Is TTS-VC-Flash free?

The model is available for free testing on platforms like Hugging Face Spaces. For commercial or high-volume use, it is accessed via the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API, which typically charges per character or minute of audio generated.

How many languages does it support?

It currently supports 10 major languages, including Chinese, English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian.

What is the difference between VC and VD?

VC stands for Voice Cloning (copying an existing voice from audio), while VD stands for Voice Design (creating a new voice from a text description).

Can I use it to clone a celebrity's voice?

Technically yes, but Alibaba's usage policies usually prohibit cloning voices without consent to prevent deepfake misuse.

TTS-VC-Flash

Voice cloning in 3 seconds.

From Alibaba Cloud

Founder: Alibaba Qwen Team (Alibaba Cloud)

Audio & Music

Dec 2025

2 Million+

Freemium

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Freemium

Starting Price

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About This AI

TTS-VC-Flash (officially Qwen3-TTS-VC-Flash) is a state-of-the-art voice cloning model released by Alibaba’s Qwen team. Part of the Qwen3 audio family, this model is designed for extreme efficiency and “zero-shot” performance, capable of cloning a person’s voice using just 3 seconds of reference audio.

Unlike older models that require minutes of training, TTS-VC-Flash can instantly replicate timbre, prosody, and emotion across 10 distinct languages. It is released alongside a sister model, TTS-VD-Flash (Voice Design), which generates entirely new voices from detailed text descriptions (e.g., “Middle-aged man, raspy voice, excited tone”).

Audio Editor Text To Audio Voice Cloning Voice Design

Pricing

Pricing Model

Freemium

Starting Price

N/A

Key Features

3-Second Voice Cloning: Replicates a user's voice with high fidelity using only a 3-second audio sample.
Voice Design (VD): Allows users to create custom voices by describing them in natural language (e.g., "Young female, professional news anchor tone").
Cross-Lingual Synthesis: Can take a voice sample in one language (e.g., English) and make it speak fluently in 9 others (Chinese, Japanese, French, etc.).
High Expressiveness: Captures subtle emotional cues and speech rhythms better than previous iterations like GPT-4o Audio.
Low Latency: The "Flash" designation indicates it is optimized for real-time applications, making it suitable for live conversational agents.
Robust Text Handling: capable of interpreting complex text instructions and formatting for proper pronunciation.

Pros

Significantly faster than competitors like ElevenLabs.
"Voice Design" offers creative control without needing a reference file.
Excellent cross-lingual capabilities for dubbing.
Outperforms GPT-4o-mini-tts in benchmark testing.
Available via API for easy integration.

Cons

Currently requires API access (weights not fully open-sourced yet).
Potential for misuse in creating deepfakes due to the low audio requirement.
Cloning quality can vary if the 3-second sample is noisy.

Best for Developers building conversational AI agents, content creators needing automated dubbing, and game developers requiring dynamic character voices.

FAQs

Is TTS-VC-Flash free?
The model is available for free testing on platforms like Hugging Face Spaces. For commercial or high-volume use, it is accessed via the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API, which typically charges per character or minute of audio generated.
How many languages does it support?
It currently supports 10 major languages, including Chinese, English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian.
What is the difference between VC and VD?
VC stands for Voice Cloning (copying an existing voice from audio), while VD stands for Voice Design (creating a new voice from a text description).
Can I use it to clone a celebrity’s voice?
Technically yes, but Alibaba’s usage policies usually prohibit cloning voices without consent to prevent deepfake misuse.