@jambonz/speech-utils 0.0.51 → 0.1.1

package/index.js

@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ module.exports = (opts, logger) => {
     getTtsSize: require('./lib/get-tts-size').bind(null, client, logger),
     purgeTtsCache: require('./lib/purge-tts-cache').bind(null, client, logger),
     addFileToCache: require('./lib/add-file-to-cache').bind(null, client, logger),
-    synthAudio: require('./lib/synth-audio').bind(null, client, logger),
+    synthAudio: require('./lib/synth-audio').bind(null, client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger),
+    getVerbioAccessToken: require('./lib/get-verbio-token').bind(null, client, logger),
     getNuanceAccessToken: require('./lib/get-nuance-access-token').bind(null, client, logger),
     getIbmAccessToken: require('./lib/get-ibm-access-token').bind(null, client, logger),
     getAwsAuthToken: require('./lib/get-aws-sts-token').bind(null, logger, createHash, retrieveHash),
-    getTtsVoices: require('./lib/get-tts-voices').bind(null, client, logger),
+    getTtsVoices: require('./lib/get-tts-voices').bind(null, client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger),
   };
 };

package/lib/constants.js

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+  HTTP_TIMEOUT: 5000
+};

package/lib/get-aws-sts-token.js

@@ -1,32 +1,41 @@
-const { STSClient, GetSessionTokenCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-sts');
+const { STSClient, GetSessionTokenCommand, AssumeRoleCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-sts');
 const {makeAwsKey, noopLogger} = require('./utils');
 const debug = require('debug')('jambonz:speech-utils');
 const EXPIRY = 3600;
 
 async function getAwsAuthToken(
-  logger,
-  createHash, retrieveHash,
-  awsAccessKeyId, awsSecretAccessKey, awsRegion) {
+  logger, createHash, retrieveHash,
+  awsAccessKeyId, awsSecretAccessKey, awsRegion, roleArn = null) {
   logger = logger || noopLogger;
   try {
-    const key = makeAwsKey(awsAccessKeyId);
+    const key = makeAwsKey(roleArn || awsAccessKeyId);
     const obj = await retrieveHash(key);
     if (obj) return {...obj, servedFromCache: true};
 
-    /* access token not found in cache, so generate it using STS */
-    const stsClient = new STSClient({
-      region: awsRegion,
-      credentials: {
-        accessKeyId: awsAccessKeyId,
-        secretAccessKey: awsSecretAccessKey,
-      }
-    });
-    const command = new GetSessionTokenCommand({DurationSeconds: EXPIRY});
-    const data = await stsClient.send(command);
+    let data;
+    if (roleArn) {
+      const stsClient = new STSClient({ region: awsRegion});
+      const roleToAssume = { RoleArn: roleArn, RoleSessionName: 'Jambonz_Speech', DurationSeconds: EXPIRY};
+      const command = new AssumeRoleCommand(roleToAssume);
+
+      data = await stsClient.send(command);
+    } else {
+      /* access token not found in cache, so generate it using STS */
+      const stsClient = new STSClient({
+        region: awsRegion,
+        credentials: {
+          accessKeyId: awsAccessKeyId,
+          secretAccessKey: awsSecretAccessKey,
+        }
+      });
+      const command = new GetSessionTokenCommand({DurationSeconds: EXPIRY});
+      data = await stsClient.send(command);
+    }
 
     const credentials = {
       accessKeyId: data.Credentials.AccessKeyId,
       secretAccessKey: data.Credentials.SecretAccessKey,
+      sessionToken: data.Credentials.SessionToken,
       securityToken: data.Credentials.SessionToken
     };
 

package/lib/get-ibm-access-token.js

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ const formurlencoded = require('form-urlencoded');
 const {Pool} = require('undici');
 const pool = new Pool('https://iam.cloud.ibm.com');
 const {makeIbmKey, noopLogger} = require('./utils');
+const { HTTP_TIMEOUT } = require('./constants');
 const debug = require('debug')('jambonz:realtimedb-helpers');
-const HTTP_TIMEOUT = 5000;
 
 async function getIbmAccessToken(client, logger, apiKey) {
   logger = logger || noopLogger;

