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Orate

The AI toolkit for speech

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Artificial Intelligence
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Generate speech, transcribe audio, isolate and change voices with a unified API that works with leading AI providers like OpenAI, ElevenLabs and AssemblyAI.

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@haydenbleasel did it again! The maker of Eververse, Roadmap UI, and next-forge just released a new, beautifully crafted open-source project — introducing Orate, an AI toolkit to help you create human-like speech and transcribe audio. Orate currently works with 15 providers including @OpenAI, @ElevenLabs and @AssemblyAI, and is open to contributions. Read the docs here. Enjoy!

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Congratulations on the launch of Orate! This toolkit effectively addresses the diverse needs of users looking to enhance their speech-related projects. How does Orate ensure seamless integration with multiple AI providers, and what specific capabilities does it offer for voice customization and manipulation?

Sounds like a game-changer for anyone working with speech AI! The ability to switch between 15 providers with a unified interface makes it super flexible. Definitely excited to see how people use it for audiobooks, accessibility, and beyond!

Congratulations on introducing Orate! Your AI toolkit addresses a significant need in the realm of speech technology. How does Orate ensure compatibility and seamless integration with multiple AI providers while maintaining high-quality output across different speech tasks?

This is incredible! Orate’s unification of several APIs for speech synthesis, transcription, and voice transformation solves a huge pain point for developers. Shoutout to @haydenbleasel for yet another killer OSS contribution. Not forgetting our incredible hunter, @fmerian. Let’s go build the future of voice! `npm i orate` → 💻

Awesome. To use it for audio in, speech out what’s the total time from audio input to transcribe to LLM response to speech output? I knowing it will vary depending on APIs used but do you have a sense of the range?

Why would I use this over @ElevenLabs directly?

Congrats @haydenbleasel @fmerian on Orate! I'm Daniel Founder of Digital Products Reviews, a consumer review platform. We help connect consumers to digital brands in 2 ways: 1. Consumers - they leave reviews on digital brands. 2. Digital Brands - they reply to reviews and engage directly with their consumers. Getting listed on Digital Products - for free - can help a brand gain more exposure and engagement with existing and new users. Let's connect and talk about it! :)

Since Orate is open-source, does it still require payments to third-party providers (such as OpenAI, ElevenLabs, or AssemblyAI) to use their services, or can it function without additional costs?

Hey folks, super excited to share Orate with you! Think of it as the Vercel AI SDK, but for speech. You can: - 💬 Convert text into lifelike speech - ✍️ Transform spoken words into meaningful text - 👯 Change the voice of the speakers in your audio - 🤫 Transform noisy recordings into clean, studio-quality speech As Flo mentioned, we currently support 15 providers (14 AI + the native Web Speech API) and are always adding more. They share a unified interface so it's super easy to swap out models, voices and providers. I hope this helps you build the next generation of AI influencers, audiobook apps, accessibility products, education platforms and more!