As many know, Microsoft Edge browser has a powerful read-aloud feature. It supports dozens of languages, each offering a selection of distinct voice characters, with impressive results.
Building upon this, a developer created a Python package called edge-tts. This package enables the use of Microsoft's TTS service in programs, providing voiceovers for text or subtitles. For example, the video translation software pyVideoTrans integrates edge-tts, allowing users to directly select it as a voiceover channel.
Unfortunately, there has been significant abuse of Microsoft TTS by users in China, with some even using it for commercial voiceover sales. This has led Microsoft to restrict access from China. Frequent use may result in a 403 error, requiring an IP change or a stable foreign VPN connection to continue.
So, is it possible to set up a simple proxy service on a foreign server for personal use? This would not only improve stability but also make the interface compatible with OpenAI TTS, allowing direct use within the OpenAI SDK.
The answer is yes. I recently took some time to create a Docker image that can be easily pulled and started on a server.
Once launched, the service interface is fully OpenAI-compatible. Simply change the API address to http://your_server_ip:7899/v1 to seamlessly replace OpenAI TTS. Furthermore, it can be directly used in video translation software.
The following provides a detailed guide on how to deploy and use the service:
Step 1: Purchase and activate a US server
Step 2: Open port 7899 in the firewall
Step 3: Connect to the server via terminal
Step 4: Install Docker
Step 5: Pull the edge-tts-api image and start the API service
If you already have a server with Docker installed, you can skip to Step 5 to pull the image.
Step 1: Purchase and Activate a US Server
It's recommended to choose a server in the US region due to fewer or no restrictions. You can select a Linux-based operating system. The following example uses Debian 12 and my personal choice, Yecaoyun. The reason for choosing it is simple: it's affordable and relatively stable, sufficient for voiceover proxying.
If you already have a European or American Linux server, you can skip this section and go directly to the next. Otherwise, please continue reading.
Then, select any of the top four configurations; they should all be sufficient.
I personally use the $29/month configuration.
Click the "Buy Now" button to go to the configuration page. Here, select Debian 12 as the server operating system, set the server password, and leave the other settings as default.
After completing the payment, wait a few minutes for the server to be created and started successfully. Next, you need to configure the firewall to open port 7899. Only by opening this port will you be able to connect to the service for voiceovers.
Step 2: Open Port 7899 in the Firewall
If you plan to use a domain name and configure Nginx reverse proxy, you do not need to open the port. If you are not familiar with these, for simplicity, it is recommended to open the port directly.
The firewall settings interface varies depending on the server and panel. The following uses my Yecaoyun panel as an example; other panels can be used as a reference. If you know how to open a port, you can skip this section and go directly to the next.
First, in "My Products & Services," click the product you just activated to go to the product information and management page.
On this page, you can find the server's IP address and password.
Find "Firewall" under "Additional Tools" and click to open it.
Then, open port 7899, as shown below:
Step 3: Connect to the Server via Terminal
If you already know how to connect to a terminal, or have Xshell or other SSH terminals, you can skip this step and go directly to the next.
On the product information page, find Xterm.js Console and click it. Then, follow the steps shown below:
When the above image appears, press Enter a few times.
When Login: is displayed, enter root after it, and press Enter. 
Next, Password: will appear. Now, paste the password you copied (if you forgot it, you can find it on the product information page).
Note: Do not use Ctrl+V or right-click paste, as this may cause extra spaces or line breaks to be entered, resulting in a password error.
Hold down the Shift key + Insert key to paste the password to prevent login failures even with a correct password, and then press Enter.
The following image shows a successful login.
Step 4: Install Docker
If your server already has Docker installed or you know how to install it, you can skip this step.
Execute the following 5 commands in sequence, making sure that each command is executed successfully before executing the next. These commands are only applicable to the Debian 12 series servers.
After [root@xxxxxx~]#, right-click to paste the following commands, and press Enter to execute them after pasting.
Command 1: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg
Command 2: curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
Command 3: echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
Command 4: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin
Command 5: Start the Docker service. sudo systemctl start docker && sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
This command can be pasted by right-clicking, and then press Enter to execute.
Step 5: Pull the edge-tts-api Image and Start the API Service
Enter the following command to automatically pull the image and start the service. Once the launch is successful, you can use it in video translation software or other tools that support OpenAI TTS.
docker run -p 7899:7899 jianchang512/edge-tts-api:latest
Press Ctrl+C continuously to stop the service.
Note that this command will run in the foreground. If you close the terminal window, the service will stop.
