OpenAI voice lead Atty Eleti (@athyuttamre) said ChatGPT Voice in the desktop app is ~60% cheaper for Codex and Work, yielding ~2.4x more voice time so you can orchestrate longer without burning the agentic pool as fast—and leave more tokens for real work.

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  • ✓ChatGPT Voice in desktop Codex/Work is ~60% cheaper.
  • ✓About 2.4x more voice orchestration time on the same pool.
  • ✓Aim is to leave more tokens for real coding work, not voice burn.
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