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Microsoft unveils MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming for real-time transcription in 60 languages

Oct 05, 2026

The Deep View

Microsoft unveils MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, its first real-time transcription model for 60 languages, saying it produces text within 100 milliseconds for live dictation and subtitles, alongside new MAI-Voice-2.1 text-to-speech models covering 23 languages and 26 locales.

Audio & Voice Foundation Models

Neilson K-S Launches Image-Blaster, Turning a Single Image Into a 3D World With Sound in Under Five Minutes

Oct 05, 2026

GitHub

Neilson K-S launches image-blaster, a Claude skillset that converts a single image into a sound-enabled 3D world in under five minutes, producing GLB/OBJ object models, an SPZ Gaussian-splat environment, and MP3 ambient and physics effects.

Image & Video Audio & Voice AR/VR & Wearables

Tavus Previews Griffin, a Live AI Video Model That Testers Mistake for Human

Oct 02, 2026

The Rundown AI

Tavus previews Griffin, a live AI video model that sees, hears and reacts in real time, with 48% of Griffin-Lite testers believing they are speaking to a human; access remains limited to trusted testers pending safety and disclosure features.

Image & Video Audio & Voice Trust

ElevenLabs Launches Eleven v4 and 100ms-Latency Turbo Text-to-Speech Models

Sep 29, 2026

ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs launches Eleven v4 and its Eleven v4 Turbo text-to-speech model, bringing expressive speech to ElevenAgents, ElevenCreative and the API with roughly 100 ms median inference latency and support for more than 90 languages.

Audio & Voice Agents

Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live Avatar for near-real-time video personas in Gemini Enterprise

Sep 25, 2026

Google

Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live Avatar in Gemini Enterprise, enabling near-real-time video personas that lip-sync and adapt expressions in 97 languages while handling visual and audio input and running background tool calls during conversations.

Enterprise Image & Video Audio & Voice Agents

Meta Unveils Ray-Ban Meta Audio AI Glasses, Expands Lineup With Gen 3

Sep 25, 2026

Meta Newsroom

Meta unveils its first audio-only AI glasses, the $349 Ray-Ban Meta Audio, shipping October 13 with 12-hour battery life, alongside $449 Gen 3 camera glasses with 3K video and a customizable Meta AI button.

AR/VR & Wearables Consumer Products Audio & Voice

Google Tests Gemini AI That Calls Businesses for Pixel 11 Users

Sep 25, 2026

TechCrunch

Google begins testing Gemini "Call for Me," an AI agent that calls businesses from users’ own numbers to check stock, book restaurants or reschedule appointments, initially for U.S. Pixel 11 owners with a Gemini subscription and the beta Google Phone app.

Agents Consumer Products Audio & Voice

Meta Unveils $1,299.99 VR Glasses for Spring 2027 and Expands Ray-Ban AI Wearables

Sep 25, 2026

OpenAI Brings ChatGPT Voice to Work and Codex as Meta's Muse Tops 500,000 Users

Sep 24, 2026

The Deep View

OpenAI brings ChatGPT Voice to ChatGPT Work and Codex on web and mobile, letting Pro and Plus users create documents, decks, spreadsheets and websites by voice, as Meta’s Muse agent reportedly tops 500,000 users in its first week.

Enterprise Audio & Voice Coding & Developer Tools

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 for AI-Powered Audio Wearables

Sep 24, 2026

The Deep View

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, an on-device AI platform for earbuds, smart glasses, watches and pins that it says doubles AI capability while using 40% less power and can run multiple AI agents at once.

AR/VR & Wearables Hardware Audio & Voice Agents