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Google's New TTS Can Act, But Can It Handle 5 Minutes?

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A Reddit user on r/Bard put it plainly: "i generate 4-5 minute audio files and the new 3.1 Flash TTS gets extremely distorted after a minute or two." He compared it directly to 2.5 Flash TTS. Same problem. Tinny, echo-y, and sped up towards the end. The older 2.5 Pro TTS, according to him, handles…

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  1. 2026-10-04 09:09 · DEV Community — AI
    Google's New TTS Can Act, But Can It Handle 5 Minutes?

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