{"slug": "assemblyai-adds-speech-generation-for-voice-agents-at-15-per-million-characters", "title": "AssemblyAI adds speech generation for voice agents at $15 per million characters", "summary": "AssemblyAI launched AssemblyAI-TTS-1, its first text-to-speech model, on October 27th, adding speech generation to its voice-AI platform at $15 per million characters for developers building voice agents. Founder and CEO Dylan Fox is extending AssemblyAI from speech recognition into generating the replies callers hear, though independent testing and production call outcomes will determine whether the latency and scale pitch holds.", "body_md": "# AssemblyAI adds speech generation for voice agents at $15 per million characters\n\n**AssemblyAI founder Dylan Fox adds speech generation to its transcription platform for $15 per million characters. Production performance at scale remains unproven.**\n\n        By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [Aligned News — AI Intelligence](https://x.com/AssemblyAI/status/2115470615583056042)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nTTS-1 moves AssemblyAI into speech generation, giving Fox a chance to sell more of the voice-agent stack. Independent testing and production call outcomes will determine whether the latency and scale pitch holds.\n\n[AssemblyAI](https://assemblyai.com/?ref=runtimewire) added speech generation to its voice-AI platform on October 27th, launching [AssemblyAI-TTS-1](https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/text-to-speech-api?ref=runtimewire), its first text-to-speech model, for developers building voice agents. Founder and CEO [Dylan Fox (@YouveGotFox)](https://x.com/YouveGotFox?ref=runtimewire) is extending AssemblyAI from recognizing speech to generating the replies callers hear.\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/assemblyai-adds-speech-generation-for-voice-agents-at-15-per-million-characters", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/assemblyai-tts-1-launch-voice-agents", "published_at": "2026-10-29 14:42:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-29 18:18:05.226200+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-agents", "generative-ai", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["AssemblyAI", "AssemblyAI-TTS-1", "Dylan Fox"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/assemblyai-adds-speech-generation-for-voice-agents-at-15-per-million-characters", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/assemblyai-adds-speech-generation-for-voice-agents-at-15-per-million-characters.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/assemblyai-adds-speech-generation-for-voice-agents-at-15-per-million-characters.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/assemblyai-adds-speech-generation-for-voice-agents-at-15-per-million-characters.jsonld"}}