Maya1: The Open-Source 3B Voice Model Redefining Expressive AI Speech Synthesis on a Single GPU What is Maya1 and how does it deliver studio-quality emotional voice generation on consumer hardware? Maya1 represents a fundamental shift in voice AI accessibility. Developed by Maya Research and released under the Apache 2.0 license, this 3-billion-parameter decoder-only transformer delivers real-time expressive text-to-speech synthesis that captures genuine human emotion through natural language control and precise inline emotion tags. Unlike proprietary services that charge per-second fees and offer limited customization, Maya1 runs entirely on a single GPU with 16GB+ VRAM, putting production-grade voice synthesis in the …
“ Imagine giving an AI three seconds of a podcast intro and having it continue the conversation—same host, same room tone, same energy—without ever being trained on that show. Xiaomi’s MiMo-Audio team open-sourced a 7-billion-parameter model that does exactly this (and more) after compressing 100 million hours of raw speech. Below is the full story, translated into plain English and kept strictly to the facts published in their paper, blog, and code. 1. What problem is MiMo-Audio trying to solve? Most voice AI tools today are one-trick ponies: A great text-to-speech (TTS) engine can’t transcribe. A solid speech-to-text (STT) model …