Turn text, URLs, documents, and images into audio

What Lector can turn into audio

• Text → direct TTS
• URL → extracted content → audio
• Document → parsed text → audio
• Image → OCR → audio
• URL + files → flexible ingestion

Choose how audio is delivered

• Stream → real-time playback
• URL → hosted audio file

Choose between instant streaming or generating a URL for async workflows and agents.

Built for agents and automation

• OpenAI tool use workflows
• Claude-style reasoning and output pipelines
• Local and autonomous agents
• Slack, Telegram, and automation workflows
• Accessibility and assistive workflows

Quick examples

curl -X POST https://api.lectorai.app/v1/tts \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "text": "Hello from Lector",
      "voice": "alloy",
      "delivery": "url"
    }'

curl -X POST https://api.lectorai.app/v1/listen-url \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "url": "https://example.com/article",
      "delivery": "url"
    }'

Core endpoints

• /v1/tts
• /v1/listen-content
• /v1/listen-url
• /v1/listen-document
• /v1/listen-document-url
• /v1/listen-image
• /v1/listen-image-url
• /v1/capabilities

Simple billing flow

Start with API access, generate audio, and scale usage as your application grows.

Start building with Lector API