Did the Journey TTS voices stop working yesterday or did I maybe use up the free tier?

So I had the Journey voices working for one full day and then they stopped working yesterday. Being that they are not billed and experimental, maybe I used up the quota? Probably sent around 50,000 characters.

hi @travistar ,

It’s possible that your Journey Voices usage has exceeded the quota, even though it’s an experimental and free service. Google might have internal limits in place to prevent abuse or excessive usage.

Here are some things you can do:

  1. Check Usage: Monitor your Journey Voices usage in the Google Cloud console to see if you’ve reached any limits.
  2. Contact Support: Reach out to Google Cloud support for clarification on the quota limits and to report the issue. They can provide more specific information and assistance.
  3. Reduce Usage: If you’re using Journey Voices frequently, consider reducing your usage or finding alternative solutions for your needs.

It’s also worth noting that experimental services might have limitations or be subject to changes without notice. Google might have decided to temporarily disable Journey Voices for maintenance or other reasons.

Thank you,

Hi quangtrunghuynh,

It looks like the issue I was having was because the TTS call was working with format type MP3 but then stopped working with formats other than LINEAR16. When I changed the JSON to

"audioEncoding": "LINEAR16"

it started working again.

Thanks for the reply. Now if I could just figure out out to add sentence breaks to the Journey voices…