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Title: Google's new text-to-speech can switch languages on the fly

Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 17:45:28 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/googles-new-text-...

Google is enhancing Gemini's text-to-speech (TTS). On Tuesday at Google I/O
2025, the company previewed a new TTS feature, built on native audio output,
that can "converse in more expressive ways."

GoogleΓÇÖs Tulsee Doshi showed a quick demo of the Gemini 2.5 TTS models
onstage in Mountain View. It showed an AI-powered voice that sounds more
natural and less robotic, with subtler nuances.

The TTS can converse in over 24 languages, switching between them seamlessly.
The demo showed the model beginning in English, shifting to Hindi, and then
circling back to English. They all used the same voice, helping create the
illusion that itΓÇÖs the same ΓÇ£person.ΓÇ¥ The TTS can also switch to a
whisper (which sounded a little creepy) on the fly.

The new text-to-speech is available starting today in the Gemini API. Also on
Tuesday, the Gemini Live API will have a 2.5 Flash preview of native audio
dialog.

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