package/lib/get-nuance-access-token.js

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ const formurlencoded = require('form-urlencoded');
 const {Pool} = require('undici');
 const pool = new Pool('https://auth.crt.nuance.com');
 const {makeNuanceKey, makeBasicAuthHeader, noopLogger} = require('./utils');
+const { HTTP_TIMEOUT } = require('./constants');
 const debug = require('debug')('jambonz:realtimedb-helpers');
-const HTTP_TIMEOUT = 5000;
 
 async function getNuanceAccessToken(client, logger, clientId, secret, scope) {
   logger = logger || noopLogger;

package/lib/get-tts-voices.js

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 const assert = require('assert');
 const {noopLogger, createNuanceClient, createKryptonClient} = require('./utils');
 const getNuanceAccessToken = require('./get-nuance-access-token');
+const getVerbioAccessToken = require('./get-verbio-token');
 const {GetVoicesRequest, Voice} = require('../stubs/nuance/synthesizer_pb');
 const TextToSpeechV1 = require('ibm-watson/text-to-speech/v1');
 const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
 const ttsGoogle = require('@google-cloud/text-to-speech');
 const { PollyClient, DescribeVoicesCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-polly');
+const getAwsAuthToken = require('./get-aws-sts-token');
+const {Pool} = require('undici');
+const { HTTP_TIMEOUT } = require('./constants');
+const verbioVoicePool = new Pool('https://us.rest.speechcenter.verbio.com');
 
 const getIbmVoices = async(client, logger, credentials) => {
   const {tts_region, tts_api_key} = credentials;
@@ -87,16 +92,26 @@ const getGoogleVoices = async(_client, logger, credentials) => {
   return await client.listVoices();
 };
 
-const getAwsVoices = async(_client, logger, credentials) => {
+const getAwsVoices = async(_client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger, credentials) => {
   try {
-    const {region, accessKeyId, secretAccessKey} = credentials;
-    const client = new PollyClient({
-      region,
-      credentials: {
-        accessKeyId,
-        secretAccessKey
-      }
-    });
+    const {region, accessKeyId, secretAccessKey, roleArn} = credentials;
+    let client = null;
+    if (accessKeyId && secretAccessKey) {
+      client = new PollyClient({
+        region,
+        credentials: {
+          accessKeyId,
+          secretAccessKey
+        }
+      });
+    } else if (roleArn) {
+      client = new PollyClient({
+        region,
+        credentials: await getAwsAuthToken(logger, createHash, retrieveHash, null, null, region, roleArn),
+      });
+    } else {
+      client = new PollyClient({region});
+    }
     const command = new DescribeVoicesCommand({});
     const response = await client.send(command);
     return response;
@@ -106,6 +121,26 @@ const getAwsVoices = async(_client, logger, credentials) => {
   }
 };
 
+const getVerbioVoices = async(client, logger, credentials) => {
+  try {
+    const access_token = await getVerbioAccessToken(client, logger, credentials);
+    const { body} =  await verbioVoicePool.request({
+      path: '/api/v1/voices',
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: {
+        'Authorization': `Bearer ${access_token.access_token}`,
+        'User-Agent': 'jambonz'
+      },
+      timeout: HTTP_TIMEOUT,
+      followRedirects: false
+    });
+    return await body.json();
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.info({err}, 'getVerbioVoices - failed to list voices for Verbio');
+    throw err;
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  * Synthesize speech to an mp3 file, and also cache the generated speech
  * in redis (base64 format) for 24 hours so as to avoid unnecessarily paying
@@ -122,10 +157,10 @@ const getAwsVoices = async(_client, logger, credentials) => {
  * @returns object containing filepath to an mp3 file in the /tmp folder containing
  * the synthesized audio, and a variable indicating whether it was served from cache
  */
-async function getTtsVoices(client, logger, {vendor, credentials}) {
+async function getTtsVoices(client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger, {vendor, credentials}) {
   logger = logger || noopLogger;
 
