OpenAI’s new voice AI model gpt-4o-transcribe lets you add speech to your existing text apps in seconds
VentureBeat March 20, 2025
OpenAI’s voice AI models have gotten it into trouble before with actor Scarlett Johansson, but that isn’t stopping the company from continuing to advance its offerings in this category.
Today, the ChatGPT maker has unveiled three, all new proprietary voice models called gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe and gpt-4o-mini-tts, available initially in its application programming interface (API) for third-party software developers to build their own apps atop, as well as on a custom demo site, OpenAI.fm, that individual users can access for limited testing and fun.
Moreover, the gpt-4o-mini-tts model voices can be customized from several pre-sets via text prompt to change their accents, pitch, tone, and other vocal qualities — including conveying whatever emotions the user asks them to, which should go...