puter.ai.txt2speech()

Converts text into speech using AI. Supports multiple languages and voices.

Syntax 

puter.ai.txt2speech(text)
puter.ai.txt2speech(text, options)
puter.ai.txt2speech(text, language)
puter.ai.txt2speech(text, language, voice)
puter.ai.txt2speech(text, language, voice, engine)

Parameters

text (String) (required)

A string containing the text you want to convert to speech. The text must be less than 3000 characters long.

options (Object) (optional)

An object containing the following optional properties:

  • language (String): The language to use for speech synthesis. Defaults to en-US.
  • voice (String): The voice to use for speech synthesis. Defaults to Joanna.
  • engine (String): The speech synthesis engine to use. Can be standard, neural, or generative. Defaults to standard.

language (String) (optional)

The language to use for speech synthesis. Defaults to en-US. The following languages are supported:

  • Arabic (ar-AE)
  • Catalan (ca-ES)
  • Chinese (Cantonese) (yue-CN)
  • Chinese (Mandarin) (cmn-CN)
  • Danish (da-DK)
  • Dutch (Belgian) (nl-BE)
  • Dutch (nl-NL)
  • English (Australian) (en-AU)
  • English (British) (en-GB)
  • English (Indian) (en-IN)
  • English (New Zealand) (en-NZ)
  • English (South African) (en-ZA)
  • English (US) (en-US)
  • English (Welsh) (en-GB-WLS)
  • Finnish (fi-FI)
  • French (fr-FR)
  • French (Belgian) (fr-BE)
  • French (Canadian) (fr-CA)
  • German (de-DE)
  • German (Austrian) (de-AT)
  • Hindi (hi-IN)
  • Icelandic (is-IS)
  • Italian (it-IT)
  • Japanese (ja-JP)
  • Korean (ko-KR)
  • Norwegian (nb-NO)
  • Polish (pl-PL)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (pt-BR)
  • Portuguese (European) (pt-PT)
  • Romanian (ro-RO)
  • Russian (ru-RU)
  • Spanish (European) (es-ES)
  • Spanish (Mexican) (es-MX)
  • Spanish (US) (es-US)
  • Swedish (sv-SE)
  • Turkish (tr-TR)
  • Welsh (cy-GB)

voice (String) (optional)

The voice to use for speech synthesis. Defaults to Joanna. Please refer to the voices documentation for a list of available voices and their corresponding language codes.

engine (String) (optional)

The speech synthesis engine to use. Can be standard, neural, or generative. Defaults to standard. Neural voices generally provide higher quality speech synthesis but may have usage limitations.

Return value

A Promise that will resolve to an MP3 stream when the speech has been synthesized.

Examples

Convert text to speech (Shorthand)

<html>
<body>
    <script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
    <button id="play">Speak!</button>
    <script>
        document.getElementById('play').addEventListener('click', ()=>{
            puter.ai.txt2speech(`Hello world! Puter is pretty amazing, don't you agree?`).then((audio)=>{
                audio.play();
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Convert text to speech using options

<html>
<body>
    <script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
    <button id="play">Speak with options!</button>
    <script>
        document.getElementById('play').addEventListener('click', ()=>{
            puter.ai.txt2speech(`Hello world! This is using a neural voice.`, {
                voice: "Joanna",
                engine: "neural",
                language: "en-US"
            }).then((audio)=>{
                audio.play();
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Compare different engines

<html>
<head>
    <style>
        body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px; }
        textarea { width: 100%; height: 80px; margin: 10px 0; }
        button { margin: 5px; padding: 10px 15px; cursor: pointer; }
        .status { margin: 10px 0; padding: 5px; font-size: 14px; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
    
    <h1>Text-to-Speech Engine Comparison</h1>
    
    <textarea id="text-input" placeholder="Enter text to convert to speech...">Hello world! This is a test of the text-to-speech engines.</textarea>
    
    <div>
        <button onclick="playAudio('standard')">Standard Engine</button>
        <button onclick="playAudio('neural')">Neural Engine</button>
        <button onclick="playAudio('generative')">Generative Engine</button>
    </div>
    
    <div id="status" class="status"></div>

    <script>
        const textInput = document.getElementById('text-input');
        const statusDiv = document.getElementById('status');
        
        async function playAudio(engine) {
            const text = textInput.value.trim();
            
            if (!text) {
                statusDiv.textContent = 'Please enter some text first!';
                return;
            }
            
            if (text.length > 3000) {
                statusDiv.textContent = 'Text must be less than 3000 characters!';
                return;
            }
            
            statusDiv.textContent = `Converting with ${engine} engine...`;
            
            try {
                const audio = await puter.ai.txt2speech(text, {
                    voice: "Joanna",
                    engine: engine,
                    language: "en-US"
                });
                
                statusDiv.textContent = `Playing ${engine} audio`;
                audio.play();
            } catch (error) {
                statusDiv.textContent = `Error: ${error.message}`;
            }
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

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