You can use the following command instead, which will start the service in the background, and you can safely close the terminal after execution.
docker run -d -p 7899:7899 jianchang512/edge-tts-api:latest
If there are no errors, it means the launch was successful. You can open http://your_ip:7899/v1/audio/speech in your browser to verify. If a result similar to the following appears, it means the launch was successful.
Using in Video Translation Software
Please upgrade the software to v3.40 to use this feature. Download the upgrade package at https://pyvideotrans.com/downpackage
Open the menu and go to TTS Settings -> OpenAI TTS. Change the interface address to http://your_ip:7899/v1
You can fill in the SK arbitrarily; it just needs to be non-empty. In the role list, separated by commas, enter the roles you want to use.
Available Roles
The following is a list of available roles. Please note that the text language and the role must match.
Chinese Voice Roles:
zh-HK-HiuGaaiNeural
zh-HK-HiuMaanNeural
zh-HK-WanLungNeural
zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural
zh-CN-XiaoyiNeural
zh-CN-YunjianNeural
zh-CN-YunxiNeural
zh-CN-YunxiaNeural
zh-CN-YunyangNeural
zh-CN-liaoning-XiaobeiNeural
zh-TW-HsiaoChenNeural
zh-TW-YunJheNeural
zh-TW-HsiaoYuNeural
zh-CN-shaanxi-XiaoniNeural
English Roles:
en-AU-NatashaNeural
en-AU-WilliamNeural
en-CA-ClaraNeural
en-CA-LiamNeural
en-HK-SamNeural
en-HK-YanNeural
en-IN-NeerjaExpressiveNeural
en-IN-NeerjaNeural
en-IN-PrabhatNeural
en-IE-ConnorNeural
en-IE-EmilyNeural
en-KE-AsiliaNeural
en-KE-ChilembaNeural
en-NZ-MitchellNeural
en-NZ-MollyNeural
en-NG-AbeoNeural
en-NG-EzinneNeural
en-PH-JamesNeural
en-PH-RosaNeural
en-SG-LunaNeural
en-SG-WayneNeural
en-ZA-LeahNeural
en-ZA-LukeNeural
en-TZ-ElimuNeural
en-TZ-ImaniNeural
en-GB-LibbyNeural
en-GB-MaisieNeural
en-GB-RyanNeural
en-GB-SoniaNeural
en-GB-ThomasNeural
en-US-AvaMultilingualNeural
en-US-AndrewMultilingualNeural
en-US-EmmaMultilingualNeural
en-US-BrianMultilingualNeural
en-US-AvaNeural
en-US-AndrewNeural
en-US-EmmaNeural
en-US-BrianNeural
en-US-AnaNeural
en-US-AriaNeural
en-US-ChristopherNeural
en-US-EricNeural
en-US-GuyNeural
en-US-JennyNeural
en-US-MichelleNeural
en-US-RogerNeural
en-US-SteffanNeural
Japanese Roles:
ja-JP-KeitaNeural
ja-JP-NanamiNeural
Korean Roles:
ko-KR-HyunsuNeural
ko-KR-InJoonNeural
ko-KR-SunHiNeural
French Roles:
fr-BE-CharlineNeural
fr-BE-GerardNeural
fr-CA-ThierryNeural
fr-CA-AntoineNeural
fr-CA-JeanNeural
fr-CA-SylvieNeural
fr-FR-VivienneMultilingualNeural
fr-FR-RemyMultilingualNeural
fr-FR-DeniseNeural
fr-FR-EloiseNeural
fr-FR-HenriNeural
fr-CH-ArianeNeural
fr-CH-FabriceNeural
German Roles:
de-AT-IngridNeural
de-AT-JonasNeural
de-DE-SeraphinaMultilingualNeural
de-DE-FlorianMultilingualNeural
de-DE-AmalaNeural
de-DE-ConradNeural
de-DE-KatjaNeural
de-DE-KillianNeural
de-CH-JanNeural
de-CH-LeniNeural
Spanish Roles:
es-AR-ElenaNeural
es-AR-TomasNeural
es-BO-MarceloNeural
es-BO-SofiaNeural
es-CL-CatalinaNeural
es-CL-LorenzoNeural
es-ES-XimenaNeural
es-CO-GonzaloNeural
es-CO-SalomeNeural
