TADA

Marcus

Standard English Male TADA

Marcus is a male AI voice powered by the TADA text-to-speech model. This standard-tier voice speaks English and delivers studio-quality speech synthesis. With near-instant generation speed and a quality rating of 5/5, Marcus is well-suited for high-quality hallucination-free speech, emotional expression, fast inference. The TADA engine is developed by Hume AI under the MIT license, making it safe for commercial use. Key capabilities include: zero hallucinations, 5x faster than llm tts, emotional expression, 700s audio context, dual alignment.

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TADAModel Information

Model TADA
Developer Hume AI
Quality
Speed Fast
License MIT
Cloning Not available
Tier Standard (2x characters)
Parameters 1B
Architecture Llama 3.2 + Dual Alignment Codec
Year 2026

Best Use Cases for Marcus

Recommended applications based on this voice's characteristics

Audiobooks & Narration

Use Marcus to narrate long-form content with natural prosody and expression.

Video Voiceovers

Add professional narration to YouTube videos, ads, and social media content.

Apps & Accessibility

Fast generation makes this voice ideal for real-time apps, screen readers, and accessibility tools.

Podcasts & Broadcasting

Studio-quality output suitable for podcasts, radio, and professional broadcasting.

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Frequently Asked Questions

TADA (Text-Acoustic Dual Alignment) by Hume AI is a groundbreaking TTS model that eliminates hallucinations through a novel dual alignment architecture built on Llama 3.2. Available in 1B (English) and 3B (multilingual) variants, TADA achieves an RTF of 0.09 — 5x faster than comparable LLM-based TTS models. It supports up to 700 seconds of audio context and produces emotionally expressive speech with zero hallucinations on standard benchmarks.

TADA was developed by Hume AI and is released under the MIT license, which permits commercial use of generated audio.

TADA supports 1 language: English.

TADA is in the Standard tier — 2 credits per 1,000 characters. You can preview any TADA voice for free before generating full audio.

TADA has very fast generation speed. It runs in near real-time, making it suitable for streaming and interactive applications.

TADA is rated 5/5 for audio quality on TTS.ai. It delivers studio-grade, human-like speech.

No, TADA uses a fixed set of built-in voices. For voice cloning, try models like CosyVoice 2, GPT-SoVITS, or Chatterbox.

Yes, TADA is specifically recommended for high-quality hallucination-free speech, emotional expression, fast inference. Its zero hallucinations, 5x faster than llm tts, emotional expression capabilities make it an excellent choice for this use case.

Yes, TADA is licensed under MIT, which allows commercial use. Audio generated with TADA voices can be used in videos, podcasts, apps, games, and any other commercial project.

Yes, all voices on TTS.ai use commercially-licensed open-source models (MIT, Apache 2.0). The generated audio is yours to use in videos, podcasts, apps, games, and any other commercial application.

Send a POST request to /api/v1/tts/ with the model name and voice ID. See our API Documentation page for code examples in Python, JavaScript, Go, and cURL.

Yes, click the play button on this page to hear a sample. You can also type custom text on the Text to Speech page and generate a free preview with any voice.

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Type any text and hear it spoken by Marcus. Free to use.