TTS cost by script length on Sume: 1,000 to 20,000 characters
Sume text to speech costs $0.0475 per 1,000 characters, at least $0.01 and at most $0.95 per request. A price table by script length, plus the full-video bill.
A Sume text to speech request costs $0.0475 per 1,000 characters of transcript, with a $0.01 minimum and a $0.95 maximum, because one request holds at most 20,000 characters. Spaces and punctuation count. These numbers come from the sume/tts-1.0 catalog entry; confirm them live with GET /v1/catalog before you budget.
Price by script length
Price scales with characters, not with seconds of audio or with the voice you pick, so you can cost a script before you generate it. Count characters in your editor, including spaces.
| Transcript length | Price at $0.0475 per 1,000 | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 characters | $0.0475 | The catalog's estimate unit |
| 5,000 characters | $0.2375 | Calculated from the per-1,000 rate |
| 10,000 characters | $0.475 | Calculated from the per-1,000 rate |
| 20,000 characters | $0.95 | Largest single request |
| Very short line | $0.01 | Minimum per request |
The rest of a finished video
Voice is usually the smaller line. A captioned Short adds a caption job at $0.20 for videos up to 60 seconds, a generated music bed adds $0.125 per generation, and assembling the audio and clips on Timeline 1.0 adds $0.10 per output minute rounded up, per the Sume guides for video captions, the Music Router and Timeline 1.0.
Retakes are the real variable. Split a long script into sentences and regenerate only the line you dislike instead of the whole 20,000 characters.
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