rw-generate-audio
Generate audio using the Runway API via runnable scripts. Supports TTS, sound effects, voice isolation, dubbing, and voice conversion.

Generate Audio

Generate audio directly using the Runway API. Supports text-to-speech, sound effects, voice isolation, dubbing, and speech-to-speech voice conversion.

IMPORTANT: Run scripts from the user's working directory so output files are saved where the user expects.

Usage

uv run scripts/generate_audio.py --type tts --text "Hello world" --filename "greeting.mp3" [--voice-id ID] [--api-key KEY]

Preflight

  1. command -v uv must succeed
  2. RUNWAYML_API_SECRET must be set, or pass --api-key

Audio Types

Type Description Required Args
tts Text to speech --text
sfx Sound effect generation --text
isolate Isolate voice from audio --audio-url
dub Dub to another language --audio-url, --target-language
sts Voice conversion --audio-url

Parameters

Param Description Default
--type Audio type (required): tts, sfx, isolate, dub, sts --
--filename Output filename (required) --
--text Text input (for tts and sfx) --
--audio-url Audio URL or local path (for isolate, dub, sts) --
--voice-id Voice preset (for tts and sts, e.g. Maya, Noah, Leslie) Maya
--target-language Language code (for dub, e.g. "es") --
--output-dir Output directory cwd
--api-key Runway API key env RUNWAYML_API_SECRET

Examples

Text-to-speech:

uv run scripts/generate_audio.py --type tts --text "Welcome to our product showcase" --filename "voiceover.mp3"

Sound effect:

uv run scripts/generate_audio.py --type sfx --text "Thunder rolling across a stormy sky" --filename "thunder.mp3"

Voice isolation:

uv run scripts/generate_audio.py --type isolate --audio-url "noisy-recording.mp3" --filename "clean-voice.mp3"

Speech-to-speech (voice conversion):

uv run scripts/generate_audio.py --type sts --audio-url "recording.mp3" --voice-id Noah --filename "converted.mp3"

Dubbing:

uv run scripts/generate_audio.py --type dub --audio-url "english-narration.mp3" --target-language es --filename "spanish-dub.mp3"

Output