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Deepgram’s Aura-2 has been recognized as a 2025 Communications Solutions Product of the Year by TMC, highlighting its transformative impact on enterprise voice interactions. Announced on August 29, 2025, this award underscores Aura-2’s leadership in delivering natural, scalable, and cost-effective text-to-speech (TTS) solutions for mission-critical environments.
Deepgram’s Aura-2 wins 2025 Communications Solutions Product of the Year.
Delivers natural, context-aware TTS with sub-200ms responsiveness.
Supports over 40 professional voices for precise, on-brand interactions.
Offers unmatched scalability and cost-efficiency for enterprise use.
Integrates seamlessly with speech-to-text for unified voice AI.
Recognized for enabling measurable business results in real-time.
Deepgram’s Aura-2 was named a winner of the 2025 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Awards by TMC, affirming its position as a leading enterprise-grade TTS solution. “On behalf of TMC and TMCnet editors, we are honored to recognize Deepgram as a winner of the 2025 Communications Solutions Products of the Year Awards,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC’s CEO and Group Editor-in-Chief. Aura-2 stands out for its ability to deliver natural, context-aware speech tailored for industries like healthcare and fast-food, where clarity and speed are critical.
Aura-2 redefines enterprise voice AI with sub-200ms responsiveness and over 40 professional voices, ensuring human-like, on-brand interactions. Its domain-specific accuracy handles complex terminology, such as medical or technical jargon, without manual intervention. “We built Aura-2 to solve the toughest challenges enterprises face in mission-critical voice interactions: quality, speed, scalability, and cost,” said Natalie Rutgers, VP of Product, Deepgram. This precision makes Aura-2 ideal for real-time applications like drive-thrus and medical practices.
Running on Deepgram’s secure, production-grade infrastructure, Aura-2 supports thousands of simultaneous requests, offering unmatched scalability. Priced at $0.030 per 1,000 characters, it undercuts competitors like ElevenLabs Turbo ($0.050) and Cartesia Sonic ($0.038), delivering enterprise-grade performance without cost trade-offs. Its seamless integration with Deepgram’s speech-to-text (STT) capabilities ensures a unified voice AI ecosystem, enhancing operational efficiency.
Aura-2 empowers organizations to deliver world-class customer experiences while freeing employees for strategic tasks. “Customer communication is the foundation of trust, credibility, and lasting relationships, and as such, it directly impacts the bottom line,” added Rutgers. By automating high-quality, context-aware conversations, Aura-2 drives measurable business outcomes, from improved customer satisfaction to increased operational productivity.
Deepgram’s Aura-2 sets a new benchmark for enterprise voice AI, combining clarity, speed, and cost-efficiency to transform real-time interactions. This TMC award validates its role in enabling businesses to achieve scalable, impactful communication solutions in the AI-driven era.
Deepgram is the leading voice AI platform for enterprise use cases, offering speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS), and full speech-to-speech (STS) capabilities, all powered by Deepgram’s enterprise-grade runtime. 200,000+ developers build with Deepgram’s voice-native foundational models – accessed through cloud APIs or as self-hosted / on-premises APIs – due to its unmatched accuracy, low latency, and pricing.
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