Audience
Developers, AI researchers, and product teams seeking to build real-time conversational systems that can perceive and respond to human speech, expressions, gestures, timing, and visual context
About Griffin
Griffin is Tavus’s first Human Interaction Model, a full-duplex video-to-video system designed to understand and generate face-to-face human interaction in real time. Unlike traditional conversational systems that process speech recognition, language modeling, and speech synthesis sequentially, Griffin continuously perceives audio and video, decides when and how to respond, and generates expressive speech and video at the same time. It pays attention not only to words, but also to tone, gaze, facial expression, gestures, pauses, interruptions, and the surrounding visual context. The model can backchannel, yield or take the conversational turn, react to interruptions, remain engaged during silence, and adjust its emotional tone and nonverbal behavior as the interaction changes. Griffin generates the full visual scene from a reference image, including the face, body, hands, chair movement, shadows, and background, rather than animating only a talking head.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$22 per month
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Company Information
Tavus
Founded: 2020
United States
www.tavus.io/griffin
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Cloud
Training
Documentation
Videos
Support
Online
Griffin Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Griffin work with?
Griffin works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Griffin support in their product?
Griffin supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does Griffin offer?
Griffin offers support via online.
Q: What other applications or services does Griffin integrate with?
Griffin integrates with: Tavus.
Q: Does Griffin have an API?
Yes, Griffin has an API.
Q: What type of training does Griffin provide?
Griffin provides training in the form of documentation and videos.
Q: How much does Griffin cost?
Pricing for Griffin starts at $22 per month.
