Voice & Speech

Hume AI

Emotionally expressive voice AI with an empathic speech interface.

Status
Generally available
Last checked
Checked · Oct 12, 2026
License
Proprietary
Pricing
Free tier
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What it is

Hume AI builds emotionally intelligent voice models, including the Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) that understands and conveys emotion in speech.

Emotionally expressive, empathic voice AI grounded in emotion science.

When it fits — and when it doesn’t

A good fit for

  • Emotion-aware voice agents

    Empathic, expressive conversations

  • Apps needing expressive TTS

    Emotion in synthetic speech

Known weaknesses

Each one links to the public issue, changelog or docs page it came from, where we have one.

  1. 01

    Narrower than general TTS

    Specialized in expressive/empathic voice

  2. 02

    Newer ecosystem

    Smaller than ElevenLabs

What it does well

  • Emotionally expressive speech

    Models understand and convey emotion (EVI)

  • Empathic voice interface

    Natural, emotion-aware conversations

  • Research-grounded

    Built on emotion-science research

Pricing

Free tier
YesFree credits to start
Paid from
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Model
Usage-based
Enterprise plan
Yes

Pricing not independently confirmed — check the vendor’s page.

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