Piper TTS

About Piper TTS

Piper is a fast, local neural text-to-speech system optimized for Raspberry Pi and other edge devices. It uses VITS-based models that have been trained on high-quality voice recordings, delivering natural-sounding speech with minimal computational requirements. Piper is perfect for applications requiring real-time speech synthesis without cloud dependencies.

Key Features

Use Cases

How to Use Piper TTS

1. 1

   Sign up free or open the demo

   Create a free TextToSpeechAI account to receive starter credits, or use the on-page demo to try Piper instantly without signing in.

2. 2

   Choose a Piper voice

   Open the voice library and filter by the Piper engine, then preview voices across your target language and accent to find the right one.

3. 3

   Enter or paste your text

   Type or paste the script you want spoken into the text box. Piper handles punctuation and longer passages well, so you can drop in full paragraphs.

4. 4

   Adjust speed and generate

   Set the speaking speed (roughly 0.5x to 2.0x) to suit your project, then click generate to have Piper synthesize the audio in seconds on CPU.

5. 5

   Download the audio or call the API

   Download your clip as MP3, WAV, or OGG from the result panel, or automate it by sending the same Piper voice slug to the /v1/generate/ REST endpoint.

Piper TTS API

Generate speech programmatically using the TextToSpeechAI REST API.

curl -X POST "https://api.texttospeechai.com/v1/generate/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "Welcome to Piper, a fast and lightweight neural text\u002Dto\u002Dspeech engine.",
    "voice": "en_GB-alan-low"
  }'

Frequently Asked Questions