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| 2 models | fal-aiGemini 3.1 Flash TtsRemove × | bosonaibosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttRemove × |
|---|---|---|
| What’s different | Newest audio model from Google introduces granular audio tags that give you precise control to direct AI speech for expressive audio generation. | 2.68B parameters · 1 language · Encoder: Whisper · Decoder: Qwen3 |
| Date | Apr 16, 2026Listed | Oct 17, 2026Discovered |
API prices USD · provider configuration shown below | ||
| Listed rate | $0.05/ 1K charactersfal · all routes ↗ | See provider quotes |
| Provider endpoints | 1 endpoint → | 0 endpoints → |
Benchmarks Each result retains its evaluation configuration | ||
| AMI-Cleaned WER ↗English short-form; normalization unversioned | Not reported | 7.19% WER ↗bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry |
| Earnings22-Cleaned-AA-chunked WER ↗English short-form; normalization unversioned | Not reported | 7.04% WER ↗bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry |
| Gigaspeech-Cleaned WER ↗English short-form; normalization unversioned | Not reported | 7.45% WER ↗bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry |
| LS Clean WER ↗English short-form; normalization unversioned | Not reported | 1.08% WER ↗bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry |
| LS Other WER ↗English short-form; normalization unversioned | Not reported | 2.61% WER ↗bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry |
| SPGISpeech WER ↗English short-form; normalization unversioned | Not reported | 2.07% WER ↗bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry |
| URGENT2024 WER ↗English short-form; normalization unversioned | Not reported | 11.88% WER ↗bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry |
| Voice Arena Monsoon WER ↗English short-form; normalization unversioned | Not reported | 3.97% WER ↗bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry |
| Voxpopuli-AA-Cleaned WER ↗English short-form; normalization unversioned | Not reported | 3.73% WER ↗bosonai/higgs-audio-v3-sttLeaderboard entry |
Specifications | ||
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Parameters | — | 2.68B |
| Audio input | Not reported | Supported |
| Transcription | Not reported | Supported |