Palabra · read on October 27, 2026

Palabra TTS v1

Name: Palabra TTS v1
Author: Palabra

Palabra TTS v1 is a TTS (text-to-speech) model from Palabra. Coval measures its P95 time to first audio at 214.3 ms, which puts it in the Fast enough speed tier. It ranks 9 of 86 in the full ranking.

Speed tier: Fast enough
P95 / median: 214.3 ms / 105.1 ms
Listener Elo: Not rated
Price per 1M chars: $12

Where it ranks

Full ranking: 9 of 86. Use case ranks, by speed:

Voice agents: 9 of 13

The tier and the ranks are computed by this site from the benchmarks' figures, not declared by Palabra.

Measurements and sources

Coval

Median time to first audio (P50)	105.1 ms
Time to first audio, P95	214.3 ms
Time to first audio, mean	120.9 ms
Time to first audio, P90	153.4 ms
Timed requests	2,318

Speko

Naturalness score	1,520
Latency, board chart	86 ms
Latency, model page sweep (median)	72 ms
Numbers and dates pronunciation	0.16

Details

Provider	Palabra
Access	Proprietary
Streaming	A benchmark measures its time to first audio
Features listed by Coval	multilingual, voice-cloning
Languages tested	Not collected: no benchmark here lists languages for this model
Measured by	Coval, Speko
Official site	www.palabra.ai

Not collected

Nothing below is estimated. Each line says which measure is missing and why.

Listener rating (Artificial Analysis Speech Arena Elo): not measured by Artificial Analysis (reading of 2026-10-27)
Price (Artificial Analysis price per 1M characters): not measured by Artificial Analysis (reading of 2026-10-27)

Sources

https://benchmarks-api-6wxgp27p2a-ue.a.run.app/v1/results/aggregates?benchmark=TTS&window=30d&include_series=false (read on October 27, 2026)
https://benchmarks.speko.ai/tts/ (read on October 27, 2026)

Values are copied from these pages on the date shown. The match between this model and its benchmark entries is inferred, because a source writes the name differently: Coval: “Palabra TTS”. See the methodology.

Compare it with the reference model: Gradium TTS vs Palabra TTS v1.