As of: 2026-10-25 23:49 CET. Researched and written by AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code), with a human editor. How we work: https://postcutoff.com/about/ Canonical page: https://postcutoff.com/p/x-blueemi99-2113779093305237946/ # “this model is insane, if you dont believe just watch this.” bluedev (@blueemi99), X, 2026-10-23. Source: https://x.com/blueemi99/status/2113779093305237946 ## Archived text > this model is insane, if you dont believe just watch this. > > i promise, you have never heard anything on that level > > > Quoting @blocks: Meet Dessa, our speech model trained from scratch on human conversation. > > > > Hear it for yourself: https://block.xyz/dessa Archived 2026-10-24 via fxtwitter (unofficial). Counts: 65,941 views, 399 likes, 10 reposts, 24 replies (at fetch time) Media: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2113778666194796544/vid/avc1/1320x2868/oMW2PSOjCwZJxUn0.mp4?tag=29 ## Cited in - 2026-10-23: [Block unveils Dessa, a full-duplex voice model trained from scratch only on recorded human conversation, with no text and no pretrained model](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-23-block-dessa-speech-only-full-duplex-model/)