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Sesame: CSM 1B

Source description (English)

CSM 1B is a conversational speech model from Sesame. It accepts text input and produces English speech output, with voice options spanning conversational and read-speech styles. At 1B parameters, it...

Overview

Model specifications

Context
4,096 tokens
Maximum output
3,686 tokens
Architecture
text->speech
Tokenizer
Other
Knowledge cutoff
Not provided
Moderated
No
OPENROUTER

Complete pricing

Synchronized OpenRouter rates. Token prices are shown per one million tokens.

Characters
$7
per million characters
API

Model configuration

Supported voices

conversational_aconversational_bread_speech_aread_speech_bread_speech_cread_speech_dnone
API

Quick start

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY locally. Python requires requests; JavaScript runs in Node.js. Keep the key on the server.

Choose a supported voice. Replace YOUR_VOICE_ID if no voice is listed.

API documentation

curl --fail-with-body https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"sesame/csm-1b","input":"Hello!","voice":"conversational_a","response_format":"mp3"}' \
  --output speech.mp3
Capabilities

InputOutput

Input
text
Output
speech
API

Supported API parameters

Available providers

1 Provider

Checked: September 16, 2026

Live providers on OpenRouter

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OpenRouter

DeepInfra

Not provided
Context
4K
Maximum output
4K