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We just announced Lightning V3: a TTS model designed for Conversational Voice Agents. It is available in two versions + state-of-the-art in overall naturalness and other voice metrics. In this article we discuss: + Why conversation is the hardest test for a voice model + How Lightning v3 sets a new bar on open TTS benchmarks + Why naturalness and expressiveness are not the same thing + Persona specific evals are the next frontier..and more. Try now!
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