DessaBlock
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MAI-Voice-2-FlashMicrosoft
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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.
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About
MAI-Voice-2-Flash is Microsoft AI’s fast, efficient text-to-speech model for high-volume voice experiences where responsiveness is essential. It produces high-fidelity, natural, and expressive speech while preserving the prosody, acoustic quality, human-like rhythm, intonation, and emotional nuance of MAI-Voice-2. The model is optimized for real-time synthesis and runs twice as fast as MAI-Voice-2, making it suitable for voice agents, assistants, interactive applications, call centers, and IVR systems that must respond without noticeable delay. It supports 15 languages across 18 locales and includes a library of licensed, curated voices that can be used immediately. Developers can control speaking style and emotion through SSML, shaping delivery with expressions such as joy, excitement, empathy, sadness, whispering, or shouting to match different conversational situations and brand experiences.
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Audience
AI safety researchers and developers evaluating or building speech-based conversational AI.
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Teams, creators, and anyone searching for responsive, multilingual, and expressive voice agents for high-volume passenger interactions
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Company InformationBlock
Founded: 2009
United States
block.xyz/dessa
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Company InformationMicrosoft
Founded: 1975
United States
microsoft.ai
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Bing
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
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Microsoft Excel
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