Impact Score: 5/10
Ollama v0.40.11 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-10-31.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.40.11. Source highlight: Ollama can now generate speech on macOS. `ollama run` plays text or a chat model's reply aloud as the audio is generated, and apps can stream audio through the OpenAI-compatible `/v1/audio/speech` endpoint.
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📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Speech
Ollama can now generate [speech](https://docs.ollama.com/capabilities/speech) on macOS. `ollama run` plays text or a chat model's reply aloud as the audio is generated, and apps can stream audio through the OpenAI-compatible `/v1/audio/speech` endpoint.
```sh
ollama run phonon "Hello from Ollama."
```
## d3 decision models
[d3](https://ollama.com/library/d3) brings vLLM Semantic Router's decision models to Ollama. Give a model text, structured state, or an image, and ask it to classify, answer yes or no, or score options with probabilities. The family includes 2B, 4B, 9B, and 27B sizes.
```sh
ollama run d3 "A customer says their card was charged twice." --ask "Is this a billing issue?"
```
## New Contributors
* @SynapShift made their first contribution in https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/19173
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/compare/v0.40.10...v0.40.11