No synthesis. No voice cloning. No neural vocoders. Just real, down-home old-fashioned vocal chords.
Trusted by over zero Fortune 500 companies. Loved by like seven of Myra's friends. Really, they said so!
Myra. Founder. Best customer.
So are we! While the rest of the world races to generate more synthetic speech, we asked a different question.
Can we bring speech back to the world of the living?
humanTTS is the world's first (and only) non-synthetic text-to-speech API. You send a string, Myra reads it, and Bob's your uncle! You receive the audio.
It's slow, it's expensive, and it's inconsistent. It's genuinely human, which is something no amount of transformer layers can give you. We call it artisan speech synthesis, because Myra uses "bespoke" wayyy too much lately.
Get your human TTS in just 4 steps:
POST /v1/speak with your string, a voice ID, and API key.
She reads your text aloud, in the voice requested. She is not good at accents. This is priced in.
Not even Myra knows what happens in this step, and she made the damn thing. Something to do with containers.
High quality audio returned directly to your endpoint!
Type something. Then wait...
Every voice in our catalog is Myra. We believe in consistency.
| Voice ID | Description |
|---|---|
en-US-Myra |
Standard American. Myra is American. Please use this one.... |
en-GB-Myra |
British. Sounds like someone from Missouri pretending to be British. |
en-AU-Myra |
Australian. Sounds like en-GB-Myra but with less confidence. |
fr-FR-Myra |
French. Mostly "bonjour" and apologies. Do not use for full sentences. |
es-MX-Myra |
Spanish. Dont use this one. Myra took 2 weeks of Spanish Sophomore year before switching to Japanese. |
de-DE-Myra |
German. |
ja-JP-Myra |
Japanese. Four-plus years of high school and college Japanese classes. Honestly just gibberish. |
it-IT-Myra |
Italian. Mostly gestures, which we unfortunately cannot transmit over HTTP. |
en-PIRATE-Myra |
Pirate. A HumanTTS exclusive, ye matey!. |
en-GOTH-Myra |
Goth. Same voice, slightly sadder. |
Every request has a flat base fee plus a per-character rate. Yes it's real, and its predictable!
| Component | Rate | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Base fee | $1.50 | Myra picks up her phone, finds a quiet spot, and hits record. |
| Per character | $0.03 / char | The actual speaking. Longer text, proportionally more. |
Examples:
| Request | Chars | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| "Please leave a message after the tone." | 39 | $2.67 |
| A short paragraph (75 chars) | 75 | $3.75 |
| A full paragraph (200 chars) | 200 | $7.50 |
All prices in USD. You're billed monthly for completed requests only. Rejected or failed requests are never charged.
Our error responses are fully descriptive and occasionally apologetic. Most of them are Myra's fault, and she wants you to know that. No charge for any error.
200 | OK. Myra got to it. |
202 | Accepted. Get ready to have your mind BLOWN. |
408 | Request Timeout. Myra's phone was on silent. |
418 | I'm a teapot. Myra is making tea. |
422 | Unprocessable Entity. Myra tried but it didn't sound right. |
429 | Too Many Requests. Myra is doing her best. |
451 | Unavailable For Legal Reasons. Kids are in the room for Christ's sake. |
503 | Service Unavailable. Myra is asleep. |
507 | Insufficient Storage. Myra is tired. |
418½ | Myra Has Questions. Let's....talk... |
"humanTTS changed my life. It also took four days to say 'Hello, World.' But that's fine."
Dave, developer
"The British accent made me laugh so hard I forgot what I needed text-to-speech for in the first place."
Sarah, product manager
"Finally, an API my grandmother can explain back to me."
Tom, CTO
"We migrated from ElevenLabs and saved $40,000 a month. Our product is now unusable, but the burn rate is *chef's kiss*"
Anonymous, CFO
We're currently onboarding new developers on a strict first-come, when-Myra-has-time basis.
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