# OpenAI — Introducing next-generation audio models in the API

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2025-03-20T11:00:00+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API
- Source: https://openai.com/index/introducing-our-next-generation-audio-models
- Record: https://forck.live/items/602-introducing-next-generation-audio-models-in-the-api

Developers can now instruct the text-to-speech model to speak in a specific style, such as 'talk like a sympathetic customer service agent', unlocking new customization for voice agents.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/introducing-our-next-generation-audio-models:

> For the first time, developers can also instruct the text-to-speech model to speak in a specific way—for example, “talk like a sympathetic customer service agent”—unlocking a new level of customization for voice agents.

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