{"slug": "gemini-3-8-text-to-speech-models-now-available-on-ai-gateway", "title": "Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech models now available on AI Gateway", "summary": "Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS models are now available on Vercel's AI Gateway, generating speech in more than 100 languages. The Flash-Lite model targets high-volume speech generation with controls for tone, pacing, and line-by-line delivery, while the Flash model adds voice and character design via natural-language prompts including acting cues, accents, and conversational reactions. AI Gateway provides a single API for speech generation with per-request usage and cost tracking, plus configurable routing rules and bring-your-own-provider-key support.", "body_md": "[Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts) and [Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/gemini-3.8-flash-tts) from Google are now available on [AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway).\n\nBoth models take text and generate speech in more than 100 languages. They support long-form narration, control over delivery, and two-speaker dialogue.\n\n`google/gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts` is suited to high-volume speech generation, with controls for tone, pacing, and line-by-line delivery.\n\n`google/gemini-3.8-flash-tts` adds voice and character design through natural-language prompts, including acting cues, accents, and conversational reactions.\n\nGenerate and listen to speech in the [Flash-Lite TTS playground](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts) or the [Flash TTS playground](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/gemini-3.8-flash-tts). For setup instructions and more code examples, see the [speech quickstart](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/getting-started/speech) and [text-to-speech guide](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/modalities/text-to-speech).\n\nAI Gateway provides one API for speech generation alongside your other models, with usage and cost tracking for each request. You can configure [routing rules](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/models-and-providers/routing-rules) and [bring your own provider key](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/authentication-and-byok/byok).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-3-8-text-to-speech-models-now-available-on-ai-gateway", "canonical_source": "https://vercel.com/changelog/gemini-3-8-text-to-speech-models-now-available-on-ai-gateway", "published_at": "2026-09-23 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-24 00:29:35.769926+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "generative-ai", "large-language-models", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Google", "Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS", "Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS", "Vercel", "AI Gateway"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-3-8-text-to-speech-models-now-available-on-ai-gateway", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-3-8-text-to-speech-models-now-available-on-ai-gateway.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-3-8-text-to-speech-models-now-available-on-ai-gateway.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-3-8-text-to-speech-models-now-available-on-ai-gateway.jsonld"}}