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# Fish Audio Drama 3 Is Here: The Most Controllable TTS Model Ever

Fish Audio, 24 September 2026, YouTube. 1,376,688 views as of 13 October 2026.
Kind: Official.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7PBodkLHOI

## Why it is here

Fish Audio's 41-second announcement of the Drama 3 preview (uploaded 2026-09-24, a day after the preview opened in the API as drama-3-preview). About 1.38M views on YouTube, far above the channel's release video (under 200); that pattern suggests paid promotion, which is not confirmed.

## Description (written by Gemini from the video)

**Summary**  
This video is an official preview teaser by Fish Audio showcasing their text-to-speech model, Drama 3. It demonstrates directable voice acting and fine-grained emotional and delivery control across multiple languages using natural language brackets and inline markup tags.

**What is shown**  
* **[00:02]** Title card introducing "Fish Audio Drama 3 Preview: A voice you can direct."
* **[00:04] – [00:09]** Feature highlights presented on screen: "Add a little [ performance ]", "Describe it in your own words", and "Choose exactly which words change."
* **[00:10] – [00:20]** English voice demo ("Mila"): Audio generation showing rapid mid-sentence shifts guided by prompt tags (`[breathless, speaking fast, urgent]`, `[voice drops to a terrified whisper]`, and `[slow, deadly serious] <emphasis> do not open that door. </emphasis>`).
* **[00:21] – [00:27]** Japanese voice demo ("陽翔 Haruto"): Audio delivery demonstrating emotional nuance using tags (`[surprised, breath catching]` and `[softening into a smile] [pause]`).
* **[00:28] – [00:34]** French voice demo ("Thérèse"): Conversational speech shifting into whispered delivery using inline tags (`[leaning in, conspiratorial]` and `<whisper> entre nous </whisper>`).
* **[00:35] – [00:40]** Outro card announcing availability via Fish Audio Creative Studio and API with early access rolling out.

**Claims & numbers**  
* The video claims users can direct voice performance in their own words and specify exact word-level changes.
* Fish Audio claims early access is rolling out for Drama 3 across Fish Audio Creative Studio and their API.

**Notable quotes**  
* "Just turn off the lights. Stay away from the windows. And whatever you hear out there... do not open that door." — Mila voice demo [00:11]  
* "え、本当に…？ 戻ってきてくれるなんて、思ってなかった。" — Haruto voice demo [00:21]  
* "J'ai un truc à te dire... Ça reste entre nous, d'accord ?" — Thérèse voice demo [00:29]

**Assessment**  
This is an official product teaser and feature showcase illustrating Drama 3's tagged prompt interface and speech generation. While the audio samples cleanly reflect the inline text directions, the video presents pre-rendered showcase clips rather than an unedited live interactive interface demonstration.

_Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-10-13 from the video's audio and frames._

## Related

- 2026-10-13: [Fish Audio releases Drama 3](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-13-fish-audio-drama-3/)