Speko Routes Voice AI Models Like OpenRouter
Speko launched August 26, 2026 as an OpenRouter for voice: a unified API that routes speech-to-text, LLM and text-to-speech to the best provider per language and task.
NVIDIA VoiceChat-11B: Open Full-Duplex Voice Model
NVIDIA released open weights for VoiceChat-11B, the first open full-duplex voice model that calls tools mid-conversation. Here is how it works and how to self-host it.
Voice Coding Tools 2026: On-Device vs Cloud Compared
If you code under an NDA or on a private repo, an on-device voice coding tool is the only safe way to talk to your AI agent. SKI, Spokenly, and VoiceMode keep every word local. Here is how the leading voice coding tools compare.
SKI: Free On-Device Voice Coding for Claude Code
SKI is a free desktop app that lets you talk to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI out loud, with speech-to-text and voice both running fully on-device.
Gemini for Mac Adds Speak to Window Voice Input
Google added a system-wide voice input mode to the Gemini Mac app: long-press Fn to dictate, edit, and generate images by voice in any window.
Scenema Audio: Open-Source Voice Cloning From LTX 2.3
ScenemaAI released Scenema Audio on Hugging Face and GitHub, an open-weights expressive TTS and zero-shot voice cloning model built on the audio half of Lightricks LTX-2. MIT inference code, 13 languages, real-time on a 24 GB GPU.