-  assert.ok(['nuance', 'ibm', 'google', 'aws', 'polly'].includes(vendor),
+  assert.ok(['nuance', 'ibm', 'google', 'aws', 'polly', 'verbio'].includes(vendor),
     `getTtsVoices not supported for vendor ${vendor}`);
 
   switch (vendor) {
@@ -137,7 +172,9 @@ async function getTtsVoices(client, logger, {vendor, credentials}) {
       return getGoogleVoices(client, logger, credentials);
     case 'aws':
     case 'polly':
-      return getAwsVoices(client, logger, credentials);
+      return getAwsVoices(client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger, credentials);
+    case 'verbio':
+      return getVerbioVoices(client, logger, credentials);
     default:
       break;
   }

package/lib/get-verbio-token.js

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const {Pool} = require('undici');
+const { noopLogger, makeVerbioKey } = require('./utils');
+const { HTTP_TIMEOUT } = require('./constants');
+const pool = new Pool('https://auth.speechcenter.verbio.com:444');
+const debug = require('debug')('jambonz:realtimedb-helpers');
+
+async function getVerbioAccessToken(client, logger, credentials) {
+  logger = logger || noopLogger;
+  const { client_id, client_secret } = credentials;
+  try {
+    const key = makeVerbioKey(client_id);
+    const access_token = await client.get(key);
+    if (access_token) {
+      return {access_token, servedFromCache: true};
+    }
+
+    const payload = {
+      client_id,
+      client_secret
+    };
+
+    const {statusCode, headers, body} =  await pool.request({
+      path: '/api/v1/token',
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'User-Agent': 'jambonz'
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+      timeout: HTTP_TIMEOUT,
+      followRedirects: false
+    });
+
+    if (200 !== statusCode) {
+      logger.debug({statusCode, headers, body: await body.text()}, 'error fetching access token from Verbio');
+      const err = new Error();
+      err.statusCode = statusCode;
+      throw err;
+    }
+    const json = await body.json();
+    const expiry =  Math.floor(json.expiration_time - Date.now() / 1000 - 30);
+    await client.set(key, json.access_token, 'EX', expiry);
+    return {...json, servedFromCache: false};
+  } catch (err) {
+    debug(err, `getVerbioAccessToken: Error retrieving Verbio access token for client_id ${client_id}`);
+    logger.error(err, `getVerbioAccessToken: Error retrieving Verbio access token for client_id ${client_id}`);
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = getVerbioAccessToken;

package/lib/synth-audio.js

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const {
   noopLogger
 } = require('./utils');
 const getNuanceAccessToken = require('./get-nuance-access-token');
+const getVerbioAccessToken = require('./get-verbio-token');
 const {
   SynthesisRequest,
   Voice,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ const debug = require('debug')('jambonz:realtimedb-helpers');
 const EXPIRES = (process.env.JAMBONES_TTS_CACHE_DURATION_MINS || 4 * 60) * 60; // cache tts for 4 hours
 const TMP_FOLDER = '/tmp';
 const OpenAI = require('openai');
+const getAwsAuthToken = require('./get-aws-sts-token');
 
 
 const trimTrailingSilence = (buffer) => {
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ const trimTrailingSilence = (buffer) => {
  * @returns object containing filepath to an mp3 file in the /tmp folder containing
  * the synthesized audio, and a variable indicating whether it was served from cache
  */
-async function synthAudio(client, logger, stats, { account_sid,
+async function synthAudio(client, createHash, retrieveHash, logger, stats, { account_sid,
   vendor, language, voice, gender, text, engine, salt, model, credentials, deploymentId,
   disableTtsCache, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming, options
 }) {
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ async function synthAudio(client, logger, stats, { account_sid,
   logger = logger || noopLogger;
 
