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# Cloud Text-to-Speech documentation

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Cloud Text-to-Speech converts text or Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) input into audio data of natural human speech. 

[Go to the Cloud Text-to-Speech product page for more.](https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/)

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##  Documentation resources 

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues. 

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### Guides

  * [ Quickstart: Use the command line ](/text-to-speech/docs/quickstart-protocol)

  * [ Quickstart: Use the client libraries ](/text-to-speech/docs/quickstart-client-libraries)

  * [ Create voice audio files ](/text-to-speech/docs/create-audio)

  * [ Decode base64-encoded audio content ](/text-to-speech/docs/base64-decoding)

  * [ List all supported voices ](/text-to-speech/docs/list-voices-and-types)

  * [ Specify regional endpoints ](/text-to-speech/docs/endpoints)

  * [ Use device profiles for generated audio ](/text-to-speech/docs/audio-profiles)




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### Reference

  * [ Supported voices and languages ](/text-to-speech/docs/voices)

  * [ Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) ](/text-to-speech/docs/ssml)

  * [ Text-to-Speech Client Libraries ](/text-to-speech/docs/libraries)

  * [ REST API ](/text-to-speech/docs/reference/rest)

  * [ RPC API ](/text-to-speech/docs/reference/rpc)




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### Resources

  * [ Pricing ](/text-to-speech/pricing)

  * [ Quotas and limits ](/text-to-speech/quotas)

  * [ Release notes ](/text-to-speech/docs/release-notes)

  * [ Getting support ](/text-to-speech/docs/getting-support)

  * [ Billing questions ](/text-to-speech/docs/billing-questions)




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