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MAI-Voice-2.1

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7th of 26 voices at reading numbers and shorthand right

Numbers and shorthand: 85%

MAI-Voice-2.1: 7th of 26 voices at reading numbers and shorthand right. Its weakest is naturalness, 24th of 26.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

MAI-Voice-2.1 at a glance

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

Good at

Nothing in the top quarter of the voices.

Not so good at
  • Sounds less natural24th of 26
  • Misreads codes and addressesTied 23rd of 26
  • Slow to start talking23rd of 26
  • Misreads read from context21st of 26

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MAI-Voice-2.1

MAI-Voice-2.1 head to head

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MeasureMAI-Voice-2.1Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite
  1. Non-streaming861 ms729 ms
  2. StreamingCan't streamCan't stream
  3. StoppingNo stop messageNo stop message
  4. Accuracy82.2%88.6%
  5. Naturalness4.184.34
  6. Price / 1M$22.00$19.03
  7. Measures won0 of 64 of 6
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MAI-Voice-2.1 FAQ

  • MAI-Voice-2.1 starts in 861 ms on a typical sentence (median) and 1.32 s on the slowest 1 in 10 (p90), 23rd of 26 voices.

  • No. MAI-Voice-2.1 needs the whole reply before it starts.

  • MAI-Voice-2.1 has no stop message, so the agent has to close the connection to stop it.

  • MAI-Voice-2.1 read 82.2% of the hard parts right, as speech-to-text heard it. Its weakest kind is codes and addresses, at 66.7%. This is an estimate, not a listening test.

  • MAI-Voice-2.1 lists at $22.00 per million characters.