Speed
Real-time latency
Fast enough to power live voice agents without awkward pauses.
<150ms
Time to first byte
real-time
Indic TTS · for conversationsIndic text-to-speech · built for conversations
Bakbak is a conversational Indic text-to-speech API for real-time voice agents. It is priced per character and designed for conversational speech rather than narration or dubbing. It is currently priced at ₹0.39 / 1k chars on pay-as-you-go.
155/300
Anjura runs on our newest model for more natural and consistent speech.
13 languages · more coming soon.
Voice samples
Hear Bakbak across Indian languages
Tap any card to play a real conversational line with the same voice your agents would use.
Why Bakbak
Finally, a TTS built for the Indian reality
Purpose-built for conversations, which is exactly why it's faster and cheaper than others.
Code-switching
Effortless switching
Handles Hinglish and mid-sentence code-switching the way people actually speak.
Sir, आपका order almost ready है, बस एक quick confirmation चाहिए.
हिंदीEnglishहिंदीmid-sentence
Voice cloning
Instant voice cloning
Clone a brand voice from seconds of audio, with the right consent.
Drop a 10-second sample
WAV or MP3 · consent required
Cloned voice ready
Purpose-built
Built for conversations
Tuned for agents and IVR, not dubbing, so you don't pay studio rates for a chatbot.
Voice AI agents
Live customer support
Audiobooks & narration
Studio dubbing
Multilingual
13 languages
Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and more, with more coming soon.
13
Indian languages
हिंदीमराठीதமிழ்తెలుగుಕನ್ನಡবাংলাગુજરાતીਪੰਜਾਬੀIndian Englishmore soon
Expressive voices
Ananya· Warm
Kavya· Bright
Arjun· Crisp
Developers
Indic speech in one API call
Log in with Google, grab an API key, and stream audio over WebSocket. SDKs for Python, Node and REST.
quickstart.py
# pip install bakbak
from bakbak import Bakbak
client = Bakbak(api_key="sk_...")
audio = client.speak(
text="नमस्ते! कैसे मदद करूँ?",
voice="anjura",
language="hi",
)
audio.stream() # <150ms to first bytePricing
Simple, transparent, per-character
FAQs
Questions, answered
What is Bakbak?
Bakbak is a conversational Indic text-to-speech API for real-time voice agents. It is priced per character and designed for conversational speech rather than narration or dubbing.
It currently lists 13 languages in the public demo and is priced at ₹0.39 / 1k chars on pay-as-you-go.
- Product
- Bakbak
- Price
- ₹0.39 / 1k chars
- Latency
- Under 150ms to first byte
- Languages in demo
- 13 languages
See TTS pricing, read the developer docs, or compare with Raya voice agents.
Bakbak is built only for conversational use cases (voice agents and IVR), not narration or dubbing. Because it does one thing, it's faster and far cheaper than narration-grade engines.
₹0.39 / 1k chars, over 75% less than narration-grade providers, which are typically built for audiobooks and dubbing.
Under 150ms to first byte. Measured as time to first audio byte over streaming, fast enough to power live voice agents without awkward pauses.
13 languages including Hindi, English (India), Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, with more coming soon. Bakbak also handles Hinglish and code-switching.
Yes. Clone a voice from a few seconds of audio. You must have the speaker's explicit consent to clone and use their voice.
Log in with Google, generate an API key, and drop the copy-paste snippet into your app. Full docs and SDKs for Python, Node and REST are available.
Yes: WebSocket streaming for real-time playback, plus WAV and MP3 output for non-streaming use.
Yes. Advanced controls let you tune pronunciation, pace, pitch and tone, useful for domain terms, brand names and numbers.
Data is processed in India, and your API inputs are never used to train our models.
Yes: free credits to start, transparent pay-as-you-go at ₹0.39 / 1k chars, and custom volume pricing for enterprises. Contact sales for on-prem and SLAs.