Grok Text-to-Speech (TTS)

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Grok Text-to-Speech (TTS) is a paid API for AI agents from Grok at grok.mpp.paywithlocus.com, paid per call via MPP, ~$0.005 per 1,000 characters (dynamic), not verified (last probed 2026-10-11); live alternatives: x402engine ElevenLabs Text-to-Speech ($0.02) and Google Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS ($0.0028).

Agents call it through Zero, which pays per call: no API key and no wallet of your own. New accounts start with $5. Live alternatives for the same use case: x402engine ElevenLabs Text-to-Speech ($0.02) · Google Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS ($0.0028).

Converts text into spoken audio using xAI's Grok TTS service, supporting multiple voices, languages, and audio formats with inline speech expression tags.

Avg. price / call~$0.005per 1,000 charactersvaries by input

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How this service works

Convert text to spoken audio. Supports multiple voices, speech tags for expressive delivery, and various output formats.

Output

Returns synthesized audio data in the requested format (mp3, wav, pcm, mulaw, or alaw) representing the spoken version of the input text, rendered by the selected voice and language.

Example use cases

Example prompt

“Convert this script to speech using Grok TTS with the 'ara' warm voice in English: 'Welcome to our podcast. Today we're exploring the future of AI. [pause] Let's dive right in.' — output as an mp3.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://grok.mpp.paywithlocus.com/grok/tts?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Choose this endpoint when you need high-quality AI-generated speech from xAI's Grok platform, especially if you're already using other Grok services (chat, image generation) and want a consistent provider. Supports expressive inline tags like [pause], [laugh], and whisper, making it suitable for nuanced narration. Good for multilingual TTS with auto language detection.

Side effects

Text exceeds 15,000 character limit — request rejected
Invalid BCP-47 language code — language not recognized
Unknown voice_id provided — defaults or errors
Unsupported codec/sample_rate combination — format error
Malformed inline speech tags — tags ignored or error returned
Payment failure — endpoint returns payment required error

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
textrequired	string	Text to convert to speech (max 15,000 characters). Supports inline speech tags like [pause], [laugh], <whisper>text</whisper>.
languagerequired	string	BCP-47 language code (e.g. 'en', 'zh', 'fr', 'de', 'ja') or 'auto' for detection
voice_id	string	Voice: 'eve' (energetic, default), 'ara' (warm), 'rex' (confident), 'sal' (smooth), 'leo' (authoritative)
output_format	object	Audio format config: { codec: 'mp3'\|'wav'\|'pcm'\|'mulaw'\|'alaw', sample_rate: 24000, bit_rate: 128000 }

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