Text to speech
Zulu text to speech
Zulu narration, education and customer messages. Giggy generates Zulu 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 Zulu voices
Generate Zulu speech in three steps
Enter your Zulu text
Type or paste your Zulu script. Add expression tags such as [whisper] or [short pause] to guide the delivery.
Choose a Zulu voice
Pick a Zulu 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 Zulu assistants and support agents a natural voice with Streaming audio.
Podcasts and audiobooks
Narrate Zulu chapters and episodes with a voice listeners can stay with.
Video voiceovers
Voice Zulu explainers, ads and social videos without a recording booth.
E-learning
Turn Zulu lessons and training into clear, consistent narration.
Games and characters
Give Zulu characters distinct voices, with emotion and non-verbal tags.
Accessibility
Read Zulu 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 Zulu script. Giggy supports 50+ emotions, 20+ delivery styles and 40+ non-verbal events, plus speaking-speed control.
Build Zulu speech into your product
Send Zulu 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 Zulu text to speech?
Text to speech turns written Zulu text into natural-sounding audio. Giggy generates Zulu speech in the app or through the API with voices made for Zulu.
How much does Zulu 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 Zulu voices?
Listen to the top Zulu voices on this page or browse every Zulu voice in the Voice Library, with samples, accents and suggested uses.
Can I create a custom Zulu voice?
Yes. Voice Design creates a new Zulu voice from a written description for 1,000 credits. Voice Clone reference audio supports a separate set of languages, listed on the voice cloning page.
Can I use Zulu 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.