OpenAI: GPT Audio
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tts
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~4781 tokens per clip
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4.6
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OpenAI: GPT Audio is a text-to-speech voice built by OpenAI. Routed through external models — ~4,781 tokens per clip (50% markup over upstream cost).
Use via API
OpenAI-compatible REST API. Generate a key and call this model in seconds.
curl -X POST https://api.free.ai/v1/tts/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk-free-..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"openai/gpt-audio","text":"hello world"}'Similar models
Frequently Asked Questions
OpenAI: GPT Audio supports a wide range of languages. The exact list depends on the engine; the form on this page accepts any text and the engine will render in its supported languages. See /voice/ for the full multi-engine picker if you need a specific language.
Most engines render neutral-American English by default and a region-appropriate accent for non-English languages. Premium engines may expose accent variants - paste a sample to compare.
SSML support varies by engine. Pause, prosody, and emphasis tags are honored on most premium engines and on a few self-hosted ones. Plain text always works - no markup required.
Streaming TTS is available on premium engines via the /v1/tts/ API endpoint with stream=true. The web UI on this page returns the full clip once rendering finishes.
OpenAI: GPT Audio is a premium TTS engine. Cost scales with character count - typically ~30 tokens per character, shown live before you generate. Self-hosted voices run free on your 30,000-token daily pool; premium models are pay-as-you-go, with top-ups from $1.
Up to 5,000 characters per request on the web UI. For longer pieces (audiobooks, full chapters), use /voice/audiobook/ which chunks and stitches automatically, or call the API in a loop.
Yes - POST a list of strings to /v1/tts/batch/, or use the workspace UI at /workspace/ to chain TTS into a longer pipeline (e.g., translate → speak → stitch).
Yes - POST text to /v1/tts/ with model="OpenAI: GPT Audio" (or the slug on this page). Returns WAV or MP3. See /api/ for full reference + SDK snippets.
This page is text-to-speech, not voice cloning - the voice is the engine's default. For voice cloning (uploading a reference audio), see /voice/clone/, which requires you to either own the voice rights or have explicit written consent.
Self-hosted engines run on Free.ai-owned GPUs; nothing leaves our servers. Premium engines pass text to upstream model providers under our DPA. We do not train on your inputs and do not sell data.
Yes - Free.ai grants commercial use of generated audio. The engine's underlying license (Apache 2.0, MIT, or vendor terms) is shown above and on the model reference page; in practice this means voiceovers, ads, podcasts, and apps are all in-scope.
Yes - failed jobs auto-refund to the source (daily pool or paid tokens). If a refund does not show up the same day, email contact@free.ai.