Alibaba launches Qwen Audio 3.1 with new models and slashes AI audio prices by up to 95 percent

Alibaba has announced the launch of Qwen-Audio-3.1, a lineup of five models aimed at enhancing speech recognition and text-to-speech capabilities. The ASR model improves multilingual and dialect recognition while automatically cleaning up filler words and repetitions. Additionally, the ASR-Next model adds multi-speaker identification with timestamps and can detect emotions, ambient sounds, and machine noise. The text-to-speech models facilitate multilingual synthesis, enabling real-time interaction. Furthermore, the company has slashed AI audio prices by up to 95%, reflecting its commitment to expanding the use of these technologies.