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Hume Octave 2

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Tied for best of 26 voices at reading read from context right

Read from context: 100%

  • Also strong at
  • Reads numbers and shorthand right5th of 26 · 87%

Hume Octave 2: tied for best of 26 voices at reading read from context right. Its weakest is price, 25th of 25.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

Hume Octave 2 at a glance

Where it ranks among all 26 voices, in plain words.

Good at
  • Reads read from context rightTied best of 26
  • Reads numbers and shorthand right5th of 26
Not so good at
  • Slow with streamed text18th of 18
  • High price25th of 25
  • Misreads codes and addresses22nd of 26

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Hume Octave 2

Hume Octave 2 head to head

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MeasureHume Octave 2ElevenLabs v4
  1. Non-streaming582 ms678 ms
  2. Streaming573 ms561 ms
  3. StoppingNo stop messageFinishes first
  4. Accuracy87.4%80.4%
  5. Naturalness4.384.42
  6. Price / 1M$100.00$80.00
  7. Measures won2 of 63 of 6
The check marks the better value on each measure. Every pair has its own page with the full numbers.Open this pair · 325 pairs in all

Its closest rivals on speed

Hume Octave 2 FAQ

  • Hume Octave 2 starts in 582 ms on a typical sentence (median) and 716 ms on the slowest 1 in 10 (p90), 19th of 26 voices.

  • Yes. With streamed text, Hume Octave 2 starts 573 ms after the last word arrives.

  • Hume Octave 2 has no stop message, so the agent has to close the connection to stop it.

  • Hume Octave 2 read 87.4% of the hard parts right, as speech-to-text heard it. Its weakest kind is codes and addresses, at 71.4%. This is an estimate, not a listening test.

  • Hume Octave 2 lists at $100.00 per million characters.