# Svara TTS

> Text-to-speech API: 80 languages with code-switching, a library of 320 voices, eight output formats, and streaming over HTTP or WebSocket (including input streaming from an LLM token stream). Request-compatible with the OpenAI and ElevenLabs speech APIs.

## Getting started

- [Introduction](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/docs.md): Text to speech over HTTP and WebSocket, in 80 languages, from one endpoint.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/quickstart.md): Create a key, make a request, and stream the response.
- [Authentication](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/authentication.md): API key headers, key management, and authentication errors.

## Capabilities

- [Text to speech](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/text-to-speech.md): POST /v1/audio/speech: parameters, output formats, and language handling.
- [Streaming](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/streaming.md): Receive audio over HTTP as it is generated, including telephony formats.
- [Input streaming](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/input-streaming.md): Send text over a WebSocket as it is produced and receive audio continuously.
- [Pronunciation dictionaries](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/pronunciation.md): Respelling rules applied to your text before synthesis.
- [Voices & languages](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/voices.md): The voice roster, preview clips, and the languages endpoint.

## Integrations

- [LiveKit Agents](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/livekit.md): Use Svara as the TTS service in a LiveKit Agents pipeline.
- [Pipecat](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/pipecat.md): Use Svara as the TTS service in a Pipecat pipeline.

## Reference

- [Rate limits & errors](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/rate-limits.md): Plan limits, 429 handling, and the error status values.
- [Usage & subscription](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/usage-api.md): Read your plan, balance and month-to-date usage over the API.
- [SDKs & compatibility](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/sdks.md): The Svara Python SDK, and using the OpenAI or ElevenLabs SDKs against Svara.
- [API reference](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/api-reference.md): Every endpoint, with links to the page that documents it.

## Optional

- [Full documentation (one file)](https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/llms-full.txt)