From c527387f85e8a54662a4d7f3b929124dde842ca1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nickrobin Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 13:23:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] docs(whats-new): add Week of June 1, 2026 entry xAI STT/TTS providers, new Vapi voices (Emma, Clara, Nico), dashboard pronunciation dictionary creation, and phone number fixes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) --- fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx diff --git a/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx b/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c9ab00c23 --- /dev/null +++ b/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# What's New: Week of June 1, 2026 + +1. **xAI Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech**: xAI is now available as a transcriber (STT) and voice (TTS) provider for assistants. + +2. **New Vapi Voices**: Three new voices — Emma, Clara, and Nico — join the [Vapi Voices](https://docs.vapi.ai/providers/voice/vapi-voices) collection. + +3. **Pronunciation Dictionaries in the Dashboard**: The Assistants view now supports creating new [pronunciation dictionaries](https://docs.vapi.ai/assistants/pronunciation-dictionaries) directly from the dashboard. + +4. **Phone Number Fixes**: Improvements to phone number creation and listing. + - The Phone Numbers list no longer breaks on rows with no number or SIP URI. + - Creating a phone number now validates its Vapi identifier up front. From 92db757bc761f95f02fc81dcdb8aec9dbdbc5941 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nickrobin Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 13:24:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] docs(whats-new): rewrite Vapi Voices item as v2 model upgrade Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) --- fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx b/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx index c9ab00c23..9d7f4e93e 100644 --- a/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx +++ b/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ 1. **xAI Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech**: xAI is now available as a transcriber (STT) and voice (TTS) provider for assistants. -2. **New Vapi Voices**: Three new voices — Emma, Clara, and Nico — join the [Vapi Voices](https://docs.vapi.ai/providers/voice/vapi-voices) collection. +2. **Upgraded Vapi Voices**: A new text-to-speech model powering [Vapi Voices](https://docs.vapi.ai/providers/voice/vapi-voices) makes them sound more authentic, human, and consistent — at ~50% lower cost. + - Available for Clara, Godfrey, Layla, Sid, Elliot, Savannah, Nico, Kai, Emma, Sagar, Neil, and Naina. + - Existing deployments don't change automatically — opt in by setting `version: 2` on the voice configuration via the API or Dashboard. 3. **Pronunciation Dictionaries in the Dashboard**: The Assistants view now supports creating new [pronunciation dictionaries](https://docs.vapi.ai/assistants/pronunciation-dictionaries) directly from the dashboard. From 1aa77cf74625fb451dcb8c523ff00624803882cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nickrobin Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 13:27:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] docs(whats-new): replace voice list with link to Vapi Voices page Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) --- fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx b/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx index 9d7f4e93e..b9374cc0b 100644 --- a/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx +++ b/fern/changelog/2026-06-01.mdx @@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ 1. **xAI Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech**: xAI is now available as a transcriber (STT) and voice (TTS) provider for assistants. 2. **Upgraded Vapi Voices**: A new text-to-speech model powering [Vapi Voices](https://docs.vapi.ai/providers/voice/vapi-voices) makes them sound more authentic, human, and consistent — at ~50% lower cost. - - Available for Clara, Godfrey, Layla, Sid, Elliot, Savannah, Nico, Kai, Emma, Sagar, Neil, and Naina. - - Existing deployments don't change automatically — opt in by setting `version: 2` on the voice configuration via the API or Dashboard. + - Existing deployments don't change automatically — opt in by setting `version: 2` on the voice configuration via the API or Dashboard. See [Vapi Voices](https://docs.vapi.ai/providers/voice/vapi-voices) for supported voices and audio samples. 3. **Pronunciation Dictionaries in the Dashboard**: The Assistants view now supports creating new [pronunciation dictionaries](https://docs.vapi.ai/assistants/pronunciation-dictionaries) directly from the dashboard.