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Together releases Sonic-3.5 and Ink-2 for speech processing

Together has released two new models: Sonic-3.5 for text-to-speech and Ink-2 for speech-to-text. These models are designed for real-time streaming applications and are claimed to be the top-performing models in their respective categories. Together is now the sole provider offering leading models for both audio input and output. AI

IMPACT Provides new open-source options for real-time speech processing, potentially lowering costs and increasing accessibility for developers.

RANK_REASON Release of new open-source models by a non-frontier lab. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Together releases Sonic-3.5 and Ink-2 for speech processing

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  1. X — Together (inference / OSS) TIER_1 English(EN) · togethercompute ·

    RT @krandiash: We released Sonic-3.5 and Ink-2, the #1 streaming models for text to speech and speech to text you can use in your voice age…

    RT @krandiash: We released Sonic-3.5 and Ink-2, the #1 streaming models for text to speech and speech to text you can use in your voice age…