Alibaba's Qwen launches 5-model audio stack Qwen-Audio-3.1, cuts TTS prices ~70%
airesearch12 · x · 2026-09-23
Alibaba's Qwen team launched Qwen-Audio-3.1, a five-model audio stack covering understanding, generation, interaction and creation:
- ASR/ASR-Next: stronger multilingual and dialect recognition plus native polishing that strips fillers and repetitions; ASR-Next adds multi-speaker labels, timestamps, and sound/event understanding
- TTS/TTS-Next: aimed at audio creation
- Realtime: fully upgraded real-time speech interaction
Pricing was cut across the lineup: 70% off TTS, 85% off Realtime, and up to 95% off ASR. Open-weight release remains unconfirmed.
Related event: Alibaba Qwen Releases Five Qwen-Audio-3.1 Models with Massive Price Cuts(6 posts)→
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