> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rime.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Voices

> Rime's TTS voice catalog across Coda and Mist: voices in English, Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish, and how to pick a starter voice.

Set `speaker` on every TTS request. For a first Coda request, try `astra`; use the live catalog endpoints for the complete, current lineup.

```json theme={null}
{
  "speaker": "astra",
  "text": "Hello from Rime!",
  "modelId": "coda",
  "lang": "en"
}
```

## Starter voices to try

These speakers are confirmed to work on Rime's primary cloud models. All of them serve English.

| Speaker   | Sounds like                            | Works on      |
| :-------- | :------------------------------------- | :------------ |
| `astra`   | Female, young adult, American Standard | Coda, Mist v3 |
| `luna`    | Female, young adult, American          | Coda, Mist v3 |
| `celeste` | Female, young adult, American          | Coda          |
| `masonry` | Male, middle-aged, Southern            | Coda          |
| `albion`  | Male, young adult, English             | Coda          |
| `cove`    | Female, young adult, African American  | Mist v3       |

## Browse every voice

The starter table above is a curated handful. These pages list every voice on Rime's two primary cloud models, grouped by language, with gender, age, and country for each.

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Coda voices" icon="microphone" href="/docs/voices-coda">
    253 voices across 9 languages. Rime's flagship model for most new applications.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Mist v3 voices" icon="bolt" href="/docs/voices-mist-v3">
    78 voices across 4 languages. The default when `modelId` is omitted.
  </Card>
</Columns>

For Mist v2 voices, use the [live catalog endpoints](/api-reference/data/voice-details), which list every voice on every model.

For the machine-readable source that these pages are generated from:

* Voice names by model and language: [`/data/voices/all-v2.json`](/api-reference/data/voices-v2)
* Demographics and other metadata: [`/data/voices/voice_details.json`](/api-reference/data/voice-details)

Both endpoints are public and update as voices ship, so they can list a voice before these pages do.

## Languages

Pass `lang` as a [BCP 47](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp47) language tag. Language support varies by model and deployment. As of August 2026, Rime's primary cloud models support the following languages:

| Language   | `lang` | Coda | Mist v3 |
| :--------- | :----- | :--: | :-----: |
| Arabic     | `ar`   |   ✅  |    ❌    |
| English    | `en`   |   ✅  |    ✅    |
| French     | `fr`   |   ✅  |    ✅    |
| German     | `de`   |   ✅  |    ✅    |
| Hindi      | `hi`   |   ✅  |    ❌    |
| Italian    | `it`   |   ✅  |    ❌    |
| Japanese   | `ja`   |   ✅  |    ❌    |
| Portuguese | `pt`   |   ✅  |    ❌    |
| Spanish    | `es`   |   ✅  |    ✅    |

Rime also accepts the 3-letter ISO 639-2 codes (`eng`, `ger`, `spa`) that older integrations send, and will keep accepting them. New code should send the tag in the table: only a tag can express a regional variant such as `es-MX`.

Mist v2 supports English, French, German, and Spanish. On-prem image coverage differs from the cloud matrix; see the [on-prem quickstart](/docs/on-prem/quickstart#tts-service).

<Note>**A voice serves one language, so picking a language narrows your choices.** Coda covers nine languages, but no individual Coda voice crosses between them: 162 of its 253 voices are English, then Spanish 40, Japanese 13, Portuguese 11, German 9, French 8, Arabic 6, Hindi 2, and Italian 2. Set `lang` to the language of the voice you chose. An unsupported pairing may not return an error, so verify against the [Coda catalog](/docs/voices-coda) rather than assuming a familiar voice speaks your language.</Note>

## Coda voices

Coda is Rime's flagship model. Its featured voices in the [Rime dashboard](https://app.rime.ai) are organized into four styles, each with female and male options.

### Professional

| Speaker      | Gender | Age   | Description                                                                  |
| :----------- | :----- | :---- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `lyra`       | Female | 18–30 | A warm young American voice; bright and lively.                              |
| `clementine` | Female | 18–30 | A warm, lively twenty-something American voice; both polished and energetic. |
| `masonry`    | Male   | 30–50 | A confident, low Southern voice; authoritative without being loud.           |

### Formal

| Speaker    | Gender | Age   | Description                                                            |
| :--------- | :----- | :---- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `lintel`   | Female | 18–30 | A warm young American voice; both polished and lively.                 |
| `eyre`     | Female | 30–50 | A warm, friendly American voice; calm and easy to listen to.           |
| `bancroft` | Male   | 60+   | A composed American voice; strong on professional and formal contexts. |
| `marlu`    | Male   | 30–50 | An older Australian voice; low, mature, unhurried.                     |

### Casual

| Speaker   | Gender | Age   | Description                                                  |
| :-------- | :----- | :---- | :----------------------------------------------------------- |
| `hesse`   | Female | 18–30 | A relaxed, easygoing female voice.                           |
| `luna`    | Female | 18–30 | A bright, lively female voice; energetic with a casual core. |
| `beatty`  | Male   | 18–30 | An easygoing, distinctly casual American male voice.         |
| `godfrey` | Male   | 18–30 | An easygoing, lively American male voice; casual at heart.   |

### Energetic

| Speaker   | Gender | Age   | Description                                                       |
| :-------- | :----- | :---- | :---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `astra`   | Female | 18–30 | Bright, lively Californian; quick and expressive.                 |
| `vespera` | Female | 18–30 | A friendly, lively young Californian voice; bright and adaptable. |
| `parapet` | Male   | 30–50 | A fast, lively Southern voice; energetic and grounded.            |
| `cupola`  | Male   | 30–50 | A confident, energetic American voice; professional with warmth.  |

`lawton` (Male, 60+) is a sixteenth featured Coda voice; it carries no style assignment in the catalog, so it does not appear in the tables above.

All voices above are confirmed to work with `modelId: coda`. The [voice-details endpoint](/api-reference/data/voice-details) contains the complete catalog, including non-English voices.

## Mist v3 voices

Mist v3 carries 78 voices with significantly lower TTFA than Mist v2. Most are drawn from the Mist v2 lineup, but the lineups are not identical: 71 speakers are shared, 67 Mist v2 speakers are not available on Mist v3, and 7 are Mist v3 only. Confirm a speaker before switching `modelId`.

See the [full voice list](/api-reference/data/voices-v2) for available Mist v3 speakers.

## Mist v2 voices

Mist v2 is tuned for clarity, pronunciation accuracy, and high-throughput production. For new projects, prefer Mist v3.

See the [full voice list](/api-reference/data/voices-v2) for available Mist v2 speakers.