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---
title: "Tts"
description: "Text-to-speech endpoints"
---

## Overview

Text-to-speech endpoints

### Available Operations

* [create_speech](#create_speech) - Create speech

## create_speech

Synthesizes audio from the input text. Returns a raw audio bytestream in the requested format (e.g. mp3, pcm, wav).

### Example Usage

```python
from openrouter import OpenRouter
import os


with OpenRouter(
    http_referer="<value>",
    x_open_router_title="<value>",
    x_open_router_categories="<value>",
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENROUTER_API_KEY", ""),
) as open_router:

    res = open_router.tts.create_speech(input="Hello world", model="mistralai/voxtral-mini-tts-2603", voice="en_paul_neutral", response_format="pcm", speed=1)

    # Handle response
    print(res)

```

### Parameters

| Parameter                                                                                                                                         | Type                                                                                                                                              | Required                                                                                                                                          | Description                                                                                                                                       | Example                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `input`                                                                                                                                           | *str*                                                                                                                                             | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                                                | Text to synthesize                                                                                                                                | Hello world                                                                                                                                       |
| `model`                                                                                                                                           | *str*                                                                                                                                             | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                                                | TTS model identifier                                                                                                                              | mistralai/voxtral-mini-tts-2603                                                                                                                   |
| `voice`                                                                                                                                           | *str*                                                                                                                                             | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                                                | Voice identifier (provider-specific).                                                                                                             | en_paul_neutral                                                                                                                                   |
| `http_referer`                                                                                                                                    | *Optional[str]*                                                                                                                                   | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                                                                                | The app identifier should be your app's URL and is used as the primary identifier for rankings.<br/>This is used to track API usage per application.<br/> |                                                                                                                                                   |
| `x_open_router_title`                                                                                                                             | *Optional[str]*                                                                                                                                   | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                                                                                | The app display name allows you to customize how your app appears in OpenRouter's dashboard.<br/>                                                 |                                                                                                                                                   |
| `x_open_router_categories`                                                                                                                        | *Optional[str]*                                                                                                                                   | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                                                                                | Comma-separated list of app categories (e.g. "cli-agent,cloud-agent"). Used for marketplace rankings.<br/>                                        |                                                                                                                                                   |
| `provider`                                                                                                                                        | [Optional[components.SpeechRequestProvider]](../../components/speechrequestprovider.mdx)                                                           | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                                                                                | Provider-specific passthrough configuration                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                   |
| `response_format`                                                                                                                                 | [Optional[components.SpeechRequestResponseFormat]](../../components/speechrequestresponseformat.mdx)                                               | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                                                                                | Audio output format                                                                                                                               | pcm                                                                                                                                               |
| `speed`                                                                                                                                           | *Optional[float]*                                                                                                                                 | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                                                                                | Playback speed multiplier. Only used by models that support it (e.g. OpenAI TTS). Ignored by other providers.                                     | 1                                                                                                                                                 |
| `retries`                                                                                                                                         | [Optional[utils.RetryConfig]](../../models/utils/retryconfig.mdx)                                                                                  | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                                                                                | Configuration to override the default retry behavior of the client.                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                   |

### Response

**[httpx.Response](../../models/.mdx)**

### Errors

| Error Type                             | Status Code                            | Content Type                           |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| errors.BadRequestResponseError         | 400                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.UnauthorizedResponseError       | 401                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.PaymentRequiredResponseError    | 402                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.NotFoundResponseError           | 404                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.TooManyRequestsResponseError    | 429                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.InternalServerResponseError     | 500                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.BadGatewayResponseError         | 502                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.ServiceUnavailableResponseError | 503                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.EdgeNetworkTimeoutResponseError | 524                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.ProviderOverloadedResponseError | 529                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.OpenRouterDefaultError          | 4XX, 5XX                               | \*/\*                                  |