Generate speech from text using Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS model.
Next-generation model with improved speech quality, expressive audio tags (e.g. [sigh], [laughing], [whispering], [short pause]), and enhanced multi-speaker dialogue.
The client provides a convenient way to interact with the model API.
npm install --save @fal-ai/clientThe @fal-ai/serverless-client package has been deprecated in favor of @fal-ai/client. Install the new package and update your imports — see client setup.
Set FAL_KEY as an environment variable in your runtime.
export FAL_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"The client API handles the API submit protocol. It will handle the request status updates and return the result when the request is completed.
import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";
const result = await fal.subscribe("fal-ai/gemini-3.1-flash-tts", {
input: {
prompt: "I can't believe it worked! [laughing] After all those hours of debugging [sigh] it was just a missing semicolon."
},
logs: true,
onQueueUpdate: (update) => {
if (update.status === "IN_PROGRESS") {
update.logs.map((log) => log.message).forEach(console.log);
}
},
});
console.log(result.data);
console.log(result.requestId);The API uses an API Key for authentication. It is recommended you set the FAL_KEY environment variable in your runtime when possible.
import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";
fal.config({
credentials: "YOUR_FAL_KEY"
});When running code on the client-side (e.g. in a browser, mobile app or GUI applications), make sure to not expose your FAL_KEY. Instead, use a server-side proxy to make requests to the API. For more information, check out our server-side integration guide.
The client API provides a convenient way to submit requests to the model.
import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";
const { request_id } = await fal.queue.submit("fal-ai/gemini-3.1-flash-tts", {
input: {
prompt: "I can't believe it worked! [laughing] After all those hours of debugging [sigh] it was just a missing semicolon."
},
webhookUrl: "https://optional.webhook.url/for/results",
});You can fetch the status of a request to check if it is completed or still in progress.
import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";
const status = await fal.queue.status("fal-ai/gemini-3.1-flash-tts", {
requestId: "764cabcf-b745-4b3e-ae38-1200304cf45b",
logs: true,
});Once the request is completed, you can fetch the result. See the Output Schema for the expected result format.
import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";
const result = await fal.queue.result("fal-ai/gemini-3.1-flash-tts", {
requestId: "764cabcf-b745-4b3e-ae38-1200304cf45b"
});
console.log(result.data);
console.log(result.requestId);Some attributes in the API accept file URLs as input. Whenever that's the case you can pass your own URL or a Base64 data URI.
You can pass a Base64 data URI as a file input. The API will handle the file decoding for you. Keep in mind that for large files, this alternative although convenient can impact the request performance.
You can also pass your own URLs as long as they are publicly accessible. Be aware that some hosts might block cross-site requests, rate-limit, or consider the request as a bot.
We provide a convenient file storage that allows you to upload files and use them in your requests. You can upload files using the client API and use the returned URL in your requests.
import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";
const file = new File(["Hello, World!"], "hello.txt", { type: "text/plain" });
const url = await fal.storage.upload(file);The client will auto-upload the file for you if you pass a binary object (e.g. File, Data).
Read more about file handling in our file upload guide.
prompt string* requiredThe text to convert to speech. Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS supports natural-language prompting for style, pace, accent, and emotional expression — include delivery instructions inline with the text (e.g. 'Say cheerfully: Have a wonderful day!'). Supports expressive audio tags like [sigh], [laughing], [whispering], [short pause] for fine-grained control over delivery. For multi-speaker synthesis, prefix lines with speaker aliases defined in the speakers field (e.g. 'Alice: Hello! Bob: Hi!').
style_instructions stringOptional style and delivery instructions prepended to the prompt. Controls expressiveness, accent, pace, tone, and emotional expression using natural language. Use this to separate style control from the text content. Examples: 'Speak warmly and slowly', 'Read this as a dramatic newscast', 'Use a British accent with a cheerful tone', 'Whisper mysteriously'.
voice VoiceEnumVoice preset for single-speaker synthesis. 30 distinct voices are available. Ignored when speakers is set. Popular choices: Kore (strong, firm female), Puck (upbeat, lively male), Charon (calm, professional male), Zephyr (bright, clear female), Aoede (warm, melodic female). Default value: "Kore"
Possible enum values: Achernar, Achird, Algenib, Algieba, Alnilam, Aoede, Autonoe, Callirrhoe, Charon, Despina, Enceladus, Erinome, Fenrir, Gacrux, Iapetus, Kore, Laomedeia, Leda, Orus, Pulcherrima, Puck, Rasalgethi, Sadachbia, Sadaltager, Schedar, Sulafat, Umbriel, Vindemiatrix, Zephyr, Zubenelgenubi
language_code EnumLanguage for multilingual synthesis. When set, steers the model to speak in the specified language. If not set, the model auto-detects the language from the text.
