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Speak prices GPT-Live-1’s front-end voice layer at 5 cents a minute

Sep 11, 2026
OpenAI
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Summary

Speak launches GPT-Live-1 at $0.05 per minute, claiming its front-end voice layer cuts learner interruptions during thinking pauses by nearly 80% and boosts Full Duplex Bench scores by 30 points over GPT-Realtime-2.1.

Key Points

  • Speak reports that GPT-Live-1 cuts interruptions during learners’ thinking pauses by almost 80% versus prior turn-based systems.
  • GPT-Live-1 improves Full Duplex Bench performance by 30 percentage points over GPT-Realtime-2.1 and ranks first on Tau3 when paired with GPT-6 Astra at medium reasoning effort.
  • The API charges $0.05 per minute for the front-end voice layer, while developers select separate backend models and agent harnesses.

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