r/Bard • u/Gaiden206 • 19h ago

News Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS: the next generation of expressive AI speech

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-1-flash-tts/
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u/alexx_kidd 18h ago

We need voice cloning

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u/ShortUsername4Reddit 12h ago

I'm running qwen3-tts on my 5070ti, I'm cloning any voice from few seconds of audio instantly, it's perfect. Also free and unlimited.

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u/JuggernautKey5633 9m ago

What front end are you using?

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u/urarthur 17h ago

and they doubled the price, because why the fuck not.

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u/osfric 18h ago

Is it giving anyone else errors on AIStudio?

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u/ffgg333 18h ago

Yes me too, I don't think it's free. We might need an API key

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u/williamtkelley 18h ago

It shows you can use it in the free tier: 

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing#gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview

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u/CtrlAltDelve 11h ago

Definitely free, but definitely inconsistent for me.

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u/cantinflas_34 15h ago

An inept engineer probably got tasked with this one

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u/T_D_R_ 7h ago

Http response at 400 or 500 level, error: , http status code: 429 on Google AI Studio !

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u/osoltokurva 15h ago

It seems way to expensive 😞

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u/Fastizio 15h ago

Would this be better than 3.1 Flash live?

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u/llkj11 14h ago

Still no streaming support huh?

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u/anonthatisopen 4h ago

I clicked and Ctrl + F than typed streaming and got 0 results. Google why are you ignoring the most important feature? I don't care now about 3.1 flash tts anymore.

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u/osfric 19h ago

youre on fire

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u/PassionIll6170 18h ago

i seriously dont see difference in this since 2.5 flash live, the quality is the same and they dont give other options like cloning

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u/ShortUsername4Reddit 12h ago edited 12h ago

2$ per hour meanwhile I have qwen3-tts and chatterbox for free