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Create speech

audio.speech.create(SpeechCreateParams**kwargs) -> BinaryResponseContent
POST/audio/speech

Generates audio from the input text.

Returns the audio file content, or a stream of audio events.

ParametersExpand Collapse
input: str

The text to generate audio for. The maximum length is 4096 characters.

maxLength4096
model: Union[str, SpeechModel]

One of the available TTS models: tts-1, tts-1-hd, gpt-4o-mini-tts, or gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15.

One of the following:
str
Literal["tts-1", "tts-1-hd", "gpt-4o-mini-tts", "gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15"]
One of the following:
"tts-1"
"tts-1-hd"
"gpt-4o-mini-tts"
"gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15"
voice: Voice

The voice to use when generating the audio. Supported built-in voices are alloy, ash, ballad, coral, echo, fable, onyx, nova, sage, shimmer, verse, marin, and cedar. You may also provide a custom voice object with an id, for example { "id": "voice_1234" }. Previews of the voices are available in the Text to speech guide.

One of the following:
str
Literal["alloy", "ash", "ballad", 7 more]
One of the following:
"alloy"
"ash"
"ballad"
"coral"
"echo"
"sage"
"shimmer"
"verse"
"marin"
"cedar"
class VoiceID: …

Custom voice reference.

id: str

The custom voice ID, e.g. voice_1234.

instructions: Optional[str]

Control the voice of your generated audio with additional instructions. Does not work with tts-1 or tts-1-hd.

maxLength4096
response_format: Optional[Literal["mp3", "opus", "aac", 3 more]]

The format to audio in. Supported formats are mp3, opus, aac, flac, wav, and pcm.

One of the following:
"mp3"
"opus"
"aac"
"flac"
"wav"
"pcm"
speed: Optional[float]

The speed of the generated audio. Select a value from 0.25 to 4.0. 1.0 is the default.

minimum0.25
maximum4
stream_format: Optional[Literal["sse", "audio"]]

The format to stream the audio in. Supported formats are sse and audio. sse is not supported for tts-1 or tts-1-hd.

One of the following:
"sse"
"audio"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
BinaryResponseContent

Create speech

from pathlib import Path
import openai

speech_file_path = Path(__file__).parent / "speech.mp3"
with openai.audio.speech.with_streaming_response.create(
  model="gpt-4o-mini-tts",
  voice="alloy",
  input="The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
) as response:
  response.stream_to_file(speech_file_path)
Returns Examples