PatternsSDK API

Generate Speech (OpenAI)

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Problems solved

Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
  • Generate spoken audio from text with OpenAI speech models
  • Play or download synthesized speech in a minimal demo UI
  • Wire AI SDK speech generation through a simple API route

Use cases

Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
  • Text-to-speech playgrounds
  • Accessibility read-aloud prototypes
  • Voiceover drafts from written copy
  • OpenAI speech API onboarding demos

Setup

Requirements, wiring steps, and what this pattern adds to your project.

Getting started

Pick how you want to pull this pattern in. Then wire env vars and routes the same way.

  1. 1

    Install from the preview toolbar

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    Copy the install command above and run it in your project — Pro patterns include a short-lived token.

  2. 2

    Add environment variables to .env.local

    OPENAI_API_KEY

  3. 3

    Customize the agent and tool files

    Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions for your product — Copy for AI in the toolbar helps seed that work.

  4. 4

    Run your dev server and open the pattern route

    Install dependencies if needed, then start the app and verify responses.

Environment variables

Capabilities

AI SDK APIs

generateSpeech

Providers

OpenAI

Files added

3 files
  • app/page.tsx
  • app/layout.tsx
  • README.md

Dependencies

16 total

npm packages

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AISDK@hookform/resolversUpstashlucide-reactmotionNext.jsReactreact-hook-formsonnerZod

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Critical files

  • lib/actions.ts

    Server action using AI SDK experimental_generateSpeech with OpenAI tts-1-hd model. Handles text-to-speech conversion, voice selection, and returns base64-encoded audio with rate limiting.

Requirements

Complexity
Beginner