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Novita AI adds Bland BTTS with free voice cloning and $0.04 per 1,000 characters
Products and toolsOctober 23, 2026, 12:00

Novita AI adds Bland BTTS with free voice cloning and $0.04 per 1,000 characters

Novita AI has made Bland BTTS, the text-to-speech engine from Bland AI, available through a native audio API. According to Novita, synthesis costs $0.04 per 1,000…

Bland AI Uses a Second Model to Teach Speech AI to Laugh on Cue
ResearchOctober 8, 2026, 20:38

Bland AI Uses a Second Model to Teach Speech AI to Laugh on Cue

Bland AI says its research team developed NVAlign, a training method that uses a second model to listen to generated speech and check whether tags such as [laughs] or…

Bland becomes an official Twilio partner for enterprise voice AI
BusinessSeptember 30, 2026, 18:08

Bland becomes an official Twilio partner for enterprise voice AI

Bland, a voice AI company, says it is now officially both a technology and go-to-market partner of Twilio. According to Bland, every Bland customer gets Twilio-powered…