Soniox
tts-rt-v1
Measured 2026-07-03
Naturalness
1569
Win % · 95% CI
63%
56–69%
Drift
24
Synth p50
362ms
362–388 p50–p90
Robustness
0.49
Fined:
• fatal · currency — dropped the minus sign (4 of 7 transcripts)
→ we sent “A refund of -$0.99 was applied.”
→ it said “A refund of $9.99 was applied.”
• fatal · currency (international, ×0.4) — dropped the minus sign (1 of 5 transcripts)
→ we sent “Balance: -€45,90 outstanding.”
→ it said “Balance: €45.90 outstanding.”
• minor · dates — said “slash” out loud; a prompt fixes this (6 of 11 transcripts)
→ we sent “Renewal falls on 1/1/2027.”
→ it said “Renewal falls on one slash one slash twenty twenty seven.”
• minor · dates — said “slash” out loud; a prompt fixes this (6 of 14 transcripts)
→ we sent “The policy started 11/30/2024.”
→ it said “The policy started eleven slash thirty slash twenty twenty four.”
• minor · dates — said “slash” out loud; a prompt fixes this (8 of 14 transcripts)
→ we sent “The deadline moved to 10/02.”
→ it said “The deadline moved to ten slash zero two.”
• minor · dates — said “slash” out loud; a prompt fixes this (5 of 14 transcripts)
→ we sent “Your slot is 03/09 this year.”
→ it said “Your slot is zero three slash zero nine this year.”
• minor · dates — said “slash” out loud; a prompt fixes this (8 of 14 transcripts)
→ we sent “Renewal is 02/29/2024.”
→ it said “Renewal is zero two slash 29 slash 2,024.”
• minor · dates — said “slash”, “zero seven slash” out loud; a prompt fixes this (4 of 7 transcripts)
→ we sent “Your appointment is on 07/15/2026.”
→ it said “Your appointment is on zero seven slash fifteen slash twenty twenty six.”
• serious · dates (international, ×0.4) — said “slash” out loud (5 of 11 transcripts)
→ we sent “The lease ends 2025/06/30.”
→ it said “The lease ends 2025. Slash 06Slash30.”
• minor · math operators — kept the value but never said “minus”; a prompt fixes this (6 of 7 transcripts)
→ we sent “That leaves 10-4=6 remaining.”
→ it said “That leaves ten to four equals six remaining.”
Cost / 1M chars
~$13.0
Token-billed: $4/1M text in, $21.50/1M audio out; the vendor states ~$0.70 per hour of generated speech (soniox.com/pricing). At 900 chars/min (54,000 chars/hour) that is ~$13 per 1M chars.
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