   assert.ok(['google', 'aws', 'polly', 'microsoft', 'wellsaid', 'nuance', 'nvidia', 'ibm', 'elevenlabs',
-    'whisper', 'deepgram', 'playht', 'rimelabs'].includes(vendor) ||
+    'whisper', 'deepgram', 'playht', 'rimelabs', 'verbio'].includes(vendor) ||
   vendor.startsWith('custom'),
   `synthAudio supported vendors are google, aws, microsoft, nuance, nvidia and wellsaid ..etc, not ${vendor}`);
   if ('google' === vendor) {
@@ -138,6 +140,10 @@ async function synthAudio(client, logger, stats, { account_sid,
     assert.ok(credentials.api_key, 'synthAudio requires api_key when whisper is used');
   } else  if (vendor.startsWith('custom')) {
     assert.ok(credentials.custom_tts_url, `synthAudio requires custom_tts_url in credentials when ${vendor} is used`);
+  } else if ('verbio' === vendor) {
+    assert.ok(voice, 'synthAudio requires voice when verbio is used');
+    assert.ok(credentials.client_id, 'synthAudio requires client_id when verbio is used');
+    assert.ok(credentials.client_secret, 'synthAudio requires client_secret when verbio is used');
   }
   const key = makeSynthKey({
     account_sid,
@@ -148,7 +154,7 @@ async function synthAudio(client, logger, stats, { account_sid,
     text
   });
   let filePath;
-  if (['nuance', 'nvidia'].includes(vendor) ||
+  if (['nuance', 'nvidia', 'verbio'].includes(vendor) ||
     (
       (process.env.JAMBONES_TTS_TRIM_SILENCE || !process.env.JAMBONES_DISABLE_TTS_STREAMING) &&
       ['microsoft', 'azure'].includes(vendor)
@@ -187,7 +193,8 @@ async function synthAudio(client, logger, stats, { account_sid,
       case 'aws':
       case 'polly':
         vendorLabel = 'aws';
-        audioBuffer = await synthPolly(logger, {credentials, stats, language, voice, text, engine});
+        audioBuffer = await synthPolly(createHash, retrieveHash, logger,
+          {credentials, stats, language, voice, text, engine});
         break;
       case 'azure':
       case 'microsoft':
@@ -232,6 +239,11 @@ async function synthAudio(client, logger, stats, { account_sid,
           credentials, stats, voice, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming});
         if (audioBuffer?.filePath) return audioBuffer;
         break;
+      case 'verbio':
+        audioBuffer = await synthVerbio(client, logger, {
+          credentials, stats, voice, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming});
+        if (audioBuffer?.filePath) return audioBuffer;
+        break;
       case 'deepgram':
         audioBuffer = await synthDeepgram(logger, {credentials, stats, model, text,
           renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming});
@@ -263,16 +275,28 @@ async function synthAudio(client, logger, stats, { account_sid,
   });
 }
 
-const synthPolly = async(logger, {credentials, stats, language, voice, engine, text}) => {
+const synthPolly = async(createHash, retrieveHash, logger,
+  {credentials, stats, language, voice, engine, text}) => {
   try {
-    const {region, accessKeyId, secretAccessKey} = credentials;
-    const polly = new PollyClient({
-      region,
-      credentials: {
-        accessKeyId,
-        secretAccessKey
-      }
-    });
+    const {region, accessKeyId, secretAccessKey, roleArn} = credentials;
+    let polly;
+    if (accessKeyId && secretAccessKey) {
+      polly = new PollyClient({
+        region,
+        credentials: {
+          accessKeyId,
+          secretAccessKey
+        }
+      });
+    } else if (roleArn) {
+      polly = new PollyClient({
+        region,
+        credentials: await getAwsAuthToken(logger, createHash, retrieveHash, null, null, region, roleArn),
+      });
+    } else {
+      // AWS RoleArn assigned to Instance profile
+      polly = new PollyClient({region});
+    }
     const opts = {
       Engine: engine,
       OutputFormat: 'mp3',
@@ -366,7 +390,7 @@ async function _synthOnPremMicrosoft(logger, {
   text,
   filePath
 }) {
-  const {use_custom_tts, custom_tts_endpoint_url} = credentials;
+  const {use_custom_tts, custom_tts_endpoint_url, api_key} = credentials;
   let content = text;
 
