Vonage

Vonage Play TTS API

Start or stop playing Text to Speech in to an active call

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Operations 2

PUT /{uuid}/talk Play text to speech into a call #

DELETE /{uuid}/talk Stop text to speech in a call #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Vonage Play TTS API
  version: 1.10.0
  contact:
    name: Vonage DevRel
    email: devrel@vonage.com
    url: https://developer.nexmo.com/
  x-metaDescription: Our Voice API Reference provides developers with quick answers to questions about the Vonage Voice API. Learn more in Vonage's API documentation.
  x-metaTitle: Vonage Voice API Reference | Vonage API Documentation
  description: 'Operations tagged Play TTS across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: vonage-voice-openapi.json, vonage-voice-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.nexmo.com/v1/calls
tags:
- name: Play TTS
  description: Start or stop playing Text to Speech in to an active call
paths:
  /{uuid}/talk:
    parameters:
    - in: path
      name: uuid
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: UUID of the Call Leg
      example: 63f61863-4a51-4f6b-86e1-46edebcf9356
    put:
      tags:
      - Play TTS
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: Play text to speech into a call
      operationId: startTalk
      requestBody:
        description: Action to perform
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartTalkRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Ok
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartTalkResponse'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Play TTS
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: Stop text to speech in a call
      operationId: stopTalk
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Ok
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StopTalkResponse'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.nexmo.com/v1/calls
components:
  schemas:
    StopTalkResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          description: Description of the action taken
          type: string
          example: Talk stopped
        uuid:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/uuid'
    uuid:
      type: string
      format: uuid
      title: The UUID of the Call Leg
      example: 63f61863-4a51-4f6b-86e1-46edebcf9356
      description: The unique identifier for this call leg. The UUID is created when your call request is accepted by Vonage. You use the UUID in all requests for individual live calls
    voice_name:
      description: <strong>DEPRECATED</strong> The voice & language to use
      type: string
      deprecated: true
      default: Kimberly
      enum:
      - Aditi
      - Agnieszka
      - Alva
      - Amy
      - Astrid
      - Bianca
      - Brian
      - Carla
      - Carmen
      - Carmit
      - Catarina
      - Celine
      - Cem
      - Chantal
      - Chipmunk
      - Conchita
      - Cristiano
      - Damayanti
      - Dora
      - Emma
      - Empar
      - Enrique
      - Eric
      - Ewa
      - Felipe
      - Filiz
      - Geraint
      - Giorgio
      - Gwyneth
      - Hans
      - Henrik
      - Ines
      - Ioana
      - Iveta
      - Ivy
      - Jacek
      - Jan
      - Jennifer
      - Joana
      - Joanna
      - Joey
      - Jordi
      - Justin
      - Kanya
      - Karl
      - Kendra
      - Kimberly
      - Laila
      - Laura
      - Lea
      - Lekha
      - Liv
      - Lotte
      - Lucia
      - Luciana
      - Mads
      - Maged
      - Maja
      - Mariska
      - Marlene
      - Mathieu
      - Matthew
      - Maxim
      - Mei-Jia
      - Melina
      - Mia
      - Miguel
      - Miren
      - Mizuki
      - Montserrat
      - Naja
      - Nicole
      - Nikos
      - Nora
      - Oskar
      - Penelope
      - Raveena
      - Ricardo
      - Ruben
      - Russell
      - Salli
      - Satu
      - Seoyeon
      - Sin-Ji
      - Sora
      - Takumi
      - Tarik
      - Tatyana
      - Tessa
      - Tian-Tian
      - Vicki
      - Vitoria
      - Yelda
      - Zeina
      - Zhiyu
      - Zuzana
    style:
      description: The vocal style (vocal range, tessitura, and timbre) to use
      type: integer
      default: 0
    StartTalkResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          description: Description of the action taken
          type: string
          example: Talk started
        uuid:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/uuid'
    StartTalkRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - text
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
          description: The text to read
          example: Hello. How are you today?
        language:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/language'
        style:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/style'
        premium:
          type: boolean
          description: Set to `true` to use the premium version of the specified style if available, otherwise the standard version will be used. You can find more information about Premium Voices in the [Text-To-Speech guide](https://developer.vonage.com/en/voice/voice-api/guides/text-to-speech#premium-voices).
          default: 'false'
          example: true
        voice_name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/voice_name'
        loop:
          type: integer
          description: The number of times to repeat the text the file, 0 for infinite
          default: 1
        level:
          type: string
          description: The volume level that the speech is played. This can be any value between `-1` to `1` in `0.1` increments, with `0` being the default.
          example: '0.4'
          default: '0'
    language:
      description: The language to use
      type: string
      default: en-US
      enum:
      - ar
      - ca-ES
      - cmn-CN
      - cmn-TW
      - cs-CZ
      - cy-GB
      - da-DK
      - de-DE
      - el-GR
      - en-AU
      - en-GB
      - en-GB-WLS
      - en-IN
      - en-US
      - en-ZA
      - es-ES
      - es-MX
      - es-US
      - eu-ES
      - fi-FI
      - fil-PH
      - fr-CA
      - fr-FR
      - he-IL
      - hi-IN
      - hu-HU
      - id-ID
      - is-IS
      - it-IT
      - ja-JP
      - ko-KR
      - nb-NO
      - nl-NL
      - no-NO
      - pl-PL
      - pt-BR
      - pt-PT
      - ro-RO
      - ru-RU
      - sk-SK
      - sv-SE
      - th-TH
      - tr-TR
      - uk-UA
      - vi-VN
      - yue-CN
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
x-refined-from:
- vonage-voice-openapi.json
- vonage-voice-openapi.yml
x-errors:
  validation:
    description: The provided payload is invalid
    resolution: 'Modify your request to provide a valid payload.

      * Minimum 8 characters

      * Maximum 25 characters

      * Minimum 1 lower case character

      * Minimum 1 upper case character

      * Minimum 1 digit

      '
    link:
      text: View API reference
      url: /api/account#createAPISecret
  delete-last-secret:
    description: You can not delete your only API secret
    resolution: Add another API secret before deleting this one