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Text: Enter the text that you want to convert to speech.
Voice: Select a voice that you want the speech to be in.
Speed: Use the slider or text field to enter a value for the speed
of the speech. A value of 1 represents normal speaking rate and a
value of 4 represents four times the normal speaking rate.
Click Submit.
To listen to the generated speech, in Speech, click the play_arrowPlay button.
To download the generated speech file in .wav format, click downloadDownload.
Limitations
Vertex AI Studio only synthesizes audio with Text-to-Speech voices.
Requests are limited to 200 characters.
What's next
For more voices, languages, and advanced features, or to synthesize longer audio,
use the Text-to-Speech console.
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