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Gnani AI Launches Timbre v3.0 for Expressive Indian Language Speech

CIO Insider Team | Wednesday, 14 October, 2026
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Gnani AI, a frontier AI company building proprietary foundational models and enterprise agentic AI, today announced Timbre v3.0, its expressive text-to-speech model.

Built for enterprises, developers and content creators, Timbre v3.0 brings natural multilingual speech and directed vocal expression into a single model, supporting everything from live customer conversations to audiobooks, learning experiences and video voiceovers.

“Building speech AI for India means paying attention to how people actually speak and listen,” shared Bharath Shankar, Chief Product and Engineering Officer, Gnani AI. “A date or an amount needs to be unmistakably clear. A story needs pauses, changes in pace and expressions. With Timbre v3.0, we are bringing that clarity and control into one multilingual model, so businesses and creators can shape both what a voice says and how it says it.”

Timbre v3.0 brings these needs together: clear pronunciation, voices that retain their character across languages, and control over expression at the moments that matter

Consider a story being narrated in Hindi. A character hesitates before answering, lowers their voice to a whisper and then breaks into a laugh. The words tell only one part of the story. The pauses, pace, and delivery carry the rest. The same attention to delivery matters in everyday business conversations. A payment reminder needs to read an amount clearly. An insurance message needs to give the listener time to absorb a date. A learning app needs a voice that can hold attention through an explanation.

“Timbre v3.0 brings these needs together: clear pronunciation, voices that retain their character across languages, and control over expression at the moments that matter. Today over 1 lakh hours of voice calls are powered by Timbre”, concluded Shankar.

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Gnani AI is a frontier AI company building proprietary foundational models and enterprise agentic AI. The company trains, fine-tunes and deploys models and autonomous agents for enterprise and government workloads across financial services, insurance, telecom, healthcare, education and the public sector. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Bengaluru, Gnani AI builds technology for real-world applications across languages.



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