Kokoro 82M

Name: Kokoro 82M
Author: hexgrad

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by hexgrad

The open-weight 82M-voice community favorite, at the lowest price in the catalog.

Kokoro covers ten languages through 54 compact voices spanning American, British, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Mandarin accents. Serves through OpenRouter's speech API.

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Kokoro 82M by hexgrad is a fast-speed AI text-to-speech model. Kokoro covers ten languages through 54 compact voices spanning American, British, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Mandarin accents. Serves through OpenRouter's speech API. Key capabilities include 274 voices across 12 languages, up to 4,096 characters per request.

Kokoro 82M is priced at $0.005 per 1,000 characters of input text. You can generate speech with Kokoro 82M on idapt.app alongside 200+ AI models in one workspace.

Voices

54 · 1 languages

Any of these voices can be paired with Kokoro 82M. Pick a model for quality and speed, a voice for character and language.

Alloy

English · Male

Aoede

English · Male

Bella

English · Male

Heart

English · Male

Jessica

English · Male

Kore

English · Male

Nicole

English · Male

Nova

English · Male

River

English · Male

Sarah

English · Male

Sky

English · Male

Adam

English · Male

Echo

English · Male

Eric

English · Male

Fenrir

English · Male

Liam

English · Male

Michael

English · Male

Onyx

English · Male

Puck

English · Male

Santa

English · Male

Alice

English · Male

Emma

English · Male

Isabella

English · Male

Lily

English · Male

Daniel

English · Male

Fable

English · Male

George

English · Male

Lewis

English · Male

Dora

English · Male

Alex

English · Male

Santa

English · Male

Siwis

English · Male

Alpha

English · Male

Beta

English · Male

Omega

English · Male

Psi

English · Male

Sara

English · Male

Nicola

English · Male

Alpha

English · Male

Gongitsune

English · Male

Nezumi

English · Male

Tebukuro

English · Male

Kumo

English · Male

Dora

English · Male

Alex

English · Male

Santa

English · Male

Xiaobei

English · Male

Xiaoni

English · Male

Xiaoxiao

English · Male

Xiaoyi

English · Male

Yunjian

English · Male

Yunxi

English · Male

Yunxia

English · Male

Yunyang

English · Male

Pricing

Cost per 1,000 characters

$0.005

Typical paragraph (~500 chars)

$0.002

Billed on input text length

Capabilities

Speed

Fast: Low-latency, real-time ready

Emotion Control

Natural delivery only

Max Input

4,096 characters per request

Voices

54 voices · 1 languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who created Kokoro 82M?

Kokoro 82M was created by hexgrad.

How much does Kokoro 82M cost?

Kokoro 82M costs $0.005 per 1,000 characters of input text. A short paragraph of roughly 500 characters costs about $0.002.

How fast is Kokoro 82M?

Kokoro 82M is classified as a "fast" speed model. It is tuned for low-latency synthesis, making it well suited to interactive and real-time use.

What voices and languages does Kokoro 82M support?

Kokoro 82M supports 274 curated voices spanning 12 languages, including English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese. Every voice in the catalog can be used with this model.

Does Kokoro 82M support emotion control?

Kokoro 82M does not expose explicit emotion control. Delivery follows the natural intonation of the selected voice.

How much text can Kokoro 82M synthesize at once?

Kokoro 82M accepts up to 4,096 characters of input text per request. Longer documents are split automatically across multiple requests.

How does Kokoro 82M compare to other TTS models?

Kokoro 82M is one of several text-to-speech models available on idapt. Compare it with GPT-4o Mini TTS, Grok Voice TTS, Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview and more on the audio models directory.

Where can I use Kokoro 82M?

You can generate speech with Kokoro 82M on idapt.app — in chat via the media tools, in hands-free voice mode, or through the public API. No separate API key required: idapt provides Kokoro 82M alongside 200+ AI models in one professional workspace.

Generate speech with Kokoro 82M

Frequently Asked Questions

Who created Kokoro 82M?

Kokoro 82M was created by hexgrad.

How much does Kokoro 82M cost?

Kokoro 82M costs $0.005 per 1,000 characters of input text. A short paragraph of roughly 500 characters costs about $0.002.

How fast is Kokoro 82M?

Kokoro 82M is classified as a "fast" speed model. It is tuned for low-latency synthesis, making it well suited to interactive and real-time use.

What voices and languages does Kokoro 82M support?

Kokoro 82M supports 274 curated voices spanning 12 languages, including English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese. Every voice in the catalog can be used with this model.

Does Kokoro 82M support emotion control?

Kokoro 82M does not expose explicit emotion control. Delivery follows the natural intonation of the selected voice.

How much text can Kokoro 82M synthesize at once?

Kokoro 82M accepts up to 4,096 characters of input text per request. Longer documents are split automatically across multiple requests.

How does Kokoro 82M compare to other TTS models?

Kokoro 82M is one of several text-to-speech models available on idapt. Compare it with GPT-4o Mini TTS, Grok Voice TTS, Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview and more on the audio models directory.

Where can I use Kokoro 82M?