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# List Accents

> Returns the official catalog of supported accents. Use `id` as `Voice.accent` and as `POST /voices/localize` `accent`. `name` is the human-readable display name. `is_localizable` is true when localize can target the accent.



## OpenAPI

````yaml latest.yml GET /accents
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Cartesia API
  version: 0.0.1
servers:
  - url: https://api.cartesia.ai
    description: Production
security: []
paths:
  /accents:
    get:
      tags:
        - Voices
      summary: List Accents
      description: >-
        Returns the official catalog of supported accents. Use `id` as
        `Voice.accent` and as `POST /voices/localize` `accent`. `name` is the
        human-readable display name. `is_localizable` is true when localize can
        target the accent.
      operationId: accents_list
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CartesiaVersionHeader'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Official accents.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListAccentsResponse'
              example:
                accents:
                  - id: general-american
                    name: General American English
                    language: en
                    locale: en-US
                    is_locale_default: true
                    is_localizable: true
                  - id: southern-us
                    name: Southern American English
                    language: en
                    locale: en-US
                    is_locale_default: false
                    is_localizable: true
      security:
        - APIKeyAuth: []
components:
  parameters:
    CartesiaVersionHeader:
      name: Cartesia-Version
      in: header
      description: API version header.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date
        example: '2026-08-14'
        default: '2026-08-14'
        enum:
          - '2026-08-14'
  schemas:
    ListAccentsResponse:
      title: ListAccentsResponse
      type: object
      properties:
        accents:
          type: array
          description: Official accents, sorted by id.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Accent'
      required:
        - accents
    Accent:
      title: Accent
      type: object
      description: One accent in the public catalog returned by GET /accents.
      properties:
        id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceAccent'
        name:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Human-readable display name (for example `General American
            English`).
          example: General American English
        language:
          type: string
          description: ISO 639-1 language subtag (for example `en`).
          example: en
        locale:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[a-z]{2}-[A-Z]{2}$
          description: Canonical locale for this accent (BCP-47, for example `en-US`).
          example: en-US
        is_locale_default:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether this accent is the default for its `locale`. Exactly one
            accent per locale is true.
        is_localizable:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether POST /voices/localize can target this accent.
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - language
        - locale
        - is_locale_default
        - is_localizable
    VoiceAccent:
      title: VoiceAccent
      description: >-
        Catalog accent id from GET /accents (for example `southern-us` or
        `parisian`). Must be valid for the voice's `language`. Display names are
        rejected on this API version.
      oneOf:
        - title: Arabic
          description: Only available when language is Arabic (`ar`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - arabic
            - khaleeji
            - middle-eastern-arabic
            - modern-standard-arabic
        - title: Bengali
          description: Only available when language is Bengali (`bn`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - jessore
        - title: Bulgarian
          description: Only available when language is Bulgarian (`bg`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - bulgarian
        - title: Chinese
          description: Only available when language is Chinese (`zh`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - mandarin
            - taiwanese-mandarin
        - title: Croatian
          description: Only available when language is Croatian (`hr`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - zagreb
        - title: Czech
          description: Only available when language is Czech (`cs`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - czech
        - title: Danish
          description: Only available when language is Danish (`da`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - danish
        - title: Dutch
          description: Only available when language is Dutch (`nl`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - randstad
        - title: English
          description: Only available when language is English (`en`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - african-american
            - arabic-english
            - australian
            - british
            - california
            - canadian-english
            - general-american
            - indian-english
            - irish
            - midwestern-american
            - new-york
            - new-zealand
            - singaporean
            - south-african
            - southern-us
        - title: Finnish
          description: Only available when language is Finnish (`fi`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - finnish
        - title: French
          description: Only available when language is French (`fr`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - african-french
            - belgian-french
            - canadian-french
            - parisian
        - title: Georgian
          description: Only available when language is Georgian (`ka`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - tbilisi
        - title: German
          description: Only available when language is German (`de`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - high-german
            - swiss-standard
        - title: Greek
          description: Only available when language is Greek (`el`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - thessaloniki
        - title: Gujarati
          description: Only available when language is Gujarati (`gu`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - parsi
        - title: Hebrew
          description: Only available when language is Hebrew (`he`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - israeli
        - title: Hindi
          description: Only available when language is Hindi (`hi`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - bagheli
            - hindi
        - title: Hungarian
          description: Only available when language is Hungarian (`hu`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - budapest
        - title: Indonesian
          description: Only available when language is Indonesian (`id`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - jakarta
        - title: Italian
          description: Only available when language is Italian (`it`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - abruzzo-italian
            - campania
            - italian
        - title: Japanese
          description: Only available when language is Japanese (`ja`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - japanese
            - standard-japanese
        - title: Kannada
          description: Only available when language is Kannada (`kn`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - southern-karnataka
        - title: Korean
          description: Only available when language is Korean (`ko`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - korean
        - title: Malay
          description: Only available when language is Malay (`ms`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - malay
        - title: Malayalam
          description: Only available when language is Malayalam (`ml`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - north-kerala
        - title: Marathi
          description: Only available when language is Marathi (`mr`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - konkani
        - title: Norwegian
          description: Only available when language is Norwegian (`no`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - oslo
        - title: Odia
          description: Only available when language is Odia (`or`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - odia
        - title: Polish
          description: Only available when language is Polish (`pl`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - polish
        - title: Portuguese
          description: Only available when language is Portuguese (`pt`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - brazilian-portuguese
            - european-portuguese
        - title: Punjabi
          description: Only available when language is Punjabi (`pa`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - powadhi
        - title: Romanian
          description: Only available when language is Romanian (`ro`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - moldovan
            - romanian
        - title: Russian
          description: Only available when language is Russian (`ru`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - russian
        - title: Slovak
          description: Only available when language is Slovak (`sk`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - slovak
        - title: Spanish
          description: Only available when language is Spanish (`es`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - camba
            - castilian
            - chilean
            - colombian
            - mexican
            - peruvian
        - title: Swedish
          description: Only available when language is Swedish (`sv`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - stockholm
        - title: Tagalog
          description: Only available when language is Tagalog (`tl`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - manila
        - title: Tamil
          description: Only available when language is Tamil (`ta`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - central-tamil
        - title: Telugu
          description: Only available when language is Telugu (`te`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - telangana
        - title: Thai
          description: Only available when language is Thai (`th`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - central-thai
        - title: Turkish
          description: Only available when language is Turkish (`tr`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - istanbul
        - title: Ukrainian
          description: Only available when language is Ukrainian (`uk`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - kyiv
        - title: Urdu
          description: Only available when language is Urdu (`ur`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - indian-urdu
            - urdu
        - title: Vietnamese
          description: Only available when language is Vietnamese (`vi`).
          type: string
          enum:
            - central-vietnamese
            - southern-vietnamese
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: >-
        Cartesia API key (`sk_car_...`). Get one at
        [play.cartesia.ai/keys](https://play.cartesia.ai/keys).
      x-default: $CARTESIA_API_KEY

````