xAI Text to Speech

POST/v1/run

Grok TTS by xAI - convert text to natural-sounding speech with AI. Supports multiple voices, languages, emotions, and speaking styles for content creation and accessibility.

Request body

Submit an async generation request. The model field selects the model; other fields are model-specific input parameters.

stringmodelrequired

Model identifier. Set to xai/grok-tts.

Default: xai/grok-tts

Optional<string>text

The text to convert to speech. Maximum 15,000 characters. Supports speech tags for expressive delivery: inline tags like [laugh], [pause], [sigh] and wrapping tags like <whisper>text</whisper>, <slow>text</slow>.

Optional<string>voice

The voice to use for speech synthesis.

Allowed values: eve, ara, rex, sal, leo

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns a run response. If its status is pending or running, poll GET /v1/run/{id} with the returned opaque ID until it reaches a terminal state.

stringidrequired

Opaque SandBase run identifier. Use it exactly as returned; no prefix is guaranteed.

stringstatusrequired

Current public run status.

Allowed values: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout

Optional<string>model

Public SandBase model name used for this run.

Optional<array<object>>outputs

Present only for completed runs. Each object is capability-specific; inspect the selected model schema for its fields.

Optional<object>error

Present only for failed or timeout runs. Contains a public error type and sanitized message.

Optional<string>error.type

Stable public error category.

Optional<string>error.message

Sanitized error message safe to show to clients.

Optional<object>usage

Usage details when available.

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: text-to-speech

stringexecution_moderequired

Execution mode declared by the model registry.

Default: async

# 1. Submit a generation request
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "xai/grok-tts",
  "text": "Hello! This is xAI text to speech, brought to you by Fal AI.",
  "voice": "alloy"
}'

# 2. If the response is still running, poll the returned id
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

{
  "id": "f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc",
  "model": "xai/grok-tts",
  "status": "running"
}