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Together AI Launches Voice Finder Tool

Together AI Blog·May 12, 2026·high confidence

Why it matters

  • →Voice Finder reduces the time and effort needed to select appropriate voices for applications.
  • →It enhances the customization of voice agents by allowing detailed filtering based on specific attributes.
  • →The tool supports real-time voice agent development by integrating seamlessly with Together AI's platform.
Together AI Launches Voice Finder Tool
©Together AI Blog

Together AI has launched Voice Finder, a tool that helps developers quickly find suitable voices for their applications from a catalog of over 600 voices. Users can search by describing the voice they need or by uploading a voice sample, with results filtered by attributes such as pitch and emotion. This tool aims to reduce the manual effort involved in selecting voices for different use cases, enhancing the efficiency of developing voice agents. Voice Finder is part of Together AI's broader platform for building real-time voice agents.

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The story around this

Earlier coverage that leads up to this article, and what followed. Lines connect each piece to the closest one after it, converging here.

New Methods for Human-AI Group Conversations — Google Research Blog1Build Real-Time Voice Agents on Together AI — Together AI Blog2Google Launches Accio 2.0 AI Tool — Skill Leap AI3OpenAI Enhances API with New Voice Models — OpenAI4IBM Releases Granite Speech 4.1 Models — Sam Witteveen5OpenAI Adds Voice Intelligence to API — TechCrunch AI6OpenAI Enhances Voice Agents with Real-Time Models — The Rundown AI7OpenAI Launches New Voice Models — Matt Wolfe8Together AI Launches Voice Finder ToolTogether AI Develops Fastest Speech-to-Text Stack — Together AI Blog9Benchmarking ASR on Code-Switched Speech — Hugging Face Blog10Hugging Face Launches Real World VoiceEQ Benchmark — Hugging Face Blog11Smallest.ai raises $13M for human-like voice AI — TechCrunch AI12Relay Debuts AI-Powered Voice-to-Text Microphone — WIRED AI13Feb 10You are hereAug 27

How we got here

  1. 1
    New Methods for Human-AI Group Conversations

    Google Research Blog · February 10, 2026 · Background

  2. 2
    Build Real-Time Voice Agents on Together AI

    Together AI Blog · March 12, 2026 · Related

  3. 3
    Google Launches Accio 2.0 AI Tool

    Skill Leap AI · March 30, 2026 · Background

  4. 4
    OpenAI Enhances API with New Voice Models

    OpenAI · May 7, 2026 · Related

  5. 5
    IBM Releases Granite Speech 4.1 Models

    Sam Witteveen · May 7, 2026 · Background

  6. 6
    OpenAI Adds Voice Intelligence to API

    TechCrunch AI · May 7, 2026 · Background

  7. 7
    OpenAI Enhances Voice Agents with Real-Time Models

    The Rundown AI · May 8, 2026 · Related

  8. 8
    OpenAI Launches New Voice Models

    Matt Wolfe · May 8, 2026 · Background

What happened next

  1. 9
    Together AI Develops Fastest Speech-to-Text Stack

    Together AI Blog · May 29, 2026 · Related

  2. 10
    Benchmarking ASR on Code-Switched Speech

    Hugging Face Blog · June 9, 2026 · Background

  3. 11
    Hugging Face Launches Real World VoiceEQ Benchmark

    Hugging Face Blog · July 15, 2026 · Related

  4. 12
    Smallest.ai raises $13M for human-like voice AI

    TechCrunch AI · July 31, 2026 · Background

  5. 13
    Relay Debuts AI-Powered Voice-to-Text Microphone

    WIRED AI · August 27, 2026 · Background

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