   if (use_custom_tts && !content.startsWith('<speak')) {
@@ -390,7 +414,8 @@ async function _synthOnPremMicrosoft(logger, {
     const post = bent('POST', 'buffer', {
       'X-Microsoft-OutputFormat': trimSilence ? 'raw-8khz-16bit-mono-pcm' : 'audio-16khz-32kbitrate-mono-mp3',
       'Content-Type': 'application/ssml+xml',
-      'User-Agent': 'Jambonz'
+      'User-Agent': 'Jambonz',
+      ...(api_key && {'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': api_key})
     });
     const mp3 = await post(custom_tts_endpoint_url, content);
     return mp3;
@@ -438,6 +463,7 @@ const synthMicrosoft = async(logger, {
       params += ',write_cache_file=1';
       if (region) params += `,region=${region}`;
       if (custom_tts_endpoint) params += `,endpointId=${custom_tts_endpoint}`;
+      if (custom_tts_endpoint_url) params += `,endpoint=${custom_tts_endpoint_url}`;
       if (process.env.JAMBONES_HTTP_PROXY_IP) params += `,http_proxy_ip=${process.env.JAMBONES_HTTP_PROXY_IP}`;
       if (process.env.JAMBONES_HTTP_PROXY_PORT) params += `,http_proxy_port=${process.env.JAMBONES_HTTP_PROXY_PORT}`;
       params += '}';
@@ -803,6 +829,46 @@ const synthRimelabs = async(logger, {
     throw err;
   }
 };
+const synthVerbio = async(client, logger, {credentials, stats, voice, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming}) => {
+  //https://doc.speechcenter.verbio.com/#tag/Text-To-Speech-REST-API
+  if (text.length > 2000) {
+    throw new Error('Verbio cannot synthesize for the text length larger than 2000 characters');
+  }
+  const token = await getVerbioAccessToken(client, logger, credentials);
+  if (!process.env.JAMBONES_DISABLE_TTS_STREAMING && !renderForCaching && !disableTtsStreaming) {
+    let params = '';
+    params += `{access_token=${token.access_token}`;
+    params += ',vendor=verbio';
+    params += `,voice=${voice}`;
+    params += ',write_cache_file=1';
+    params += '}';
+
+    return {
+      filePath: `say:${params}${text.replace(/\n/g, ' ')}`,
+      servedFromCache: false,
+      rtt: 0
+    };
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const post = bent('https://us.rest.speechcenter.verbio.com', 'POST', 'buffer', {
+      'Authorization': `Bearer ${token.access_token}`,
+      'User-Agent': 'jambonz',
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+    });
+    const r8 = await post('/api/v1/synthesize', {
+      voice_id: voice,
+      output_sample_rate: '8k',
+      output_encoding: 'pcm16',
+      text
+    });
+    return r8;
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.info({err}, 'synth Verbio returned error');
+    stats.increment('tts.count', ['vendor:verbio', 'accepted:no']);
+    throw err;
+  }
+};
 
 const synthWhisper = async(logger, {credentials, stats, voice, text, renderForCaching, disableTtsStreaming}) => {
   const {api_key, model_id, baseURL, timeout, speed} = credentials;

package/lib/utils.js

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ const {SynthesizerClient} = require('../stubs/nuance/synthesizer_grpc_pb');
 const {RivaSpeechSynthesisClient} = require('../stubs/riva/proto/riva_tts_grpc_pb');
 const {Pool} = require('undici');
 const pool = new Pool('https://auth.crt.nuance.com');
-const HTTP_TIMEOUT = 5000;
 const NUANCE_AUTH_ENDPOINT = 'tts.api.nuance.com:443';
 const grpc = require('@grpc/grpc-js');
 const formurlencoded = require('form-urlencoded');
+const { HTTP_TIMEOUT } = require('./constants');
 
 const debug = require('debug')('jambonz:realtimedb-helpers');
 /**
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ function makeAwsKey(awsAccessKeyId) {
   return `aws:${hash.digest('hex')}`;
 }
 
+function makeVerbioKey(client_id) {
+  const hash = crypto.createHash('sha1');
+  hash.update(client_id);
+  return `verbio:${hash.digest('hex')}`;
+}
+
 function makeNuanceKey(clientId, secret, scope) {
   const hash = crypto.createHash('sha1');
   hash.update(`${clientId}:${secret}:${scope}`);
@@ -117,6 +123,7 @@ module.exports = {
   makeNuanceKey,
   makeIbmKey,
   makeAwsKey,
+  makeVerbioKey,
   getNuanceAccessToken,
   createNuanceClient,
   createKryptonClient,