es-CR-JuanNeural
es-CR-MariaNeural
es-CU-BelkysNeural
es-CU-ManuelNeural
es-DO-EmilioNeural
es-DO-RamonaNeural
es-EC-AndreaNeural
es-EC-LuisNeural
es-SV-LorenaNeural
es-SV-RodrigoNeural
es-GQ-JavierNeural
es-GQ-TeresaNeural
es-GT-AndresNeural
es-GT-MartaNeural
es-HN-CarlosNeural
es-HN-KarlaNeural
es-MX-DaliaNeural
es-MX-JorgeNeural
es-NI-FedericoNeural
es-NI-YolandaNeural
es-PA-MargaritaNeural
es-PA-RobertoNeural
es-PY-MarioNeural
es-PY-TaniaNeural
es-PE-AlexNeural
es-PE-CamilaNeural
es-PR-KarinaNeural
es-PR-VictorNeural
es-ES-AlvaroNeural
es-ES-ElviraNeural
es-US-AlonsoNeural
es-US-PalomaNeural
es-UY-MateoNeural
es-UY-ValentinaNeural
es-VE-PaolaNeural
es-VE-SebastianNeural
Arabic Roles:
ar-DZ-AminaNeural
ar-DZ-IsmaelNeural
ar-BH-AliNeural
ar-BH-LailaNeural
ar-EG-SalmaNeural
ar-EG-ShakirNeural
ar-IQ-BasselNeural
ar-IQ-RanaNeural
ar-JO-SanaNeural
ar-JO-TaimNeural
ar-KW-FahedNeural
ar-KW-NouraNeural
ar-LB-LaylaNeural
ar-LB-RamiNeural
ar-LY-ImanNeural
ar-LY-OmarNeural
ar-MA-JamalNeural
ar-MA-MounaNeural
ar-OM-AbdullahNeural
ar-OM-AyshaNeural
ar-QA-AmalNeural
ar-QA-MoazNeural
ar-SA-HamedNeural
ar-SA-ZariyahNeural
ar-SY-AmanyNeural
ar-SY-LaithNeural
ar-TN-HediNeural
ar-TN-ReemNeural
ar-AE-FatimaNeural
ar-AE-HamdanNeural
ar-YE-MaryamNeural
ar-YE-SalehNeural
Bengali Roles:
bn-BD-NabanitaNeural
bn-BD-PradeepNeural
bn-IN-BashkarNeural
bn-IN-TanishaaNeural
Czech Roles:
cs-CZ-AntoninNeural
cs-CZ-VlastaNeural
Dutch Roles:
nl-BE-ArnaudNeural
nl-BE-DenaNeural
nl-NL-ColetteNeural
nl-NL-FennaNeural
nl-NL-MaartenNeural
Hebrew Roles:
he-IL-AvriNeural
he-IL-HilaNeural
Hindi Roles:
hi-IN-MadhurNeural
hi-IN-SwaraNeural
Hungarian Roles:
hu-HU-NoemiNeural
hu-HU-TamasNeural
Indonesian Roles:
id-ID-ArdiNeural
id-ID-GadisNeural
Italian Roles:
it-IT-GiuseppeNeural
it-IT-DiegoNeural
it-IT-ElsaNeural
it-IT-IsabellaNeural
Kazakh Roles:
kk-KZ-AigulNeural
kk-KZ-DauletNeural
Malay Roles:
ms-MY-OsmanNeural
ms-MY-YasminNeural
Polish Roles:
pl-PL-MarekNeural
pl-PL-ZofiaNeural
Portuguese Roles:
pt-BR-ThalitaNeural
pt-BR-AntonioNeural
pt-BR-FranciscaNeural
pt-PT-DuarteNeural
pt-PT-RaquelNeural
Russian Roles:
ru-RU-DmitryNeural
ru-RU-SvetlanaNeural
Swahili Roles:
sw-KE-RafikiNeural
sw-KE-ZuriNeural
sw-TZ-DaudiNeural
sw-TZ-RehemaNeural
Thai Roles:
th-TH-NiwatNeural
th-TH-PremwadeeNeural
Turkish Roles:
tr-TR-AhmetNeural
tr-TR-EmelNeural
Ukrainian Roles:
uk-UA-OstapNeural
uk-UA-PolinaNeural
Vietnamese Roles:
vi-VN-HoaiMyNeural
vi-VN-NamMinhNeuralUsing with OpenAI SDK
Requires installation of the openai library: pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key='12314', base_url='http://your_ip:7899/v1')
with client.audio.speech.with_streaming_response.create(
model='tts-1',
voice='zh-CN-YunxiNeural',
input='Hello, dear friends',
speed=1.0
) as response:
with open('./test.mp3', 'wb') as f:
for chunk in response.iter_bytes():
f.write(chunk)Directly Using Requests
import requests
res=requests.post('http://your_ip:7899/v1',data={"voice":"zh-CN-YunxiNeural",
"input":"Hello, dear friends",
speed=1.0 })
with open('./test.mp3', 'wb') as f:
f.write(res.content)