Alibaba releases five Qwen-Audio-3.1 voice models and cuts API prices by up to 95%
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Voice SI is getting cheaper almost to zero; talking to machines will become accessible to everyone.
The series includes improved models for speech recognition, speech synthesis and real-time conversation, as well as the new ASR-Next (audio understanding) and TTS-Next (audio creation). Along with the release, Alibaba cut prices across the Qwen-Audio line, by up to 95% according to 36Kr.
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