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jambonz/speech-utils",
-  "version": "0.0.51",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "description": "TTS-related speech utilities for jambonz",
   "main": "index.js",
   "author": "Dave Horton",

package/test/list-voices.js

@@ -12,6 +12,32 @@ const stats = {
   histogram: () => {}
 };
 
+test('Verbio - get Access key and voices', async(t) => {
+  const fn = require('..');
+  const {client, getTtsVoices, getVerbioAccessToken} = fn(opts, logger);
+  if (!process.env.VERBIO_CLIENT_ID || !process.env.VERBIO_CLIENT_SECRET) {
+    t.pass('skipping Verbio test since no Verbio Keys provided');
+    t.end();
+    client.quit();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const credentials = {
+      client_id: process.env.VERBIO_CLIENT_ID,
+      client_secret: process.env.VERBIO_CLIENT_SECRET
+    };
+    let obj = await getVerbioAccessToken(credentials);
+    t.ok(obj.access_token , 'successfully received access token not from cache');
+    const voices = await getTtsVoices({vendor: 'verbio', credentials});
+    t.ok(voices && voices.length != 0, 'successfully received verbio voices');
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+    t.end(err);
+  }
+  client.quit();
+});
+
 test('IBM - create access key', async(t) => {
   const fn = require('..');
   const {client, getIbmAccessToken} = fn(opts, logger);

package/test/synth.js

@@ -162,6 +162,33 @@ test('AWS speech synth tests', async(t) => {
   client.quit();
 });
 
+test('AWS speech synth tests by RoleArn', async(t) => {
+  const fn = require('..');
+  const {synthAudio, client} = fn(opts, logger);
+
+  if (!process.env.AWS_ROLE_ARN || !process.env.AWS_REGION) {
+    t.pass('skipping AWS speech synth tests by RoleArn since AWS_ROLE_ARN or AWS_REGION not provided');
+    return t.end();
+  }
+  try {
+    let opts = await synthAudio(stats, {
+      vendor: 'aws',
+      credentials: {
+        roleArn: process.env.AWS_ROLE_ARN,
+        region: process.env.AWS_REGION,
+      },
+      language: 'en-US',
+      voice: 'Joey',
+      text: 'This is a test.  This is only a test',
+    });
+    t.ok(!opts.servedFromCache, `successfully synthesized aws by roleArn audio to ${opts.filePath}`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+    t.end(err);
+  }
+  client.quit();
+});
+
 test('Azure speech synth tests', async(t) => {
   const fn = require('..');
   const {synthAudio, client} = fn(opts, logger);
@@ -643,6 +670,40 @@ test('whisper speech synth tests', async(t) => {
       language: 'en-US',
       voice: 'alloy',
       text,
+      renderForCaching: true
+    });
+    t.ok(!opts.servedFromCache, `successfully synthesized whisper audio to ${opts.filePath}`);
+
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(JSON.stringify(err));
+    t.end(err);
+  }
+  client.quit();
+});
+
+test('Verbio speech synth tests', async(t) => {
+  const fn = require('..');
+  const {synthAudio, client} = fn(opts, logger);
+
+  if (!process.env.VERBIO_CLIENT_ID || !process.env.VERBIO_CLIENT_SECRET) {
+    t.pass('skipping Verbio Synthesize test since no Verbio Keys provided');
+    t.end();
+    client.quit();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const text = 'Hi there and welcome to jambones!';
+  try {
+    let opts = await synthAudio(stats, {
+      vendor: 'verbio',
+      credentials: {
+        client_id: process.env.VERBIO_CLIENT_ID,
+        client_secret: process.env.VERBIO_CLIENT_SECRET
+      },
+      language: 'en-US',
+      voice: 'tommy_en-us',
+      text,
+      renderForCaching: true
     });
     t.ok(!opts.servedFromCache, `successfully synthesized whisper audio to ${opts.filePath}`);