Kyutai research lab, launched Voice Design, a tool that generates new synthetic voices from a text description in seconds, live in its API and…

Kakao's Kanana-o model now accepts plain-language voice instructions such as 'read it in a sad voice' or 'read it in a Gyeongsang dialect', reflecting them in speed, volume, pitch, emotion, intonation…

Kakao detailed improvements to its Kanana-o speech model on August 4, 2026, enabling users to control speaking speed, volume, pitch, emotion, intonation, and dialect via natural-language prompts. In K…