Text to speech
Yoruba text to speech
Yoruba narration, education and community content. Giggy generates Yoruba speech for $5 per million characters on Fast and $10 on Streaming, the same price as every other language.
Text to speech: what you pay
| Provider | Mode or model | USD per 1M characters |
|---|---|---|
| Giggy | Fast | $5.00 |
| Giggy | Streaming | $10.00 |
| Fish Audio | S2.1 Pro | $15.00 |
| Inworld | Realtime TTS-2 Flash | $15.00 |
| OpenAI | tts-1 | $15.00 |
| Azure | Neural TTS | $15.00 |
| Inworld | Realtime TTS-2 | $25.00 |
| Amazon | Polly Generative | $30.00 |
| Deepgram | Aura-2 | $30.00 |
| Chirp 3: HD | $30.00 | |
| OpenAI | tts-1-hd | $30.00 |
| Cartesia | Sonic-3.6 · Scale overage | $38.00 |
| ElevenLabs | Flash v2.5 | $40.00 |
| ElevenLabs | Multilingual v2 / v3 / v4 | $80.00 |
| MiniMax | Speech-02-HD | $100.00 |
ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Deepgram, Google, Amazon and Azure checked November 11, 2026; Fish and Inworld October 20; Cartesia and MiniMax October 13.
Hear Yoruba voices
Generate Yoruba speech in three steps
Enter your Yoruba text
Type or paste your Yoruba script. Add expression tags such as [whisper] or [short pause] to guide the delivery.
Choose a Yoruba voice
Pick a Yoruba voice from the Voice Library or create your own, then choose Batch, Fast or Streaming.
Download or call the API
Download 24 kHz MP3 audio from the app, or request the same voice from the Speech API in your product.
Built for a wide range of uses
Voice agents
Give Yoruba assistants and support agents a natural voice with Streaming audio.
Podcasts and audiobooks
Narrate Yoruba chapters and episodes with a voice listeners can stay with.
Video voiceovers
Voice Yoruba explainers, ads and social videos without a recording booth.
E-learning
Turn Yoruba lessons and training into clear, consistent narration.
Games and characters
Give Yoruba characters distinct voices, with emotion and non-verbal tags.
Accessibility
Read Yoruba articles, documents and interfaces aloud.
One price in every language
Giggy counts Unicode code points in the full input text, including spaces and punctuation, at the same rate in all 240+ supported languages. Credits are prepaid with no subscription and shared across text to speech, speech to text and voice creation.
Shape the delivery
Add expression tags such as [whisper], [excited] or [short pause] to your Yoruba script. Giggy supports 50+ emotions, 20+ delivery styles and 40+ non-verbal events, plus speaking-speed control.
Build Yoruba speech into your product
Send Yoruba text to /v1/text-to-speech with a voice ID and your API key, or use the OpenAI-compatible speech endpoint or the Giggy MCP server. Batch and Fast return MP3; Streaming returns progressive 24 kHz PCM.
Frequently asked questions
What is Yoruba text to speech?
Text to speech turns written Yoruba text into natural-sounding audio. Giggy generates Yoruba speech in the app or through the API with voices made for Yoruba.
How much does Yoruba text to speech cost?
Giggy Fast costs $5 and Streaming main0 per 1,000,000 characters with Pro, Studio or Scale credits, the same as every other language. Batch is free within request and queue limits.
Where can I hear Yoruba voices?
Listen to the top Yoruba voices on this page or browse every Yoruba voice in the Voice Library, with samples, accents and suggested uses.
Can I create a custom Yoruba voice?
Yes. Voice Design creates a new Yoruba voice from a written description, and Voice Clone creates one from 3 to 10 seconds of authorized Yoruba speech. Each costs 1,000 credits.
Can I use Yoruba voices through an API?
Yes. Every library voice has a voice ID for the Giggy Speech API, its OpenAI-compatible speech endpoint and the Giggy MCP server.