[robbomacrae]

Hi Jeff, Thanks for updating the TTS endpoint! I was literally about to have to make a workaround with the chat completions endpoint with a hit and hope the transcription matches strategy... as it was the only way to get the updated voice models.

Curious.. is gpt-4o-mini-tts the equivilant of what is/was gpt-4o-mini-audio-preview for chat completions? Because in timing tests it takes around 2 seconds to return a short phrase which seems more equivilant to gpt-4o-audio-preview.. the later was much better for the hit and hope strat as it didn't ad lib!

Also I notice you can add accents to instructions and it does a reasonable job. But are there any plans to bring out localized voice models?

[jeffharris]

It's a slightly better model for TTS. With extra training focusing on reading the script exactly as written.

e.g. the audio-preview model when given instruction to speak "What is the capital of Italy" would often speak "Rome". This model should be much better in that regard

= No plans to have localized voice models, but we do want to bring expand the menu of voices with voices that are best at different accents

[robbomacrae]

Great to hear thanks. My favorite was "I would like you to repeat the following in an Australian accent: Hi there, welcome to Sydney." which was more often than not swapping "Hi there" for "G'day"!