OpenAI TTS
The ChatGPT maker's voices, for developers.
- Best for
- Apps already using OpenAI
- On your PC
- No, online only
- Works on
- API
- Made by
- OpenAI
What’s good
- Simple to add if you already use OpenAI
- Tell it how to speak with plain instructions
Downsides
- Older voices rank far below today's leaders
- Preset voices only, no cloning
- No app for normal users, API only
At a glance.
- Best for
- Apps already using OpenAI
- Price
- Paid
- For developers
- $12 per 1M audio tokens (gpt-4o-mini-tts); tts-1 $15 per 1M characters
- Version
- gpt-4o-mini-tts
- Works on
- API
- Open source
- No
- Made by
- OpenAI
- Website
- platform.openai.com
How it ranks.
- Artificial Analysis Speech Arena (TTS-1 HD)#45 · 11062026-11-05
Can I run it myself?
No. It only runs online.
Your prompts and files go to the company’s servers. See the local options in this category for a private alternative.
Want it offline? The best local option for text to speech is Kokoro.