Model updates

Official news, first rumor reports and substantive progress. Each entry keeps the information published at that time.

• ElevenLabs details Cue, a forced-alignment model for character-level audio timing

  ElevenLabs research introduces Cue, a forced-alignment model it says places every character on the audio timeline with more precision than other aligners it tested, so captions and words land at the right time.

  OfficialOfficial updateOct 28Source: X @ElevenLabsPart of ElevenLabs
• ElevenLabs launches Instant Soundtracks, scoring a video with original music and timed sound effects in one pass

  ElevenLabs' Instant Soundtracks takes an uploaded video, generates an original score and places sound effects at matching moments, optionally matching the character of the original audio. It is available in ElevenCreative, Eleven Music and the ElevenAPI.

  OfficialOfficial updateOct 15Source: ElevenLabsPart of ElevenLabs
• ElevenLabs arrives on OpenRouter with nine text-to-speech and two speech-to-text models

  OpenRouter now offers ElevenLabs' nine text-to-speech and two speech-to-text models, including Eleven v4, v4 Turbo and Scribe v2, through its speech and transcription endpoints with an OpenRouter API key and no separate ElevenLabs plan. Every ElevenLabs model is 50% off OpenRouter's list price through October 19, 8am PT.

  OfficialOfficial updateOct 8Source: OpenRouterPart of ElevenLabs
• Eleven v4 Turbo tops Artificial Analysis TTS arena at roughly 100 ms median latency

  Eleven v4 Turbo has taken the top spot on Artificial Analysis' voice TTS arena, per ElevenLabs. The company cites a median inference latency of roughly 100 ms for the model, which launched in late September. Faster response is aimed at live voice-agent use cases.

  OfficialOfficial updateOct 5Source: SPIRITTPart of ElevenLabs

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