How do I use Kokoro 82M through YepAPI?

Sign up for a free API key, then send requests to the /v1/media/queue endpoint.

hexgradText to Speech/v1/media/queue

Kokoro 82M

Kokoro 82M text to speech — the cheapest AI speech available, billed on input length.

The cheapest speech model on YepAPI by a wide margin — roughly 24× less per character than the mid-tier models — while still covering 8 languages with 54 named voices. Open weights, 82M parameters.

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Playground coming soon — use the API endpoint directly with your API key.

Pricing

Per character: $0.0014/1K chars

Endpoint

/v1/media/queue

Strengths

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Cheapest speech on the platform

At a fraction of a cent per thousand characters it is roughly 24× cheaper than the mid-tier models.

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54 voices, 8 languages

American and British English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese.

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Readable voice IDs

Voices are prefixed by language and gender — `af_` American female, `bm_` British male, `jf_` Japanese female.

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Open weights

An open model you can evaluate and reason about, not a closed endpoint.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with Kokoro 82M.

// Step 1: Submit job
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/queue', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "hexgrad/kokoro-82m",
    "prompt": "Every article on the site now has an audio version, generated automatically the moment it publishes.",
    "options": {
      "voice": "af_bella"
    }
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
const jobId = data.jobId;

// Step 2: Poll for result
const status = await fetch(`https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/status/${jobId}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' },
});
const { data: job } = await status.json();
// job.status: "pending" | "processing" | "completed" | "failed"
// job.result: { text?, image?, audio?, video? }

Why use Kokoro 82M through YepAPI?

✓One API key for all models — no separate accounts

✓No monthly minimums — pay per call

✓Switch models with one line of code

✓Simple REST API — works from any language

✓Unified billing across all providers

✓No rate limits for most use cases

Kokoro 82M API — the cheapest AI text-to-speech

Kokoro 82M is a lightweight, open-weight text-to-speech model from hexgrad. At 82M parameters it is by far the cheapest speech model on YepAPI — roughly 24× cheaper per character than the mid-tier models — while still covering 8 languages with 54 named voices.

That price makes bulk narration viable: audio versions of every article, every product description, every changelog entry. Billed at $0.0014 per 1,000 characters.