Streaming-first speech synthesis built around the Sonic family of state-space models. Aims at real-time agent voices where latency between turns is the product. Strong choice for sub-200ms voice loops.
Voice · Cartesia
Cartesia
Low-latency streaming TTS. Sub-100ms first audio.
Model support
Single model (proprietary)
Sonic-family proprietary models.
Where it runs
- API
Tags
- #tts
- #streaming
- #low-latency
- #real-time
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