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# IBM Text to Speech

> Enhance your Davinci AI platform with IBM Watson Text to Speech capabilities. This guide walks you through setting up and leveraging IBM Watson text to speech feature.

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  This is a free extension available for anyone
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<Note>IBM Watson extension is part of AI Voiceover feature to convert Text to Speech, it is not a standlone feature</Note>

## Introduction

Davinci AI’s IBM Watson TTS integration unlocks advanced text to speech capabilities for your platform. With access to various languages and voices that IBM supports, you can let your users use them at the AI Voiceover service.

## IBM Watson Extension Setup

To be able to use your **IBM Watson** extension with **AI Voiceover** feature, follow these steps to setup your IBM account.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Step 1">
    Go to the **Marketplace** in **Admin Panel** and install **IBM Watson** extension.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicads/DO-ZSxDPJY87YYah/images/extensions/ibm/ibm-1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=DO-ZSxDPJY87YYah&q=85&s=7bb501787e76f11467bb54d2d6ef2199" width="401" height="258" data-path="images/extensions/ibm/ibm-1.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 2">
    After installation is completed, go to **AI Settings** page in Admin Panel and click on **Extensions** tab there. Click on **IBM Watson** there.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicads/DO-ZSxDPJY87YYah/images/extensions/ibm/ibm-2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=DO-ZSxDPJY87YYah&q=85&s=7b4fe807642708a71abab3fd28a03ef2" width="545" height="106" data-path="images/extensions/ibm/ibm-2.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 3">
    Now, on a different tab in your browser, go to the [IBM Cloud](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free) homepage and create an acount with them, they will require your personal informaiton and your credit card informaiton upon first registration.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 4">
    After you have completed the registration and logged in, click on the **Create Resource** button.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicads/dYFGOqfTWj_LAAnj/images/extensions/ibm/ibm-4.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=dYFGOqfTWj_LAAnj&q=85&s=2a8dd1cdfcbdd130df9f722e8239f69f" width="597" height="169" data-path="images/extensions/ibm/ibm-4.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 5">
    In the list of catalogs, select **Text to Speech**

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicads/dYFGOqfTWj_LAAnj/images/extensions/ibm/ibm-5.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=dYFGOqfTWj_LAAnj&q=85&s=8561507bf6fcbd1ead2eef14b451eb93" width="1051" height="454" data-path="images/extensions/ibm/ibm-5.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 6">
    Next, select preferred IBM region and your desired plan, also resource name and click **Create** button.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicads/dYFGOqfTWj_LAAnj/images/extensions/ibm/ibm-6.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=dYFGOqfTWj_LAAnj&q=85&s=59fa036820ca973a84b23c22cf464132" width="1603" height="908" data-path="images/extensions/ibm/ibm-6.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 7">
    On the next step, click on your newly created resource name and copy your **API Key** and **URL**.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicads/dYFGOqfTWj_LAAnj/images/extensions/ibm/ibm-7.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=dYFGOqfTWj_LAAnj&q=85&s=b4368eac137f5b29c7e4f5ebdcace7f4" width="1077" height="651" data-path="images/extensions/ibm/ibm-7.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 8">
    Now go back to the **Admin Panel** where you have **IBM Watson** extension settings page opened earlier and enter your **IBM Watson API Key** and **IBM Watson Endpoint URL**. Also make sure that **IBM Watson TTS Feature** checkbox is turned on.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicads/DO-ZSxDPJY87YYah/images/extensions/ibm/ibm-3.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=DO-ZSxDPJY87YYah&q=85&s=959b8ea34f12086102a9ae09d059fb32" width="800" height="470" data-path="images/extensions/ibm/ibm-3.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 9">
    After you are done with all the settings, click on **Save** button.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 10">
    Now you need to include IBM voices into the list of allowed vendors for both, your free tier users and subscribers. For that, please refer to the detailed [AI Voiceover intructions](/core/voiceover)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Step 10">
    <Check>
      Congratulations! You have successfully comleted the setup process of IBM Watson extension.
    </Check>
  </Step>
</Steps>