1.0.8

* feat(murf): add Murf.ai TTS support to synthAudio

Add synthMurf() following the rimelabs/cartesia pattern:
- streaming path returns a say:{vendor=murf,...} filePath consumed by the
  FreeSWITCH mod_murf_tts module
- non-streaming path calls POST /v1/speech/stream (api-key header) and returns
  WAV audio for cache rendering

Register murf in the supported-vendor assert list and the synth switch.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(murf): drop Accept: audio/basic header (caused 406 Not Acceptable)

Murf's /v1/speech/stream rejects an unmatched Accept header with 406; the
response container is chosen by the `format` body field instead. Verified a
WAV request now returns 200 (valid RIFF/WAVE).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

lib/synth-audio.js

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ async function synthAudio(client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger, stats, { acc
   logger = logger || noopLogger;
 
   assert.ok(['google', 'aws', 'polly', 'microsoft', 'wellsaid', 'nvidia', 'elevenlabs',
-    'whisper', 'deepgram', 'rimelabs', 'cartesia', 'inworld', 'resemble'].includes(vendor) ||
+    'whisper', 'deepgram', 'rimelabs', 'cartesia', 'inworld', 'resemble', 'murf', 'xai'].includes(vendor) ||
   vendor.startsWith('custom'),
   `synthAudio supported vendors are google, aws, microsoft, nvidia and wellsaid ..etc, not ${vendor}`);
   if ('google' === vendor) {
@@ -124,9 +124,14 @@ async function synthAudio(client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger, stats, { acc
     if (!credentials.deepgram_tts_uri) {
       assert.ok(credentials.api_key, 'synthAudio requires api_key when deepgram is used');
     }
+  } else if ('xai' === vendor) {
+    assert.ok(credentials.api_key, 'synthAudio requires api_key when xai is used');
   } else if ('cartesia' === vendor) {
     assert.ok(credentials.api_key, 'synthAudio requires api_key when cartesia is used');
     assert.ok(credentials.model_id, 'synthAudio requires model_id when cartesia is used');
+  } else if ('murf' === vendor) {
+    assert.ok(voice, 'synthAudio requires voice when murf is used');
+    assert.ok(credentials.api_key, 'synthAudio requires api_key when murf is used');
   } else if (vendor === 'resemble') {
     assert.ok(voice, 'synthAudio requires voice when resemble is used');
     assert.ok(credentials.api_key, 'synthAudio requires api_key when resemble is used');
@@ -211,6 +216,11 @@ async function synthAudio(client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger, stats, { acc
           credentials, options, stats, language, voice, key, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming,
           disableTtsCache});
         break;
+      case 'murf':
+        audioData = await synthMurf(logger, {
+          credentials, options, stats, language, voice, key, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming,
+          disableTtsCache});
+        break;
       case 'whisper':
         audioData = await synthWhisper(logger, {
           credentials, stats, voice, key, text, instructions, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming,
@@ -220,6 +230,11 @@ async function synthAudio(client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger, stats, { acc
         audioData = await synthDeepgram(logger, {credentials, stats, model, key, text,
           renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming, disableTtsCache});
         break;
+      case 'xai':
+        audioData = await synthXai(logger, {
+          credentials, options, stats, language, voice, key, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming,
+          disableTtsCache});
+        break;
       case 'resemble':
         audioData = await synthResemble(logger, {
           credentials, stats, voice, key, text, options, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming, disableTtsCache});
@@ -969,6 +984,72 @@ const synthRimelabs = async(logger, {
     throw err;
   }
 };
+
+const synthMurf = async(logger, {
+  credentials, options, stats, language, voice, key, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming, disableTtsCache
+}) => {
+  const {api_key, model_id, api_uri, options: credOpts} = credentials;
+  const opts = !!options && Object.keys(options).length !== 0 ? options : JSON.parse(credOpts || '{}');
+
+  /* default to using the streaming interface, unless disabled by env var OR we want just a cache file */
+  if (!JAMBONES_DISABLE_TTS_STREAMING && !renderForCaching && !disableTtsStreaming) {
+    /* param keys here must match mod_murf_tts's text_param handler */
+    let params = '{';
+    params += `api_key=${api_key}`;
+    params += `,playback_id=${key}`;
+    params += ',vendor=murf';
+    params += `,voice=${voice}`;
+    if (model_id) params += `,model_id=${model_id}`;
+    if (language) params += `,language=${language}`;
+    if (api_uri) params += `,api_uri=${api_uri}`;
+    if (opts.style) params += `,style=${opts.style}`;
+    if (opts.rate !== undefined && opts.rate !== null) params += `,rate=${opts.rate}`;
+    if (opts.pitch !== undefined && opts.pitch !== null) params += `,pitch=${opts.pitch}`;
+    if (opts.variation !== undefined && opts.variation !== null) params += `,variation=${opts.variation}`;
+    params += `,write_cache_file=${disableTtsCache ? 0 : 1}`;
+    params += '}';
+
+    return {
+      filePath: `say:${params}${text.replace(/\n/g, ' ').replace(/\r/g, ' ')}`,
+      servedFromCache: false,
+      rtt: 0
+    };
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const sampleRate = 8000;
+    /* no Accept header: murf returns 406 if it doesn't match; the response
+       container is selected by the `format` field in the body instead */
+    const post = bent(api_uri || 'https://global.api.murf.ai', 'POST', 'buffer', {
+      'api-key': api_key,
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+    });
+    /* murf REST schema is documented loosely; field names follow the SDK params
+       (voice_id/model/format/sample_rate) plus the websocket voice fields. */
+    const audioContent = await post('/v1/speech/stream', {
+      text,
+      voice_id: voice,
+      ...(model_id && {model: model_id}),
+      ...(language && {locale: language}),
+      ...(opts.style && {style: opts.style}),
+      ...(opts.rate !== undefined && opts.rate !== null && {rate: opts.rate}),
+      ...(opts.pitch !== undefined && opts.pitch !== null && {pitch: opts.pitch}),
+      ...(opts.variation !== undefined && opts.variation !== null && {variation: opts.variation}),
+      format: 'WAV',
+      sample_rate: sampleRate,
+      channel_type: 'MONO'
+    });
+    return {
+      audioContent,
+      extension: 'wav',
+      sampleRate
+    };
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.info({err}, 'synth murf returned error');
+    stats.increment('tts.count', ['vendor:murf', 'accepted:no']);
+    throw err;
+  }
+};
 const synthWhisper = async(logger, {credentials, stats, voice, key, text, instructions,
   renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming, disableTtsCache}) => {
   const {api_key, model_id, baseURL, timeout, speed} = credentials;
@@ -1059,6 +1140,72 @@ const synthDeepgram = async(logger, {credentials, stats, model, key, text, rende
   }
 };
 
