Text-to-Speech

Text To Speech

Generate speech from text using the specified voice model. Supports emotion, volume, pitch, and tempo customization.

First, list all available voice models using the GET /v3/voices endpoint, then use the voice_id from the response to generate speech with this endpoint. Each voice model has its own unique characteristics. See Listing all voices for available voices.

post/v1/text-to-speech

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.typecast.ai
  • URL: https://api.typecast.ai/v1/text-to-speech
  • Auth: API key in header X-API-KEY

Request body

textstring required

Text to convert to speech. Minimum 1 character, maximum 2000 characters. Credits consumed based on text length. Supports multiple languages including English, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. Special characters and punctuation are handled automatically.

model'ssfm-v30' | 'ssfm-v21' required

TTS model version to use for speech synthesis. Different models offer varying capabilities and quality levels.

Available models:

  • ssfm-v30: Latest model with improved prosody and additional emotion presets (recommended)
  • ssfm-v21: Stable production model with proven reliability and consistent quality
languagestring

Language code following ISO 639-3 standard. Case-insensitive (both "ENG" and "eng" are accepted). If not provided, will be auto-detected based on text content.

<details> <summary><strong>ssfm-v30 Supported Languages (37)</strong></summary>
CodeLanguageCodeLanguageCodeLanguage
ARAArabicINDIndonesianPORPortuguese
BENBengaliITAItalianRONRomanian
BULBulgarianJPNJapaneseRUSRussian
CESCzechKORKoreanSLKSlovak
DANDanishMSAMalaySPASpanish
DEUGermanNANMin NanSWESwedish
ELLGreekNLDDutchTAMTamil
ENGEnglishNORNorwegianTGLTagalog
FINFinnishPANPunjabiTHAThai
FRAFrenchPOLPolishTURTurkish
HINHindiUKRUkrainianVIEVietnamese
HRVCroatianYUECantoneseZHOChinese
HUNHungarian
</details> <details> <summary><strong>ssfm-v21 Supported Languages (27)</strong></summary>
CodeLanguageCodeLanguageCodeLanguage
ARAArabicINDIndonesianRONRomanian
BULBulgarianITAItalianRUSRussian
CESCzechJPNJapaneseSLKSlovak
DANDanishKORKoreanSPASpanish
DEUGermanMSAMalaySWESwedish
ELLGreekNLDDutchTAMTamil
ENGEnglishPOLPolishTGLTagalog
FINFinnishPORPortugueseUKRUkrainian
FRAFrenchHRVCroatianZHOChinese
</details>
voice_idstring required

Voice identifier. Two prefixes are supported:

  • tc_ — Built-in Typecast voices (e.g., tc_60e5426de8b95f1d3000d7b5). See Listing all voices for available IDs.
  • uc_ — Custom voices created via Instant cloning (e.g., uc_64a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1). Only the owner of a cloned voice can use it.

Case-sensitive: must use lowercase prefix.

Example request

{
  "text": "Everything is so incredibly perfect that I feel like I'm dreaming.",
  "output": {
    "volume": 100,
    "audio_tempo": 1,
    "target_lufs": -14,
    "audio_format": "wav",
    "remove_silence_ms": 100
  },
  "prompt": {
    "next_text": "I am literally bursting with happiness and I never want this feeling to end!",
    "emotion_type": "smart",
    "previous_text": "I feel like I'm walking on air and I just want to scream with joy!"
  },
  "language": "eng",
  "voice_id": "tc_60e5426de8b95f1d3000d7b5"
}

Response

Success - Returns audio file

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.