---
title: "Play text to speech into a call"
method: PUT
path: "/{uuid}/talk"
tags: ["Play TTS"]
---

# Play text to speech into a call

`PUT /{uuid}/talk`

Play text to speech into a call

## Request body

- StartTalkRequest
  - `language` 'ar' | 'ca-ES' | 'cmn-CN' | 'cmn-TW' | 'cs-CZ' | 'cy-GB' | 'da-DK' | 'de-DE' | 'el-GR' | 'en-AU' | 'en-GB' | 'en-GB-WLS' | 'en-IN' | 'en-US' | 'en-ZA' | 'es-ES' | 'es-MX' | 'es-US' | 'eu-ES' | 'fi-FI' | 'fil-PH' | 'fr-CA' | 'fr-FR' | 'he-IL' | 'hi-IN' | 'hu-HU' | 'id-ID' | 'is-IS' | 'it-IT' | 'ja-JP' | 'ko-KR' | 'nb-NO' | 'nl-NL' | 'no-NO' | 'pl-PL' | 'pt-BR' | 'pt-PT' | 'ro-RO' | 'ru-RU' | 'sk-SK' | 'sv-SE' | 'th-TH' | 'tr-TR' | 'uk-UA' | 'vi-VN' | 'yue-CN' — The language to use
  - `level` string — The volume level that the speech is played. This can be any value between `-1` to `1` in `0.1` increments, with `0` being the default.
  - `loop` integer — The number of times to repeat the text the file, 0 for infinite
  - `premium` boolean — Set to true to use the premium version of the specified style if available, otherwise the standard version will be used. The default value is false. You can find more information about Premium Voices in the [Text-To-Speech guide](/voice/voice-api/guides/text-to-speech#premium-voices).
  - `style` integer — The vocal style (vocal range, tessitura, and timbre) to use
  - `text` string, required — The text to read
  - `voice_name` 'Aditi' | 'Agnieszka' | 'Alva' | 'Amy' | 'Astrid' | 'Bianca' | 'Brian' | 'Carla' | 'Carmen' | 'Carmit' | 'Catarina' | 'Celine' | 'Cem' | 'Chantal' | 'Chipmunk' | 'Conchita' | 'Cristiano' | 'Damayanti' | 'Dora' | 'Emma' | 'Empar' | 'Enrique' | 'Eric' | 'Ewa' | 'Felipe' | 'Filiz' | 'Geraint' | 'Giorgio' | 'Gwyneth' | 'Hans' | 'Henrik' | 'Ines' | 'Ioana' | 'Iveta' | 'Ivy' | 'Jacek' | 'Jan' | 'Jennifer' | 'Joana' | 'Joanna' | 'Joey' | 'Jordi' | 'Justin' | 'Kanya' | 'Karl' | 'Kendra' | 'Kimberly' | 'Laila' | 'Laura' | 'Lea' | 'Lekha' | 'Liv' | 'Lotte' | 'Lucia' | 'Luciana' | 'Mads' | 'Maged' | 'Maja' | 'Mariska' | 'Marlene' | 'Mathieu' | 'Matthew' | 'Maxim' | 'Mei-Jia' | 'Melina' | 'Mia' | 'Miguel' | 'Miren' | 'Mizuki' | 'Montserrat' | 'Naja' | 'Nicole' | 'Nikos' | 'Nora' | 'Oskar' | 'Penelope' | 'Raveena' | 'Ricardo' | 'Ruben' | 'Russell' | 'Salli' | 'Satu' | 'Seoyeon' | 'Sin-Ji' | 'Sora' | 'Takumi' | 'Tarik' | 'Tatyana' | 'Tessa' | 'Tian-Tian' | 'Vicki' | 'Vitoria' | 'Yelda' | 'Zeina' | 'Zhiyu' | 'Zuzana' — <strong>DEPRECATED</strong> The voice & language to use

## Response `200`

Ok

- StartTalkResponse
  - `message` string — Description of the action taken
  - `uuid` string, uuid — The unique identifier for this call leg. The UUID is created when your call request is accepted by Vonage. You use the UUID in all requests for individual live calls

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