Kanuri text to speech API
Send Kanuri text in Latin / Ajami script to the Svara TTS Turbo API and get speech back in any of hundreds of voices.
- Script
- Latin / Ajami
- Language code
- kau
- Optional lang value
- kau
Try it live
Hear Kanuri in your own words.
Pick a voice, choose one of the lines below or write your own, and press Play. The audio is generated live by the model. Some lines mix English words into Kanuri, the way people talk; any voice switches mid-sentence.
Some sample lines are taken or adapted from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).
What teams build in Kanuri
Voice agents and IVR
Streaming speech for phone and app agents that answer in Kanuri. LiveKit and Pipecat plugins, or one HTTP request.
Alerts and reminders
Order updates, payment reminders, appointments and one-time codes, read out in Kanuri on a call or in an app.
Stories, lessons and news
Long-form narration for audiobooks, classes and bulletins, in hundreds of voices.
Mixed-language speech
People rarely speak one language at a time. Any voice switches between Kanuri and English mid-sentence.
One request
Send Kanuri text as you would write it, and get speech back.
curl https://api.kenpathlabs.com/v1/audio/speech \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SVARA_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "svara-tts-turbo",
"input": "Nya banange wa yanyi njimma?",
"voice": "sv_z3dfefnx",
"lang": "kau",
"response_format": "mp3"
}' --output kanuri.mp3Pricing
₹1 per 1,000 characters, the same rate for every language. 100,000 characters free every month, no card needed.
See pricing