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New voices: how we pick the one that wins
Gradium · Published · 3 min read
In 30 seconds
- What happened
- Gradium generates hundreds of AI voice candidates per use case, then ranks them through listener testing and statistical validation to select flagship voices.
- Why it matters
- Matters for product teams building voice interfaces who need systematic methods to choose voices instead of relying on stakeholder gut feeling.
- Watch out
- Voice preferences are culturally learned and locale-specific; descriptors like 'warm' mean different acoustic things in English versus French, so prompts don't transfer between languages.
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