February 5, 2026
New text-to-speech model from @rimelabs today: Arcana v3.
Rime's models excel at customization and personality. The new model is fast, available in 10 languages, and you can use it as a cloud API or run it on-prem. The model also outputs word-level timestamps, which is very important for maintaining accurate LLM context during a voice agent conversation.
Listen to Arcana v3 in this video. @chadbailey59 uses the open source Pipecat CLI to set up a voice agent from scratch, customize the prompt, and talk to it!
Arcana v3 launch post[1]
Pipecat CLI[2]