Model catalogue · OpenAI
OpenAI Sprachausgabe
OpenAI's speech output models turn text into spoken audio - the reverse of dictation: pleadings to listen to on the way to a hearing, summaries read aloud, announcement texts. Listening does not replace reading the text. They are procured via Azure, and on that route the contractual chain is closed: the confidentiality undertaking under section 203 of the German Criminal Code is signed for the models sold by the platform, and processing takes place in the chosen region - in Europe only Sweden is evidenced so far.
The confidentiality agreement under section 203 of the German Criminal Code is signed. We set the route up without storage at the provider (zero retention) once the provider has committed to it - at Microsoft through the exception from abuse monitoring, which usually takes months. Until then, storage and review by the provider are not ruled out.
What it is good for
- Intelligible German speech output for file extracts and summaries
- Processing in the deployment region and therefore in an EU member state, not only in the data zone
- Same contractual line as the other models sold by Azure
Where it stops
- Evidenced in Europe only in the Sweden region (as of 2026-08-17) - we found no German deployment
- Produces audio from text and does not replace checking that text - for dictation and transcripts the opposite direction applies
- Abuse monitoring is active by default; switching it off depends on a vendor approval that cannot be booked directly
Status through us
The same model, procured differently, is a different legal position. The status above refers to procurement through us; processing takes place in a third country.
Which route carries it, with which instrument and under which condition, we set out in full to the firm before it commissions us - section 203(4) requires that the chain can be checked, not that it is published. The full matrix, with the sources behind every route, can be requested in the German catalogue after confirming your e-mail address, and we go through it in the conversation.
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