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# Dessa: the most authentic full\-duplex speech model ever built

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**Published:** 2026-10-23T19:09:54.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** llm, agent

## Summary

Dessa is a research preview of a full\-duplex speech model\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://block.xyz/dessa>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50213925>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/block-launches-dessa-voice-ai-trained-without-text-or-pretrained-models-3f84c4a2>)
- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/block-launches-dessa-voice-ai-trained-without-text-or-pretrained-models-3f84c4a2>)