Fact · Voice and AI
OpenAI describes its speech-to-speech path as a single model that takes audio in, decides what to do and speaks back.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Use one model to interpret audio, decide what to do, and respond in speech.”
Voice agents, OpenAI, 2026, Comparison table.
Open the original- What it measures
- The guide compares this path with a chained voice pipeline in the same table.
- What it does not show
- This is OpenAI describing its own product. It is not an independent comparison of quality.