MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash

2nd of 25 voices at keeping costs low

Price per 1M characters: $15.00

MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash: 2nd of 25 voices at keeping costs low. Its weakest is medical terms, 25th of 26.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash at a glance

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

Good at
  • Low priceTied 2nd of 25
Not so good at
  • Misreads medical terms25th of 26
  • Misreads codes and addressesTied 23rd of 26
  • Sounds less naturalTied 22nd of 26

Hear MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash

The first read of each test sentence, unedited.

MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash

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MeasureMAI-Voice-2.1-FlashCartesia Sonic 3.6
  1. Non-streaming289 ms286 ms
  2. StreamingCan't stream270 ms
  3. StoppingNo stop message764 ms
  4. Accuracy78.3%74.9%
  5. Naturalness4.324.41
  6. Price / 1M$15.00$39.20
  7. Measures won2 of 62 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

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MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash FAQ

  • MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash starts in 289 ms on a typical sentence (median) and 339 ms on the slowest 1 in 10 (p90), 12th of 26 voices.

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

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

  • MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash read 78.3% 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-Flash lists at $15.00 per million characters.