Fish Audio releases open-weight TTS model Drama 3 alongside $52M seed round
bigaiguy · x · 2026-10-14
Fish Audio launched Drama 3, billed as the most emotive and controllable TTS model, with open weights. It offers per-word tone control and mid-sentence voice switching. The company claims 15M+ users and a $52M seed round. Commenters quip its expressiveness makes ElevenLabs' whisper/sigh prompting look obsolete.
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