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Bland launched Bland Speech v3 on 2026-08-04, billing it the "world's first Human…

2026-08-04 · 18:59 UTC ·@LinusEkenstam ·1 min read

Brief

Bland Speech v3 launched August 4, 2026 as a "Human Speech Engine" trained on more than 100 million real conversations. DesignArena’s Audio Realism benchmark placed Speech v3 first, ahead of Elevenlabs, Grok, Cartesia, and OpenAI. Bland showcased a demo restoring 49-year-old stroke patient James’s voice from a 5-second clip and offers a free trial at bland.ai/speech.

Why it matters

Bland launched Bland Speech v3 on 2026-08-04, billing it the "world's first Human Speech Engine" and saying it was trained on over 100 million real human conversations.

Key details

  • DesignArena’s Audio Realism benchmark ranked Speech v3 first, outperforming Elevenlabs, Grok, Cartesia, and OpenAI.
  • Bland demonstrated a clinical use case by reconstructing the voice of James, a 49-year-old father who recently had a stroke, from a 5-second clip; Bland offers a free trial at bland.ai/speech.
Source evidence

This is life-changing tech.
We need less hype, and more stuff like this.
Imagine how many people this can help 🤯

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Bland (@usebland)

Today, we’re launching Bland Speech v3 - The world's first Human Speech Engine.

In @designarena’s Audio Realism benchmark, Speech v3 is the top model, outranking Elevenlabs, Grok, Cartesia, and OpenAI.

Trained on over 100 million real, human conversations: businesses, developers, and creators can now create any audio they can imagine.

To showcase this, we used 5 seconds of old footage to help James, a 49 year old father who recently suffered a stroke, get his voice back.

Try it for free at bland.ai/speech

Full length documentary below🧵

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— https://nitter.net/usebland/status/2084685910667649324#m