This project provides a local, OpenAI-compatible text-to-speech (TTS) API using edge-tts. It emulates the OpenAI TTS endpoint (/v1/audio/speech), enabling users to generate speech from text with various voice options and playback speeds, just like the OpenAI API.

edge-tts uses Microsoft Edge's online text-to-speech service, so it is completely free.

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• OpenAI-Compatible Endpoint: /v1/audio/speech with similar request structure and behavior.
• Supported Voices: Maps OpenAI voices (alloy, echo, fable, onyx, nova, shimmer) to edge-tts equivalents.
• Flexible Formats: Supports multiple audio formats (mp3, opus, aac, flac, wav, pcm).
• Adjustable Speed: Option to modify playback speed (0.25x to 4.0x).
• Optional Direct Edge-TTS Voice Selection: Use either OpenAI voice mappings or specify any edge-tts voice directly.

• Docker (recommended): Docker and Docker Compose for containerized setup.
• Python (optional): For local development, install dependencies in requirements.txt.
• ffmpeg: Required for audio format conversion and playback speed adjustments.

1. Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/openai-edge-tts.git
cd openai-edge-tts

2. Environment Variables: Create a .env file in the root directory with the following variables:

API_KEY=your_api_key_here
PORT=5050

DEFAULT_VOICE=en-US-AndrewNeural
DEFAULT_RESPONSE_FORMAT=mp3
DEFAULT_SPEED=1.0

DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=en-US

REQUIRE_API_KEY=True

3. Run with Docker Compose (recommended):

docker-compose up --build

(Note: docker-compose is not the same as docker compose — we're working on Docker Compose V2 to accommodate both. In the interim, use the commands below if you have issues with docker compose.)

Alternatively, run directly with Docker:

docker build -t openai-edge-tts .
docker run -p 5050:5050 --env-file .env openai-edge-tts

To run the container in the background, add -d after the docker run command:

docker run -d -p 5050:5050 --env-file .env openai-edge-tts

4. Access the API: Your server will be accessible at http://localhost:5050.

If you prefer to run this project directly with Python, follow these steps to set up a virtual environment, install dependencies, and start the server.

git clone https://github.com/your-username/openai-edge-tts.git
cd openai-edge-tts

Create and activate a virtual environment to isolate dependencies:

# For macOS/Linux
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# For Windows
python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate

Use pip to install the required packages listed in requirements.txt:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a .env file in the root directory and set the following variables:

API_KEY=your_api_key_here
PORT=5050

DEFAULT_VOICE=en-US-AndrewNeural
DEFAULT_RESPONSE_FORMAT=mp3
DEFAULT_SPEED=1.0

DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=en-US

REQUIRE_API_KEY=True

Once configured, start the server with:

python app/server.py

The server will start running at http://localhost:5050.

You can now interact with the API at http://localhost:5050/v1/audio/speech and other available endpoints. See the Usage section for request examples.

Generates audio from the input text. Available parameters:

Required Parameter:

• input (string): The text to be converted to audio (up to 4096 characters).

Optional Parameters:

• model (string): Set to "tts-1" or "tts-1-hd" (default: "tts-1").
• voice (string): One of the OpenAI-compatible voices (alloy, echo, fable, onyx, nova, shimmer) or any valid edge-tts voice (default: "en-US-AndrewNeural").
• response_format (string): Audio format. Options: mp3, opus, aac, flac, wav, pcm (default: mp3).
• speed (number): Playback speed (0.25 to 4.0). Default is 1.0.

Example request with curl and saving the output to an mp3 file:

curl -X POST http://localhost:5050/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here" \
  -d '{
    "input": "Hello, I am your AI assistant! Just let me know how I can help bring your ideas to life.",
    "voice": "echo",
    "response_format": "mp3",
    "speed": 1.0
  }' \
  --output speech.mp3

Or, to be in line with the OpenAI API endpoint parameters:

curl -X POST http://localhost:5050/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here" \
  -d '{
    "model": "tts-1",
    "input": "Hello, I am your AI assistant! Just let me know how I can help bring your ideas to life.",
    "voice": "alloy"
  }' \
  --output speech.mp3

And an example of a language other than English:

curl -X POST http://localhost:5050/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here" \
  -d '{
    "model": "tts-1",
    "input": "じゃあ、行く。電車の時間、調べておくよ。",
    "voice": "ja-JP-KeitaNeural"
  }' \
  --output speech.mp3

• GET /v1/models: Lists available TTS models.
• GET /v1/voices: Lists edge-tts voices for a given language / locale.
• GET /v1/voices/all: Lists all edge-tts voices, with language support information.

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and create a pull request for any improvements.

This project is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0)

Open up the Admin Panel and go to Settings -> Audio

Below, you can see a screenshot of the correct configuration for using this project to substitute the OpenAI endpoint

• your_api_key_here never needs to be replaced — No "real" API key is required. Use whichever string you'd like.
• The quickest way to get this up and running is to install docker and run the command below:

docker run -d -p 5050:5050 -e API_KEY=your_api_key_here -e PORT=5050 travisvn/openai-edge-tts:latest