Deepgram Aura-2 Recognized as Leading Solution for Delivering Natural, Context-Aware Text-To-Speech with Unmatched Clarity, Speed, and Cost-Efficiency for Real-Time Enterprise Interactions

Deepgram, the leading voice AI platform for enterprise use cases, today announced that TMC has named its Aura-2, the world’s most professional, cost-effective, and enterprise-grade text-to-speech (TTS) model, a winner of the 2025 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Awards.

Deepgram Aura-2 delivers what businesses need most in real-time interactions, natural, context-aware speech with unmatched clarity, as well as sub-200ms responsiveness and cost-efficiency at scale. From fast-food drive-thrus to busy medical practices, it is purpose-built for mission-critical environments, combining domain-specific accuracy with over 40 professional voices to ensure every interaction sounds human, precise, and on brand. Running on Deepgram’s secure, production-grade infrastructure, it offers deployment flexibility, seamless integration with speech-to-text (STT), and the scalability to support thousands of simultaneous requests – all at a lower cost than competing solutions. Aura-2 sets the new standard for enterprise voice AI, redefining how organizations power natural, reliable, and real-time communication.

“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 is truly innovative and deserves to be included amongst the best communications products and services available on the market today. I look forward to continued excellence from Deepgram in 2025 and beyond.”

“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. “Customer communication is the foundation of trust, credibility, and lasting relationships, and as such, it directly impacts the bottom line. With Aura-2, organizations can deliver natural, context-aware conversations in real time, and importantly, free employees to focus on higher-value, strategic work that drives growth.” He continued, “This recognition reinforces Aura-2 as the first and only enterprise-grade TTS solution that can enable businesses to deliver world-class customer experiences that help drive measurable business results.”

Winners of the 2025 Communications Solutions Products of the Year Awards are published on TMCnet.

About TMC

For more than 20 years, TMC has been honoring technology companies with awards in various categories. These awards are regarded as some of the most prestigious and respected awards in the communications and technology sector worldwide. Winners represent prominent players in the market who consistently demonstrate the advancement of technologies. Each recipient is a verifiable leader in the marketplace.

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About Deepgram

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 our 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 our unmatched accuracy, low latency, and pricing. Customers include technology ISVs building voice products or platforms, co-sell partners working with large enterprises, and enterprises solving internal use cases. Having processed over 50,000 years of audio and transcribed over 1 trillion words, there is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram. To learn more, visit www.deepgram.com, read our developer docs, or follow @DeepgramAI on X and LinkedIn.

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“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...