Dessa

Dessa

Block
Inworld TTS

Inworld TTS

Inworld
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About

Dessa is Block's speech-to-speech artificial intelligence model for conversational voice research and applications. It takes audio input and produces audio output directly, without converting speech into text as an intermediate step. Trained from scratch on human conversation rather than text, the model supports full-duplex interaction, listening and speaking at the same time, and runs locally on a MacBook Pro with an M4 Max chip or better. It captures conversational cues such as emotion, sarcasm, laughter, pauses, and turn-taking that can be lost in text-based pipelines. Dessa is intended for AI safety researchers and developers studying voice-model behavior, privacy, and real-time interaction. It is a speech model for research and development, not a general-purpose business application or hosted voice-agent platform.

About

Inworld TTS is a state-of-the-art text-to-speech platform designed to deliver ultra-realistic, context-aware speech synthesis and precise voice-cloning capabilities at a radically accessible price. The flagship model, TTS-1, is optimized for real-time applications and supports low-latency streaming (first audio chunk in ≈200 ms) as well as multiple languages (including English, Spanish, French, Korean, Chinese, and more). Developers can use instant zero-shot voice cloning (5-15 seconds of audio) or professional fine-tuned cloning, add voice-tags for emotion, style, and non-verbal sounds, and switch languages while preserving voice identity. The larger TTS-1-Max model (in preview) offers even more expressive speech and multilingual strength. The platform supports both API and portal access, streaming or batch mode, and is designed for everything from interactive voice agents and gaming characters to branded audio experiences.

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Audience

AI safety researchers and developers evaluating or building speech-based conversational AI.

Audience

Developers and businesses looking for a tool offering multilingual voice synthesis and custom-voice cloning at scale

Support

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Support

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API

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API

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Pricing

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Pricing

$0.005 per minute
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Training

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Training

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Company Information

Block
Founded: 2009
United States
block.xyz/dessa

Company Information

Inworld
Founded: 2021
United States
inworld.ai/tts

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Categories

AI Voice Models Supported

Categories

Integrations

Claude Not Supported
Fireworks AI Not Supported
Google AI Overviews Not Supported
Groq Not Supported
Inworld Not Supported
LiveKit Not Supported
Mistral AI Not Supported
OpenAI Not Supported
Tenstorrent DevCloud Not Supported
Vapi AI Not Supported
gpt-oss-20b Not Supported

Integrations

Claude Supported
Fireworks AI Supported
Google AI Overviews Supported
Groq Supported
Inworld Supported
LiveKit Supported
Mistral AI Supported
OpenAI Supported
Tenstorrent DevCloud Supported
Vapi AI Supported
gpt-oss-20b Supported
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