fal.ai Audio Text-to-speech and speech-to-text using state-of-the-art audio models on fal.ai. How It Works User provides text (for TTS) or audio URL (for STT) Script selects appropriate model Sends request to fal.ai API Returns audio URL (TTS) or transcription text (STT) Finding Models To discover the best and latest audio models, use the search API:

Search for text-to-speech models

bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-generate/scripts/search-models.sh --category "text-to-speech"

Search for speech-to-text models

bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-generate/scripts/search-models.sh --category "speech-to-text"

Search for music generation models

bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-generate/scripts/search-models.sh --query "music generation" Or use the search_models MCP tool with relevant keywords like "tts", "speech", "music". Usage Text-to-Speech bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-audio/scripts/text-to-speech.sh [ options ] Arguments: --text - Text to convert to speech (required) --model - TTS model (defaults to fal-ai/minimax/speech-2.8-turbo ) --voice - Voice ID or name (model-specific) Examples:

Basic TTS (fast, good quality)

bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-audio/scripts/text-to-speech.sh \ --text "Hello, welcome to the future of AI."

High quality with MiniMax HD

bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-audio/scripts/text-to-speech.sh \ --text "This is premium quality speech." \ --model "fal-ai/minimax/speech-2.8-hd"

Natural voices with ElevenLabs

bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-audio/scripts/text-to-speech.sh \ --text "Natural sounding voice generation" \ --model "fal-ai/elevenlabs/tts/eleven-v3"

Multi-language TTS

bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-audio/scripts/text-to-speech.sh \ --text "Bonjour, bienvenue dans le futur." \ --model "fal-ai/chatterbox/text-to-speech/multilingual" Speech-to-Text bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-audio/scripts/speech-to-text.sh [ options ] Arguments: --audio-url - URL of audio file to transcribe (required) --model - STT model (defaults to fal-ai/whisper ) --language - Language code (optional, auto-detected) Examples:

Transcribe with Whisper

bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-audio/scripts/speech-to-text.sh \ --audio-url "https://example.com/audio.mp3"

Transcribe with speaker diarization

bash /mnt/skills/user/fal-audio/scripts/speech-to-text.sh \ --audio-url "https://example.com/meeting.mp3" \ --model "fal-ai/elevenlabs/speech-to-text/scribe-v2"

Transcribe specific language

bash

/mnt/skills/user/fal-audio/scripts/speech-to-text.sh

\

--audio-url

"https://example.com/spanish.mp3"

\

--language

"es"

MCP Tool Alternative

Use

search_models

MCP tool or

search-models.sh

to find the best current model, then call

mcp__fal-ai__generate

with the discovered

modelId

.

Output

Text-to-Speech Output

Generating speech...

Model: fal-ai/minimax/speech-2.8-turbo

Speech generated!

Audio URL: https://v3.fal.media/files/abc123/speech.mp3

Duration: 5.2s

Speech-to-Text Output

Transcribing audio...

Model: fal-ai/whisper

Transcription complete!

Text: "Hello, this is the transcribed text from the audio file."

Duration: 12.5s

Language: en

Present Results to User

For TTS:

Here's the generated speech:

Download audio

• Duration: 5.2s | Model: Maya TTS

For STT:

Here's the transcription:

"Hello, this is the transcribed text from the audio file."

• Duration: 12.5s | Language: English

Model Selection Tips

Text-to-Speech

Search for

text-to-speech

category. Consider quality vs speed tradeoffs.

Text-to-Music

Search for
music generation
. Some models specialize in vocals, others in instrumental.
Speech-to-Text: Search for speech-to-text category. Consider whether you need speaker diarization or multi-language support. Troubleshooting Empty Audio Error: Generated audio is empty Check that your text is not empty and contains valid content. Unsupported Audio Format Error: Audio format not supported Supported formats: MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG Convert your audio to a supported format. Language Detection Failed Warning: Could not detect language, defaulting to English Specify the language explicitly with --language option.

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