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POST
/
api
/
v1
/
lightning
/
get_speech
Generate speech from text (Lightning)
curl --request POST \
  --url https://waves-api.smallest.ai/api/v1/lightning/get_speech \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "text": "<string>",
  "voice_id": "<string>",
  "sample_rate": 24000,
  "speed": 1,
  "language": "auto",
  "output_format": "pcm"
}
'
"<string>"

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <api_key>, where <api_key> is your api key.

Body

application/json
​
text
string
required

The text to convert to speech.

​
voice_id
string
required

The voice identifier to use for speech generation.

​
sample_rate
integer
default:24000

The sample rate for the generated audio.

Required range: 8000 <= x <= 24000
​
speed
number
default:1

The speed of the generated speech.

Required range: 0.5 <= x <= 2
​
language
enum<string>
default:auto

Language code for text normalization (e.g., how numbers, dates, and abbreviations are spelled out). Set to 'auto' for automatic language detection, or specify a language code like 'en' or 'hi'.

Available options:
auto,
en,
hi
​
output_format
enum<string>
default:pcm

The format of the output audio.

Available options:
pcm,
mp3,
wav,
mulaw

Response

Synthesized speech retrieved successfully.

A PCM int16 WAV file at the specified sample rate.