Shotcraft
Voice and speech

LMNT TTS

A low-latency TTS API with voice cloning from a 5-second recording and 31 languages including mid-sentence language switching.

A speech model by LMNT · read 2026-08-14 · sourcing medium

Weights
Not released
API
Yes
Commercial use
Permitted subject to conditions

Streaming latency is stated as 150-200ms. Pricing is per 1,000 characters with unlimited voice clones on every tier.

Commercial use — Permitted subject to conditions

A commercial licence is included on the Professional and Enterprise tiers only; Playground and Starter do not list one.

  • Depends on your plan tier. A commercial licence is included on the Professional and Enterprise tiers only; Playground and Starter do not list one

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Specification

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What it takes in
text, audio
What it makes
audio
Controls
voice-cloning, streaming-low-latency
Weights
Not released
API
Yes
Pricing
Playground free (15K characters included). Starter: 200K characters included, then $0.05 per 1K characters ($50/1M). Professional: 1.25M included, then $0.045 per 1K ($45/1M). Enterprise: 5.7M included, then $0.035 per 1K ($35/1M). No concurrency or rate limits stated on any API plan.
Released or updated
not established
Languages
31, not individually listed by the vendor

Strengths

  • 5-second voice cloning, unlimited clones on every tier
  • 31 languages with mid-sentence language switching
  • 150-200ms stated streaming latency
  • No concurrency or rate limits on API plans
  • Named integrations with HeyGen, Vapi, Unity, Pipecat

Weaknesses

  • Commercial licence requires the Professional tier or above
  • Model names and versions are not published
  • No sample rate, per-request limit or voice count documented
  • Unlimited unverified cloning is a consent risk if you are not careful
  • $50/1M starter rate is not competitive with Fish Audio or Google

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Sources

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