OpenAI Voice Update Adds French, German, Hindi, Korean, Japanese Voices and Naturaler Preambles
shaunralston · x · 2026-10-16
OpenAI researcher Athyuttam Eleti announced GPT-Live-1.1 and new voices for the voice mode: better accents, new voices (French, German, Hindi, Mexican Spanish, Korean, Japanese, plus one surprise), and more natural preambles with less of the robotic 'Checking...' filler.
Related event: OpenAI Launches GPT-Live-1.1 Voice Update with Six New Languages(12 posts)→
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