OpenAI TTS-1 HD API
$0.504/min on Varosity credits ($0.480/min with your own key).
no openai account needed · no subscription · failed renders never billed
Best for
- highest OpenAI voice quality
- 6 voices
- natural prosody
Trade-offs
- 2× cost of TTS-1
Call it from your code
One Varosity key works for every model.
curl -X POST https://varosity.ai/api/v1/tts \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VAROSITY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"text": "Welcome to the launch. Here's what's new this week.",
"voiceModel": "openai-tts-1-hd"
}'Or ask your agent
Connect Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client to https://varosity.ai/api/mcp with your key, then say:
"Use Varosity with openai-tts-1-hd to read this script aloud: …"Agent setup guide
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