Models

Find detailed description of each model along with their capabilities and supported languages.

Text to Speech (TTS) Models

Lightning v2

Legacy An upgrade from the Lightning Large model, offering improved performance and quality. It supports 16 languages, making it suitable for a wider range of applications requiring expressive and high-quality speech synthesis.

Lightning v3.1

Latest Release A 44 kHz model delivering natural, expressive, and realistic speech. Supports voice cloning with ultra-low latency. 15 languages with auto-detection and mid-sentence switching.

Speech to Text (STT) Models

Pulse STT

Low-latency speech recognition for real-time and pre-recorded transcription. Automatic language detection across 39 languages.

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Geo-location Based Routing

Waves intelligently routes every request to the nearest server cluster to ensure the lowest possible latency for your applications. We currently operate server clusters in:

• 🇮🇳 India (Mumbai)
• 🇺🇸 USA (Oregon)

Our routing system automatically detects the client’s geographical location and connects them to the optimal server based on network proximity and latency. This process is fully automated, no manual configuration is required on your side.

Model Overview (TTS)

Model ID	Description	Languages Supported
lightning-v2 Legacy	100ms TTFB, Supports 16 languages with voice cloning.	English Hindi Tamil Kannada Malayalam Telugu Gujarati Bengali Marathi German French Spanish Italian Polish Dutch Russian Arabic Hebrew Swedish
lightning-v3.1 Latest	44 kHz model, natural expressive speech, ultra-low latency, supports voice cloning.	English Spanish French Italian Dutch Swedish Portuguese German Hindi Tamil Kannada Telugu Malayalam Marathi Gujarati

Model Overview (STT)

Model ID	Description	Languages Supported
pulse	Low-latency speech-to-text model supporting automatic language detection and real-time transcription.	Italian Spanish English Portuguese Hindi German French Ukrainian Russian Kannada Malayalam Polish Marathi Gujarati Czech Slovak Telugu Oriya (Odia) Dutch Bengali Latvian Estonian Romanian Punjabi Finnish Swedish Bulgarian Tamil Hungarian Danish Lithuanian Maltese

Note: The API uses ISO 639-1 language codes - Set 1 (2-letter codes) to specify supported languages.

Pricing

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