models/Deepgram/Aura-1

Aura-1

audio-tts

Aura is a context-aware text-to-speech (TTS) model that applies natural pacing, expressiveness, and fillers based on the context of the provided text. The quality of your text input directly impacts the naturalness of the audio output.

slug · deepgram/aura-1provider · Deepgramfamily · Aurareleased · 2025-08-27

Quickstart

curl https://api.aigateway.sh/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIGATEWAY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"deepgram/aura-1","voice":"alloy","input":"Hello world."}'

Capabilities

Strengths

  • Natural speech synthesis

Use cases

VoiceoversIVRAudiobooks

Pricing

Per 1K chars$0.015
You pay pass-through · 5% applied at credit top-up, not per-call.
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API schema

Call Aura-1 from any OpenAI SDK

POST https://api.aigateway.sh/v1/audio/speech·Content-Type: application/json·Auth: Bearer sk-aig-...

Request body

json
{
  "model": "deepgram/aura-1",
  "input": "Hello from AIgateway.",
  "voice": "alloy",
  "format": "mp3",        // mp3 | wav | flac | opus
  "speed": 1.0
}

Response

json
// Binary audio stream in the requested format (mp3 by default).
// Content-Type: audio/mpeg  (or audio/wav, audio/flac, audio/opus)
// Read the response body directly to a file.

Quickstart

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1", api_key="sk-aig-...")

r = client.audio.speech.create(model="deepgram/aura-1", voice="alloy", input="Hello world.")
r.stream_to_file("out.mp3")

Errors

401authentication_errorInvalid or missing API key
402insufficient_creditsWallet empty (PAYG only)
404not_foundUnknown model or endpoint
429rate_limit_errorOver per-minute limit — see Retry-After header
500server_errorUpstream provider failed (retryable)
503service_unavailableUpstream saturated (retryable)
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