Kikuyu text to speech API Gĩkũyũ
Send Kikuyu text to the Svara TTS Turbo API and get speech back in any of hundreds of voices.
- Script
- Latin
- Language code
- kik
- Optional lang value
- kik
Try it live
Hear Kikuyu 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 Kikuyu, the way people talk; any voice switches mid-sentence.
What teams build in Kikuyu
Voice agents and IVR
Streaming speech for phone and app agents that answer in Kikuyu. LiveKit and Pipecat plugins, or one HTTP request.
Alerts and reminders
Order updates, payment reminders, appointments and one-time codes, read out in Kikuyu 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 Kikuyu and English mid-sentence.
One request
Send Kikuyu 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": "Wĩ mwega! Nĩ wega gũkuona.",
"voice": "sv_n5cj7ybv",
"lang": "kik",
"response_format": "mp3"
}' --output kikuyu.mp3Pricing
₹1 per 1,000 characters, the same rate for every language. 100,000 characters free every month, no card needed.
See pricing