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OpenAI has silenced familiar voices.

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Briefings

OpenAI is deprecating legacy text-to-speech models tts-1, tts-hd, and gpt-4o-mini-tts, shutting them off on January 6, 2027. The author, who built the Six Colors Audio Newsletter using these voices, switched to ElevenLabs v4 after discovering the old models were deprecated. The new engine requires a workflow to verify audio output against text to prevent hallucinations, resulting in higher monthly costs but improved reliability. The article notes that the author chose the least advanced voice for the newsletter because it avoided text omissions or rewrites, a feature the old models lacked.

Key points

• OpenAI is deprecating legacy text-to-speech models tts-1, tts-hd, and gpt-4o-mini-tts, with access shutting off on January 6, 2027.
• The author switched to ElevenLabs v4 after discovering the old models were deprecated, requiring a workflow to verify audio output against text to prevent hallucinations.

Context and limitations

The author's experience is limited to their own newsletter and does not include data on Yalim's customers or the broader accessibility impact on visually impaired users.

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