Text-to-Speech Generator (OpenAI voice generator) 🎤🔊 Convert text to speech using OpenAI's text-to-speech API. Simple, fast, and user-friendly. ## How it works 1. Provide your text and OpenAI API key 2. Choose a voice and settings 3. Get back an audio file stored in the key-value store ## Voices OpenAI provides 6 voices. All of them are optimized for English: - alloy - Balanced, versatile (default) - echo - Warm, upbeat - fable - Clear, expressive - onyx - Deep, authoritative - nova - Smooth, confident - shimmer - Soft, whispery Listen to voice samples at OpenAI's documentation. ## Input | Field | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | text | ✅ | Text to convert (max 4,096 characters) | | openai_api_key | ✅ | Your OpenAI API key | | voice | ❌ | Voice to use (default: alloy) | | model | ❌ | tts-1 (faster) or tts-1-hd (higher quality) | | response_format | ❌ | mp3, opus, aac, or flac (default: mp3) | | speed | ❌ | Speech speed 0.25-4.0 (default: 1.0) | ### Example input: json { "text": "Hello! Welcome to our text-to-speech service.", "openai_api_key": "sk-your-api-key-here", "voice": "nova", "model": "tts-1-hd" } ## Output The actor outputs: - Dataset: Result info with audio file name and status - Key-value store: The actual audio file you can download ### Dataset output: json { "text": "Hello! Welcome to our text-to-speech service.", "voice": "nova", "audio_file": "speech.mp3", "status": "success" } ### Download your audio The audio file is saved in the key-value store. You can: 1. Download it from the Apify Console (Storage → Key-value stores) 2. Access it via API: https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/{STORE_ID}/records/speech.mp3 ## Usage ### Apify Console 1. Find this actor in the Apify Store 2. Click "Try for free" 3. Enter your text and OpenAI API key 4. Run and download your audio file ### API bash curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/hsmtk1ZP05MLGe7De/runs" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \ -d '{"text": "Hello world", "openai_api_key": "sk-..."}' ## Pricing - OpenAI: ~$15 per 1M characters (tts-1) or $30 per 1M characters (tts-1-hd) ## Limitations - Max 4,096 characters per text - Voices optimized for English - Requires OpenAI API key --- Transform your text into speech in seconds! 🎵