Several text-to-speech (TTS) AI services are facing accessibility and licensing challenges for Russian-language users. Sber has restricted access to its SaluteSpeech service for new corporate clients and discontinued free tiers, while ElevenLabs has blocked access from Russia and Belarus. Among the remaining options, Cartesia offers a limited free tier and a paid Pro plan, and Yandex SpeechKit is available via API with varying costs and synthesis times. For open-source models, licensing is a significant hurdle, with many models like Silero and XTTS-v2 having non-commercial restrictions or unclear terms due to company closures. ESpeech-TTS-1_RL-V2 appears to be a rare exception with an Apache-2.0 license, though its quality metrics are not provided. AI
IMPACT Russian users face limited options for commercial text-to-speech due to service restrictions and complex licensing for open-source models.
RANK_REASON The article discusses the practical availability and licensing of existing text-to-speech tools for a specific market, rather than a new release or significant industry shift.
- CosyVoice
- ElevenLabs
- ESpeech-TTS-1_RL-V2
- F5-TTS
- HiggsAudio
- Microsoft
- OpenAI
- Raft
- SaluteSpeech
- Sběř
- Sonic 3.5
- Yandex SpeechKit
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