Rime

Text-to-speech

Rime voices are live on the SignalWire platform! Read on to learn about the available models, and try out Arcana voices with a SignalWire Voice AI Agent.

Models

Mist v2

Mist is Rime’s fastest model, built for high-volume, business-critical applications. Rime's fastest and most precise voices help you convert prospects, retain customers, and drive sales by ensuring your message resonates exactly as intended.

Rime models

View Rime's model reference

Arcana

Arcana is Rime's latest and greatest model, offering a variety of ultra-realistic voices. These voices prioritize authenticity and character, capturing natural rhythms and tiny imperfections that make voices sound human. Perfect for creative applications where realism is a top priority.

Arcana

Read Rime's announcement blog post

Voices

Mist v2 is the default Rime model on the SignalWire platform. To use this model, simply set the voice ID.

To use Arcana voices, set model to arcana with the languages SWML method:

languages:
- name: English
  code: en-US
  voice: rime.luna
  model: arcana

For a full demonstration and sample script, see below.

Rime dashboard

Preview Rime voices on their dashboard

Rime docs

Refer to the Rime Docs for an up-to-date list of voice IDs.

Build with Rime on SignalWire

Create a Space and add credit

If you don't have one yet, you'll need to create a SignalWire Space. Be sure to add some credit to test with.

Add a new Resource

Find the Resources tab in the main sidebar menu of your Dashboard.

Create and manage all Resources from the SignalWire Dashboard.

Resources

Learn more about Resources, the interoperable communications building blocks that interact with Subscribers in SignalWire's Call Fabric architecture.

Create a SWML Script

From the Resources menu, select SWML Script. Name it something fun and recognizable. Ours is titled Rime Wizard.

Next, paste the following starter script into the text box, and hit Save:

YAML

version: 1.0.0
sections:
  main:
  - ai:
      prompt:
        text: | 
          You're Luna, a voice from Rime's Arcana model! 
          Introduce yourself, and have a conversation about programmable unified communications on the SignalWire platform. 
      languages:
      - name: English
        code: en-US
        voice: rime.luna
        model: arcana

JSON

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "sections": {
    "main": [
      {
        "ai": {
          "prompt": {
            "text": "You're Luna, a voice from Rime's Arcana model! \nIntroduce yourself, and have a conversation about programmable unified communications on the SignalWire platform. \n"
          },
          "languages": [
            {
              "name": "English",
              "code": "en-US",
              "voice": "rime.luna",
              "model": "arcana"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Buy and assign a phone number

Navigate to the Phone Numbers section of the Dashboard's left sidebar menu.

Purchase a phone number and assign it to the desired SWML script.

Assigning a phone number to the SWML Script

Give it a call!

Call the number you just assigned to chat with your new AI voice application on the phone.

Next steps with SWML

Now you've deployed your very first SignalWire voice AI application using Rime voices. Next, dive deeper into SWML to explore its capabilities!

Methods reference

Documentation for all SWML methods

AI in SWML

Build advanced AI applications using SignalWire Markup Language

Guides

SWML guides and demo applications