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3459, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-26T03:56:15Z", "openIssues": 1, "openPRs": 45, "issuesOpened90d": 23, "issuesClosed90d": 24, "prsMerged90d": 9, "ci": { "branch": "master", "runs": 4, "success": 1, "failure": 3, "other": 0, "latest": "failure", "latestAt": "2026-10-23T22:25:20Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 0, "medianDays": 1 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-31T03:03:50.093034137Z" } }, "answer": "Azure AI Speech text-to-speech scores 71.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Inworld Realtime TTS-2's 58.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Inworld Realtime TTS-2 leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "inworld-tts", "name": "Inworld Realtime TTS-2", "vendor": "Inworld AI", "vendorUrl": "https://inworld.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "text-to-speech", "summary": "Inworld's hosted text-to-speech models, `inworld-tts-2` and `inworld-tts-2-flash`, over REST, HTTP streaming, WebSocket, async jobs and an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. TTS-2 takes bracketed steering, and an opt-in Reasoning step writes the delivery direction itself.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inworld-tts", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inworld-tts.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inworld-tts.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/inworld-tts.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Inworld's Terms of Service. 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On-Demand includes up to 70 minutes of TTS with no card. Steering tags count as characters, while `synthesisContext` and `reasoningContext` aren't billed. Batch costs 20 per cent less (checked 2026-10-30).", "priceSummary": "$25 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, the TTS docs, the billing page or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-30). Usage is drawn from prepaid plan credits, card top-ups of at least $10 or auto-reload.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 3632, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.inworld.ai/tts/tts", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.inworld.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "speech.tts", "speech.streaming", "speech.voices", "speech.ssml", "speech.languages", "speech.batch", "voice.clone", "voice.design" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "llms-txt", "streaming", "openai-compatible", "reasoning", "multilingual", "async-jobs", "batch", "typescript", "python", "cli", "mcp", "status-page", "soc2", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 687, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1243, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 40, "reliability": 62, "schema": 60, "security": 61, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-30" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "30 October 2026. Inworld's Realtime TTS-2 page shows Realtime TTS-2 as #1 for voice quality on the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena and says the ranks come from the live arena, not hardcoded. Artificial Analysis's provider-voice leaderboard on the same day put Realtime TTS-2 8th (Elo 1,267) behind Eleven v4 Turbo (1,336). The page also says the table was verified in May 2026. The deduction lapses if the page is corrected or the rank returns. Sources: https://inworld.ai/blog/realtime-tts-2 and https://artificialanalysis.ai/text-to-speech/leaderboard/provider-voice (-2)" ], "verdict": "TTS-2 takes bracketed steering, and opt-in Reasoning writes a delivery direction from the text and up to 600 characters of context, returning it in the response. Per-character prices are public and the free plan needs no card. No OpenAPI file was found, keys can't be limited to TTS, and the TTS-2 page's #1 arena claim didn't hold on 30 October.", "bestFor": "Agents that generate replies or stories at runtime and want delivery chosen from context without writing tags, and for per-message or pre-generated audio.", "strengths": [ "Reasoning returns the direction it applied as `reasoningInstruction`, so an agent can log it and reuse it as an inline tag", "Per-character prices are public, from $25 per million characters for TTS-2 on the free plan to $12.50 on Growth", "REST, HTTP streaming, WebSocket, async jobs and an OpenAI-compatible `/v1/audio/speech` endpoint", "llms.txt, Markdown twins of every page and a keyless docs MCP server at docs.inworld.ai/mcp", "Single-use client tokens, 15 minutes by default, keep the API key off browsers and phones" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract was found for the TTS API", "API keys can't be limited to TTS. Write toggles cover only the Voice and Router APIs", "The 28 October model update replaced `inworld-tts-2` in place, with no dated snapshot to pin", "Zero data retention is Enterprise only or a Growth add-on, and the SLA is Enterprise only", "The TTS-2 page claims #1 on the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena, which ranked it 8th on 30 October 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the copied Base64 credential as-is in `Authorization: Basic`. Don't encode it again.", "Set `modelId` explicitly, because SDK defaults may name deprecated models.", "Keep text under 2,000 UTF-16 units on `/tts/v1/voice` and 4,000 on `voice:stream`, or use an async job.", "Turn on Reasoning with `synthesisContext.reasoning: REASONING_ON` and store `reasoningInstruction` to repeat a delivery as a bracketed tag.", "On 429 or error code 8, back off exponentially with jitter. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-text-to-speech.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-text-to-speech.json\n- Inworld Realtime TTS-2: grade C, 58.3/100, rank #687 of 1243. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inworld-tts.