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Text to speech: the best AI models in October 2026
As of Oct 09, 2026, CastleFlow v1.0 leads the “Text to speech” ranking, ahead of Inworld TTS MAX and Aurora.
No model with open weights appears in this ranking.
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Elo from anonymous head-to-head user votes. ± is the uncertainty range: models whose ranges overlap are practically tied.
| Rank | Model | Licence | Elo | Votes · Via API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CastleFlow v1.0Async | Proprietary | 1,561 ±21 | 1,643 Votes |
| 2 | Inworld TTS MAXInworld | Proprietary | 1,558 ±21 | 1,477 Votes |
| 3 | Aurora– | Proprietary | 1,566 ±31 | 571 Votes |
| 4 | Papla P1Papla | Proprietary | 1,550 ±25 | 958 Votes |
| 5 | Inworld TTSInworld | Proprietary | 1,542 ±19 | 1,963 Votes |
| 6 | star-june-2026– | Proprietary | 1,540 ±33 | 494 Votes |
| 7 | Hume OctaveHume AI | Proprietary | 1,526 ±21 | 1,141 Votes |
| 8 | MiniMax Speech 2.8 HDMiniMax | Proprietary | 1,540 ±33 | 502 Votes · available via API |
| 9 | Lightning v3.1 ProSmallest.ai | Proprietary | 1,526 ±32 | 533 Votes |
| 10 | Gradium TTS (pre-2026.08)Gradium | Proprietary | 1,525 ±33 | 563 Votes |
| 11 | MiniMax Speech 2.6 TurboMiniMax | Proprietary | 1,521 ±29 | 542 Votes |
| 12 | MiniMax Speech 02 HDMiniMax | Proprietary | 1,514 ±23 | 1,243 Votes |
| 13 | MiniMax Speech 2.8 TurboMiniMax | Proprietary | 1,523 ±30 | 532 Votes · available via API |
| 14 | Eleven Flash v2.5ElevenLabs | Proprietary | 1,510 ±23 | 1,163 Votes · available via API |
| 15 | Eleven Turbo v2.5ElevenLabs | Proprietary | 1,509 ±23 | 1,137 Votes · available via API |