Possible enum values: Arabic (Egypt), Bangla (Bangladesh), Dutch (Netherlands), English (India), English (US), French (France), German (Germany), Hindi (India), Indonesian (Indonesia), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Marathi (India), Polish (Poland), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian (Romania), Russian (Russia), Spanish (Spain), Tamil (India), Telugu (India), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey), Ukrainian (Ukraine), Vietnamese (Vietnam), Afrikaans (South Africa), Albanian (Albania), Amharic (Ethiopia), Arabic (World), Armenian (Armenia), Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan), Basque (Spain), Belarusian (Belarus), Bulgarian (Bulgaria), Burmese (Myanmar), Catalan (Spain), Cebuano (Philippines), Chinese Mandarin (China), Chinese Mandarin (Taiwan), Croatian (Croatia), Czech (Czech Republic), Danish (Denmark), English (Australia), English (UK), Estonian (Estonia), Filipino (Philippines), Finnish (Finland), French (Canada), Galician (Spain), Georgian (Georgia), Greek (Greece), Gujarati (India), Haitian Creole (Haiti), Hebrew (Israel), Hungarian (Hungary), Icelandic (Iceland), Javanese (Java), Kannada (India), Konkani (India), Lao (Laos), Latin (Vatican City), Latvian (Latvia), Lithuanian (Lithuania), Luxembourgish (Luxembourg), Macedonian (North Macedonia), Maithili (India), Malagasy (Madagascar), Malay (Malaysia), Malayalam (India), Mongolian (Mongolia), Nepali (Nepal), Norwegian Bokmal (Norway), Norwegian Nynorsk (Norway), Odia (India), Pashto (Afghanistan), Persian (Iran), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi (India), Serbian (Serbia), Sindhi (India), Sinhala (Sri Lanka), Slovak (Slovakia), Slovenian (Slovenia), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Swahili (Kenya), Swedish (Sweden), Urdu (Pakistan)
Multi-speaker voice configuration. When set, enables multi-speaker synthesis where different parts of the text are spoken by different voices. Each speaker needs a voice and a speaker_id (alias) that matches prefixes in the prompt.
temperature floatControls the randomness of the speech output. Higher values produce more creative and varied delivery, while lower values make the output more predictable and focused. Default value: 1
output_format OutputFormatEnumAudio output format. mp3: compressed, small file size (recommended). wav: uncompressed PCM wrapped in WAV (24 kHz, 16-bit mono). ogg_opus: Ogg container with Opus codec, good quality-to-size ratio. Default value: "mp3"
Possible enum values: wav, mp3, ogg_opus
{
"prompt": "I can't believe it worked! [laughing] After all those hours of debugging [sigh] it was just a missing semicolon.",
"style_instructions": "Say the following in a warm, conversational tone",
"voice": "Kore",
"language_code": "English (US)",
"speakers": [
{
"speaker_id": "Host",
"voice": "Charon"
},
{
"speaker_id": "DrChen",
"voice": "Kore"
}
],
"temperature": 1,
"output_format": "mp3"
}The generated audio file.
{
"audio": {
"url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a935d4f/Ez4NpcnFTuGsu2FHDaJTR_gemini_tts_output.mp3"
}
}url string* requiredThe URL where the file can be downloaded from.
content_type stringThe mime type of the file.
file_name stringThe name of the file. It will be auto-generated if not provided.
file_size integerThe size of the file in bytes.
voice VoiceEnum* requiredVoice preset for this speaker.
Possible enum values: Achernar, Achird, Algenib, Algieba, Alnilam, Aoede, Autonoe, Callirrhoe, Charon, Despina, Enceladus, Erinome, Fenrir, Gacrux, Iapetus, Kore, Laomedeia, Leda, Orus, Pulcherrima, Puck, Rasalgethi, Sadachbia, Sadaltager, Schedar, Sulafat, Umbriel, Vindemiatrix, Zephyr, Zubenelgenubi
speaker_id string* requiredAlias used to identify this speaker in the prompt. Use this alias as a prefix in the prompt field, e.g. 'Alice: Hello! Bob: Hi there!'. Must be alphanumeric with no whitespace.