HeyGen Voice ranks first on Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice TTS leaderboard
Overview
Artificial Analysis reports that HeyGen Voice ranks first on its Controlled Voice TTS Arena leaderboard with an Elo of 1,201, ahead of Alibaba's Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus (1,182) and ElevenLabs' Eleven v4 Turbo (1,166).
The firm also ranks HeyGen Voice first in its Assistants (1,214) and Customer Service (1,212) arenas, second in Knowledge Sharing, and fourth in Entertainment.
The same reports show weaker results on other measures. On its Pronunciation Robustness benchmark, which uses human reviewers judging pronunciation against pre-agreed accepted forms, HeyGen Voice scores 83.1% and ranks tenth of 29 models, trailing on expanding shorthand (77.0%, where Eleven v4 leads at 94.1%). Artificial Analysis says HeyGen Voice costs $30 per 1M characters, below Eleven v4 Turbo ($40) and Eleven v4 ($80), though Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus is cheaper at $19.3.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 9, 1:31 PM ET
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- Oct 9, 1:19 PM ET · 1 articleArtificial Analysis promotes its Controlled Voice TTS leaderboard, Speech Arena, and Speech ExplorerArtificial Analysis: Artificial Analysis launches Controlled Voice TTS leaderboard, Speech Arena, and Speech Explorer
- Oct 9, 1:19 PM ET · 1 articleHeyGen Voice benchmarked at 40 characters per second and $30/1M characters, priced below Eleven v4Artificial Analysis: HeyGen Voice processes 40 characters per second of generation time at $30/1M characters.
- Oct 9, 1:19 PM ET · 1 articleHeyGen Voice scores 83.1% overall on Artificial Analysis Pronunciation Robustness benchmark, ranking #10 of 29Artificial Analysis: HeyGen Voice scores 83.1% on pronunciation robustness benchmark
- Oct 9, 1:19 PM ET · 1 articleHeyGen Voice ranks #1 in Assistants and Customer Service in Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice ArenaArtificial Analysis: HeyGen Voice ranks first in Artificial Analysis assistant and customer service arenas
- Oct 9, 1:19 PM ET · 1 articleHeyGen Voice ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice TTS Arena leaderboardArtificial Analysis: HeyGen Voice tops Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice TTS Arena leaderboard
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Artificial Analysis@ArtificialAnlysOfficialArtificial Analysis launches Controlled Voice TTS leaderboard, Speech Arena, and Speech ExplorerAIArtificial Analysis says its Controlled Voice text-to-speech leaderboard now ranks the top models. The post also links a Speech Arena where users vote on models and a Speech Explorer for sample clips.
Artificial Analysis@ArtificialAnlysOfficialHeyGen Voice processes 40 characters per second of generation time at $30/1M characters.AIHeyGen Voice processes 40 characters per second of generation time and costs $30 per 1M characters. That is below Eleven v4 Turbo at $40 per 1M characters and Eleven v4 at $80 per 1M characters. Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus is priced at $19.3 per 1M characters.

Artificial Analysis@ArtificialAnlysOfficialHeyGen Voice ranks first in Artificial Analysis assistant and customer service arenasAIHeyGen Voice ranks first in the Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice Arena for Assistants at 1,214 and Customer Service at 1,212. It ranks second in Knowledge Sharing at 1,158 and fourth in Entertainment at 1,178. By accent, it ranks first in English (UK) at 1,190 and second in English (US) at 1,206, behind Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus at 1,220.

Artificial Analysis@ArtificialAnlysOfficialHeyGen Voice scores 83.1% on pronunciation robustness benchmarkAIHeyGen Voice scores 83.1% overall on Artificial Analysis's Pronunciation Robustness benchmark, ranking #10 of 29 models. The benchmark has human reviewers judge whether text-to-speech models pronounce challenging text correctly against pre-agreed accepted pronunciations. HeyGen Voice places #2 for preserving exact sequences at 83.3%, behind SpaceXAI TTS at 85.7%, and scores 77.0% on expanding shorthand, while Eleven v4 leads that category at 94.1%.

Artificial Analysis@ArtificialAnlysOfficialHeyGen Voice tops Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice TTS Arena leaderboardAIHeyGen Voice ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice TTS Arena leaderboard with an Elo of 1,201 across 1,468 appearances, ahead of Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus at 1,182 and ElevenLabs' Eleven v4 Turbo at 1,166. On pronunciation robustness it scores 83.1%, ranking #10 of 29 models, and it is priced at $30 per 1M characters and processes 40 characters per second.

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