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/inworld-tts.json\n- Best text-to-speech APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/text-to-speech/index.md\n- All 106 tts comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/text-to-speech/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Azure AI Speech text-to-speech (BB)\n\nGood for: Operators on Azure who need SSML control, many languages and voices, and enterprise access control.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 62\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 60\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 68\n- Security \u0026 auth, 90 against 61\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 68\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 86 against 63\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: An Azure subscription needs a card, even for the free F0 tier\n\n### Inworld Realtime TTS-2 (C)\n\nGood for: Agents that generate replies or stories at runtime and want delivery chosen from context without writing tags, and for per-message or pre-generated audio.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract was found for the TTS API\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Azure AI Speech text-to-speech | Inworld Realtime TTS-2 | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 62 | Azure AI Speech text-to-speech +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 60 | Azure AI Speech text-to-speech +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 68 | Azure AI Speech text-to-speech +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 90 | 61 | Azure AI Speech text-to-speech +29 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Inworld Realtime TTS-2 +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 68 | Azure AI Speech text-to-speech +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 63 | Azure AI Speech text-to-speech +23 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **71.5 · BB** | **58.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Azure AI Speech text-to-speech | Inworld Realtime TTS-2 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Microsoft | Inworld AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://eastus.tts.speech.microsoft.com/cognitiveservices` | `https://api.inworld.ai` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, websocket |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| Price for text-to-speech | not published | $12.50 per 1M characters |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (samples), SDK under Microsoft's own licence | Proprietary service under Inworld's Terms of Service. The Node.js SDK `@inworld/tts` and the CLI `@inworld/cli` are MIT on npm |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-28 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-06-11 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2026-01-18 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 3.5k stars, 476k npm/wk, 1M PyPI/wk | 3.6k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Azure AI Speech text-to-speech.** Real-time synthesis keeps neither the input text nor the output audio. An Azure subscription needs a card, even for the free F0 tier.\n\n**Inworld Realtime TTS-2.** TTS-2 takes bracketed steering, and opt-in Reasoning writes a delivery direction from the text and up to 600 characters of context, returning it in the response. Per-character prices are public and the free plan needs no card. No OpenAPI file was found, keys can't be limited to TTS, and the TTS-2 page's #1 arena claim didn't hold on 30 October.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Azure AI Speech text-to-speech\n\n1. Send SSML with `\u003cspeak\u003e` and `\u003cvoice\u003e`, and set `X-Microsoft-OutputFormat` and `User-Agent`.\n2. On 429 retry with backoff, and try the voice's home region or another region rather than asking for more quota.\n3. Keep each real-time request under 10 minutes of audio, or use batch synthesis.\n4. Use Entra ID tokens instead of resource keys where the agent runs inside Azure.\n5. Name a MAI voice with its model suffix, such as `en-US-Harper:MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash`, and keep a GA neural voice as fallback because the MAI models are preview.\n\n### Inworld Realtime TTS-2\n\n1. Send the copied Base64 credential as-is in `Authorization: Basic`. Don't encode it again.\n2. Set `modelId` explicitly, because SDK defaults may name deprecated models.\n3. Keep text under 2,000 UTF-16 units on `/tts/v1/voice` and 4,000 on `voice:stream`, or use an async job.\n4. Turn on Reasoning with `synthesisContext.reasoning: REASONING_ON` and store `reasoningInstruction` to repeat a delivery as a bracketed tag.\n5. On 429 or error code 8, back off exponentially with jitter. No Retry-After header is documented.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Azure AI Speech text-to-speech or Inworld Realtime TTS-2?\n\nAzure AI Speech text-to-speech scores 71.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Inworld Realtime TTS-2's 58.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Inworld Realtime TTS-2 leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Azure AI Speech text-to-speech and Inworld Realtime TTS-2 need an API key?\n\nAzure AI Speech text-to-speech takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Inworld Realtime TTS-2 needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Azure AI Speech text-to-speech and Inworld Realtime TTS-2 without installing anything?\n\nYes. Azure AI Speech text-to-speech has a hosted endpoint at https://eastus.tts.speech.microsoft.com/cognitiveservices and Inworld Realtime TTS-2 at https://api.inworld.ai.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-text-to-speech-vs-inworld-tts.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-text-to-speech-vs-inworld-tts.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"azure-text-to-speech\", \"b\": \"inworld-tts\"}`. 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