diff --git a/async-openai/Cargo.toml b/async-openai/Cargo.toml
index 8fa4e438..31e24e3e 100644
--- a/async-openai/Cargo.toml
+++ b/async-openai/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ tracing = "0.1.37"
 derive_builder = "0.12.0"
 async-convert = "1.0.0"
 secrecy = { version = "0.8.0", features=["serde"] }
+bytes = "1.5.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio-test = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/async-openai/README.md b/async-openai/README.md
index 1c74574b..95a2461e 100644
--- a/async-openai/README.md
+++ b/async-openai/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 - It's based on [OpenAI OpenAPI spec](https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi)
 - Current features:
-  - [x] Audio
+  - [x] Audio (Whisper/TTS)
   - [x] Chat
   - [x] Completions (Legacy)
   - [x] Edits (Deprecated)
diff --git a/async-openai/src/audio.rs b/async-openai/src/audio.rs
index 137d5cf6..79d40201 100644
--- a/async-openai/src/audio.rs
+++ b/async-openai/src/audio.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+use bytes::Bytes;
+
 use crate::{
     config::Config,
     error::OpenAIError,
     types::{
-        CreateTranscriptionRequest, CreateTranscriptionResponse, CreateTranslationRequest,
-        CreateTranslationResponse,
+        CreateSpeechRequest, CreateTranscriptionRequest, CreateTranscriptionResponse,
+        CreateTranslationRequest, CreateTranslationResponse,
     },
     Client,
 };
@@ -36,4 +38,8 @@ impl<'c, C: Config> Audio<'c, C> {
     ) -> Result<CreateTranslationResponse, OpenAIError> {
         self.client.post_form("/audio/translations", request).await
     }
+
+    pub async fn speech(&self, request: CreateSpeechRequest) -> Result<Bytes, OpenAIError> {
+        self.client.post_raw("/audio/speech", request).await
+    }
 }
diff --git a/async-openai/src/client.rs b/async-openai/src/client.rs
index 8ec14f4d..86436185 100644
--- a/async-openai/src/client.rs
+++ b/async-openai/src/client.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::pin::Pin;
 
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::{stream::StreamExt, Stream};
 use reqwest_eventsource::{Event, EventSource, RequestBuilderExt};
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
@@ -174,6 +175,24 @@ impl<C: Config> Client<C> {
         self.execute(request_maker).await
     }
 
+    /// Make a POST request to {path} and return the response body
+    pub(crate) async fn post_raw<I>(&self, path: &str, request: I) -> Result<Bytes, OpenAIError>
+    where
+        I: Serialize,
+    {
+        let request_maker = || async {
+            Ok(self
+                .http_client
+                .post(self.config.url(path))
+                .query(&self.config.query())
+                .headers(self.config.headers())
+                .json(&request)
+                .build()?)
+        };
+
+        self.execute_raw(request_maker).await
+    }
+
     /// Make a POST request to {path} and deserialize the response body
     pub(crate) async fn post<I, O>(&self, path: &str, request: I) -> Result<O, OpenAIError>
     where
@@ -218,9 +237,8 @@ impl<C: Config> Client<C> {
     /// request_maker serves one purpose: to be able to create request again
     /// to retry API call after getting rate limited. request_maker is async because
     /// reqwest::multipart::Form is created by async calls to read files for uploads.
-    async fn execute<O, M, Fut>(&self, request_maker: M) -> Result<O, OpenAIError>
+    async fn execute_raw<M, Fut>(&self, request_maker: M) -> Result<Bytes, OpenAIError>
     where
-        O: DeserializeOwned,
         M: Fn() -> Fut,
         Fut: core::future::Future<Output = Result<reqwest::Request, OpenAIError>>,
     {
@@ -265,14 +283,30 @@ impl<C: Config> Client<C> {
                 }
             }
 
-            let response: O = serde_json::from_slice(bytes.as_ref())
-                .map_err(|e| map_deserialization_error(e, bytes.as_ref()))
-                .map_err(backoff::Error::Permanent)?;
-            Ok(response)
+            Ok(bytes)
         })
         .await
     }
 
