aid: speechify
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/speechify/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Speechify
kind: company
description: Speechify is a text-to-speech platform whose Speechify Voice API (also
  surfaced through Speechify Studio) synthesizes lifelike speech in 30+ languages
  from plain text or SSML. The REST API at https://api.sws.speechify.com offers
  non-streaming and streaming text-to-speech, a voice catalog, and instant voice
  cloning, authenticated with a Bearer API key.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- AI
- Text to Speech
- Voice
- Speech Synthesis
- Voice Cloning
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: speechify:text-to-speech
  name: Speechify Text-to-Speech API
  tags:
  - Text to Speech
  - Speech Synthesis
  - SSML
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/v1/api-reference/api-reference/tts/audio/speech
  baseURL: https://api.sws.speechify.com/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/tts/overview/welcome
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/v1/api-reference/api-reference/tts/audio/speech
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/speechify-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/speechify.postman_collection.json
    type: Postman
  description: Synthesizes lifelike speech from plain text or SSML via POST
    /v1/audio/speech, returning base64-encoded audio (wav, mp3, ogg, aac, or pcm)
    plus speech marks for word-level timing, using the simba-english or
    simba-multilingual models across 30+ languages.
- aid: speechify:streaming-tts
  name: Speechify Streaming TTS API
  tags:
  - Streaming
  - Text to Speech
  - Low Latency
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/v1/api-reference/api-reference/tts/audio/stream
  baseURL: https://api.sws.speechify.com/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/docs/features/streaming
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/v1/api-reference/api-reference/tts/audio/stream
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/speechify-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/speechify.postman_collection.json
    type: Postman
  description: Streams synthesized audio as a chunked HTTP response from POST
    /v1/audio/stream for sub-300ms time-to-first-byte playback, with Accept values
    of audio/mpeg, audio/ogg, audio/aac, or audio/pcm (WAV is not available for
    streaming).
- aid: speechify:voices
  name: Speechify Voices API
  tags:
  - Voices
  - Catalog
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/v1/api-reference/api-reference/tts/voices
  baseURL: https://api.sws.speechify.com/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/tts/overview/welcome
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/v1/api-reference/api-reference/tts/voices/delete
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/speechify-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/speechify.postman_collection.json
    type: Postman
  description: Lists the available voices via GET /v1/voices, including 1,000+
    pre-set Speechify voices and any personal cloned voices, each with id, gender,
    locale, and tags for selection by voice_id.
- aid: speechify:voice-cloning
  name: Speechify Voice Cloning API
  tags:
  - Voice Cloning
  - Custom Voices
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/tts/guides/voice-cloning
  baseURL: https://api.sws.speechify.com/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/v1/docs/features/voice-cloning
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.sws.speechify.com/v1/api-reference/api-reference/tts/voices/delete
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/speechify-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/speechify.postman_collection.json
    type: Postman
  description: Creates an instant personal voice clone from a 10-30 second audio
    sample via multipart POST /v1/voices with explicit consent (full name and
    email), and removes cloned voices via DELETE /v1/voices/{id}.
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/SpeechifyInc
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/speechify
- type: Website
  url: https://speechify.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.sws.speechify.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/speechify-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/speechify-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/speechify-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com