# Self-host an OpenAI-compatible speech API for local transcription, translation, and TTS with Speaches

> Use Speaches when an agent stack expects OpenAI-style audio endpoints but you want a self-hosted speech backend for transcription, translation, and text-to-speech instead of a hosted API.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/self-host-an-openai-compatible-speech-api-for-local-transcri` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/self-host-an-openai-compatible-speech-api-for-local-transcri`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/self-host-an-openai-compatible-speech-api-for-local-transcri/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/self-host-an-openai-compatible-speech-api-for-local-transcri

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# Self-host an OpenAI-compatible speech API for local transcription, translation, and TTS with Speaches

Use Speaches when an agent stack expects OpenAI-style audio endpoints but you want a self-hosted speech backend for transcription, translation, and text-to-speech instead of a hosted API.

## Prerequisites

Docker or Python-based deployment environment, CPU or GPU runtime, supported speech models, and any client or agent stack that can call OpenAI-compatible audio endpoints.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [Deployable via Docker Compose / Docker](https://speaches.ai/installation/)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- See the documentation for installation instructions and usage: [speaches.ai](https://speaches.ai/)
- [Realtime API](https://speaches.ai/usage/realtime-api)

- Source: https://github.com/speaches-ai/speaches
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/speaches-ai/speaches/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://speaches.ai

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/self-host-an-openai-compatible-speech-api-for-local-transcription-translation-and-tts-with-speaches/)