+const synthXai = async(logger, {
+  credentials, options, stats, language, voice, key, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming, disableTtsCache
+}) => {
+  const {api_key, api_uri, options: credOpts} = credentials;
+  const opts = !!options && Object.keys(options).length !== 0 ? options : JSON.parse(credOpts || '{}');
+  const speed = opts.speed;
+  if (!JAMBONES_DISABLE_TTS_STREAMING && !renderForCaching && !disableTtsStreaming) {
+    let params = '{';
+    params += `api_key=${api_key}`;
+    params += `,playback_id=${key}`;
+    params += ',vendor=xai';
+    if (voice) params += `,voice=${voice}`;
+    if (language) params += `,language=${language}`;
+    if (speed !== null && speed !== undefined) params += `,speed=${speed}`;
+    if (opts.optimize_streaming_latency != null) {
+      params += `,optimize_streaming_latency=${opts.optimize_streaming_latency}`;
+    }
+    if (opts.text_normalization != null) params += `,text_normalization=${opts.text_normalization}`;
+    params += `,write_cache_file=${disableTtsCache ? 0 : 1}`;
+    if (api_uri) params += `,endpoint=${api_uri}`;
+    params += '}';
+
+    return {
+      filePath: `say:${params}${text.replace(/\n/g, ' ').replace(/\r/g, ' ')}`,
+      servedFromCache: false,
+      rtt: 0
+    };
+  }
+  try {
+    const post = bent(`https://${api_uri || 'api.x.ai'}`, 'POST', 'buffer', {
+      'Authorization': `Bearer ${api_key}`,
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+    });
+    const audioContent = await post('/v1/tts', {
+      text,
+      language: language || 'auto',
+      ...(voice && {voice_id: voice}),
+      ...(speed !== null && speed !== undefined && {speed}),
+      ...(opts.optimize_streaming_latency != null && {optimize_streaming_latency: opts.optimize_streaming_latency}),
+      ...(opts.text_normalization != null && {text_normalization: opts.text_normalization}),
+      output_format: {
+        codec: 'wav',
+        sample_rate: 8000
+      }
+    });
+    return {
+      audioContent,
+      extension: 'wav',
+      sampleRate: 8000
+    };
+  } catch (err) {
+    // xAI errors are JSON {code, error} - read the body so the surfaced message isn't 'undefined'
+    if (err.name === 'StatusError' && typeof err.text === 'function') {
+      try {
+        const body = await err.text();
+        if (body) err.message = body;
+      } catch (readErr) {
+        logger.info({readErr}, 'synth xai: failed to read error response body');
+      }
+    }
+    logger.info({err}, 'synth xai returned error');
+    stats.increment('tts.count', ['vendor:xai', 'accepted:no']);
+    throw err;
+  }
+};
+
 const synthCartesia = async(logger, {
   credentials, options, stats, voice, language, key, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming, disableTtsCache
 }) => {

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@jambonz/speech-utils",
-  "version": "1.0.6",
+  "version": "1.0.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@jambonz/speech-utils",
-      "version": "1.0.6",
+      "version": "1.0.8",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "23": "^0.0.0",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jambonz/speech-utils",
-  "version": "1.0.6",
+  "version": "1.0.8",
   "description": "TTS-related speech utilities for jambonz",
   "main": "index.js",
   "author": "Dave Horton",

test/synth.js

@@ -1118,6 +1118,41 @@ test('Deepgram speech synth tests', async(t) => {
   client.quit();
 })
 
+test('xai speech synth tests', async(t) => {
+  const fn = require('..');
+  const {synthAudio, client} = fn(opts, logger);
+
+  if (!process.env.XAI_API_KEY) {
+    t.pass('skipping xai speech synth tests - no XAI_API_KEY');
+    return t.end();
+  }
+  const text = 'Hi there and welcome to jambones!';
+  try {
+    const opts = await synthAudio(stats, {
+      vendor: 'xai',
+      credentials: {
+        api_key: process.env.XAI_API_KEY,
+        options: JSON.stringify({
+          voice: process.env.XAI_VOICE || 'eve',
+          speed: 1.0,
+          optimize_streaming_latency: 1,
+          text_normalization: true
+        })
+      },
+      language: 'en',
+      voice: process.env.XAI_VOICE || 'eve',
+      text,
+      renderForCaching: true
+    });
+    t.ok(!opts.servedFromCache && opts.filePath, `successfully synthesized xai audio to ${opts.filePath}`);
+
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(JSON.stringify(err));
+    t.end(err);
+  }
+  client.quit();
+});
+
 test('TTS Cache tests', async(t) => {
   const fn = require('..');
   const {purgeTtsCache, getTtsSize, client} = fn(opts, logger);