MAI-Voice-2.1Microsoft
|
||||||
Related Products
|
||||||
About
KugelAudio is the most realistic speech AI platform, combining text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and voice-to-voice in one stack. With 39-50ms inference latency (lowest on the market), 30-second voice cloning, on-premises deployment, and industry-leading accuracy on email addresses, IBANs, and phone numbers, it's built for production voice applications where quality and compliance matter. It's a strong fit for voice bots and conversational agents that need to handle structured data without misreads, real-time applications requiring sub-50ms latency, and regulated industries like banking, insurance, healthcare, and the public sector that need on-premises or EU-sovereign deployment. Beyond enterprise voice automation, KugelAudio also powers branded voice experiences through natural cloning from 30 seconds of audio, multilingual products across over 30 languages German, English, French, and Italian, and media or content production needing the most realistic synthetic voices available.
|
About
MAI-Voice-2.1 is Microsoft's hosted text-to-speech model for developers building voice-enabled products. It generates expressive speech from text, supports multilingual output across 23 languages, and offers emotion and style controls, long-form speaker consistency, and gated matching to consented reference voices. Developers access it through Microsoft Foundry and Azure Speech APIs and SDKs for narration, audiobooks, voice assistants, and customer-service experiences.
|
|||||
Platforms Supported
Windows
Not Supported
Mac
Not Supported
Linux
Not Supported
Cloud
Supported
On-Premises
Supported
iPhone
Not Supported
iPad
Not Supported
Android
Not Supported
Chromebook
Not Supported
|
Platforms Supported
Windows
Not Supported
Mac
Not Supported
Linux
Not Supported
Cloud
Supported
On-Premises
Not Supported
iPhone
Not Supported
iPad
Not Supported
Android
Not Supported
Chromebook
Not Supported
|
|||||
Audience
KugelAudio is for teams shipping production voice applications where quality, latency, and compliance are non-negotiable, from conversational AI and contact-center platforms to banks, insurers, healthcare, and public-sector deployments with strict GDPR or on-premises requirements. It's equally suited to media, audiobook, e-learning, gaming, and accessibility teams that need realistic multilingual speech, fast voice cloning, and the freedom to host on managed API, EU-sovereign cloud, or fully air-gapped infrastructure.
|
Audience
Developers and organizations building multilingual speech-enabled products, including narration and audiobook services, voice assistants, and customer-service or call-center experiences.
|
|||||
Support
Phone Support
Supported
24/7 Live Support
Supported
Online
Supported
|
Support
Phone Support
Not Supported
24/7 Live Support
Not Supported
Online
Not Supported
|
|||||
API
Offers API
Not Supported
|
API
Offers API
Supported
|
|||||
Screenshots and VideosNo images available
|
Screenshots and VideosNo images available
|
|||||
Pricing
$1
Free Version
Not Supported
Free Trial
Supported
|
Pricing
$22/1M characters
Usage-based at $22 per 1 million characters of generated speech.
Free Version
Not Supported
Free Trial
Not Supported
|
|||||
Reviews/
|
Reviews/
|
|||||
Training
Documentation
Supported
Webinars
Not Supported
Live Online
Not Supported
In Person
Supported
|
Training
Documentation
Not Supported
Webinars
Not Supported
Live Online
Not Supported
In Person
Not Supported
|
|||||
Company InformationKugelAudio
Founded: 2025
Germany
kugelaudio.com
|
Company InformationMicrosoft
Founded: 1975
United States
microsoft.ai/models/mai-voice-2-1/
|
|||||
Alternatives |
Alternatives |
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
Categories |
Categories |
|||||
Integrations
Azure AI Speech
Not Supported
|
||||||
|
|
|