+    /// Execute a HTTP request and retry on rate limit
+    ///
+    /// request_maker serves one purpose: to be able to create request again
+    /// to retry API call after getting rate limited. request_maker is async because
+    /// reqwest::multipart::Form is created by async calls to read files for uploads.
+    async fn execute<O, M, Fut>(&self, request_maker: M) -> Result<O, OpenAIError>
+    where
+        O: DeserializeOwned,
+        M: Fn() -> Fut,
+        Fut: core::future::Future<Output = Result<reqwest::Request, OpenAIError>>,
+    {
+        let bytes = self.execute_raw(request_maker).await?;
+
+        let response: O = serde_json::from_slice(bytes.as_ref())
+            .map_err(|e| map_deserialization_error(e, bytes.as_ref()))?;
+
+        Ok(response)
+    }
+
     /// Make HTTP POST request to receive SSE
     pub(crate) async fn post_stream<I, O>(
         &self,
diff --git a/async-openai/src/types/types.rs b/async-openai/src/types/types.rs
index a72484c1..53689cf0 100644
--- a/async-openai/src/types/types.rs
+++ b/async-openai/src/types/types.rs
@@ -1225,6 +1225,30 @@ pub enum AudioResponseFormat {
     Vtt,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Default, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum SpeechResponseFormat {
+    #[default]
+    Mp3,
+    Opus,
+    Aac,
+    Flac,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum Voice {
+    Alloy,
+    Echo,
+    Fable,
+    Onyx,
+    Nova,
+    Shimmer,
+    Other(String),
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Debug, Builder, PartialEq)]
 #[builder(name = "CreateTranscriptionRequestArgs")]
 #[builder(pattern = "mutable")]
@@ -1256,6 +1280,29 @@ pub struct CreateTranscriptionResponse {
     pub text: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Builder, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[builder(name = "CreateSpeechRequestArgs")]
+#[builder(pattern = "mutable")]
+#[builder(setter(into, strip_option))]
+#[builder(derive(Debug))]
+#[builder(build_fn(error = "OpenAIError"))]
+pub struct CreateSpeechRequest {
+    /// The text to generate audio for. The maximum length is 4096 characters.
+    pub input: String,
+
+    /// ID of the model to use. Only `tts-1` and `tts-1-hd` are currently available.
+    pub model: String,
+
+    /// The voice to use when generating the audio. Supported voices are `alloy`, `echo`, `fable`, `onyx`, `nova`, and `shimmer`.
+    pub voice: Voice,
+
+    /// The format to audio in. Supported formats are mp3, opus, aac, and flac.
+    pub response_format: Option<SpeechResponseFormat>,
+
+    /// The speed of the generated audio. Select a value from 0.25 to 4.0. 1.0 is the default.
+    pub speed: Option<f32>, // default: 1.0
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Debug, Builder, PartialEq)]
 #[builder(name = "CreateTranslationRequestArgs")]
 #[builder(pattern = "mutable")]
@@ -1283,3 +1330,8 @@ pub struct CreateTranslationRequest {
 pub struct CreateTranslationResponse {
     pub text: String,
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+pub struct CreateSpeechResponse {
+    pub text: String,
+}
diff --git a/examples/audio-speech/.gitignore b/examples/audio-speech/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbf36313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/audio-speech/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+audio.mp3
diff --git a/examples/audio-speech/Cargo.toml b/examples/audio-speech/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ce87cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/audio-speech/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "audio-speech"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+async-openai = {path = "../../async-openai"}
+tokio = { version = "1.25.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/examples/audio-speech/README.md b/examples/audio-speech/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef30a3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/audio-speech/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Output (as an mp3 file)
+
+> Today is a wonderful day to build something people love!
diff --git a/examples/audio-speech/src/main.rs b/examples/audio-speech/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b96581d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/audio-speech/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use async_openai::{
+    types::{CreateSpeechRequestArgs, Voice},
+    Client,
+};
+use std::error::Error;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let client = Client::new();
+
+    let request = CreateSpeechRequestArgs::default()
+        .input("Today is a wonderful day to build something people love!".to_string())
+        .voice(Voice::Alloy)
+        .model("tts-1")
+        .build()?;
+
+    let response = client.audio().speech(request).await?;
+
+    std::fs::write("audio.mp3", response)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}