--- title: "Connect Google Contacts to Typecast - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Google Contacts, your agent runs \"Create Speech From Text\" in Typecast." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-typecast" --- # Connect Google Contacts to Typecast When **New Contact** fires in [Google Contacts](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-contacts), your agent runs **Create Speech From Text** in [Typecast](https://apiant.ai/connections/typecast). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Google Contacts **3** triggers Google Contacts **7** actions Typecast **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Google Contacts and Typecast to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Google Contacts can start in Typecast - When **New Contact** in Google Contacts then **Create Speech From Text** in Typecast - When **New Group** in Google Contacts then **Create Speech With Timestamps** in Typecast Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Google Contacts and Typecast ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 15 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to Google Contacts. - Trigger **New Group** Triggers when a new contact group (label) is created in Google Contacts. - Trigger **New or Updated Contact** Triggers when a contact is added to Google Contacts or an existing contact is changed. - Action **Add Contact to Group** Adds an existing contact to a contact group (label). - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in Google Contacts with a name, email address, phone number, company and notes. - Action **Create Group** Creates a new contact group (label) in Google Contacts. - Action **Delete Contact** Permanently deletes a contact from Google Contacts. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts whose name, email address, phone number or company matches the search text. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a contact's name, email addresses, phone numbers, company, notes and group memberships. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing Google contact's name, email address, phone number, company or notes; fields left blank are kept. - Action **Compose speech from text** Compose multi-segment text-to-speech into one audio file. - Action **Create Speech From Text** Converts text to speech using Typecast AI voice models. Supports ssfm-v30 with context-aware emotion inference. - Action **Create Speech With Timestamps** Converts text to speech and returns word- or character-level alignment alongside the audio. Useful for generating subtitles, karaoke captions, or syncing visuals to narration. - Action **Create Streaming Speech From Text** - Action **Find voices by criteria** Recommend voices matching criteria. See Typecast docs API Reference > Voices > Recommend Voices (GET). Auth X-API-KEY header. - Action **Get My Subscription** Returns the authenticated user plan tier, credit usage, and concurrency limit. Useful for quota-aware batching, plan gating, and rate-limit guards in your Zaps. - Action **Get Voice by ID** Get detailed information for a specific voice with enhanced metadata (V2 API) - Action **List Voices** Lists all available voice models with enhanced metadata. Filter by model, gender, age, or use case. ## Each app on its own - [ **Google Contacts** Google Contacts, the address book built into Gmail, lets you keep track of all your contacts, see when you...](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-contacts) - [ **Typecast** Typecast is an AI text-to-speech API that converts text into lifelike, expressive speech in many languages.](https://apiant.ai/connections/typecast) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Google Contacts - [ **Google Contacts to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-elevenlabs) - [ **Google Contacts to no2bounce** Catch-all and Risky Email Validation Instant Results to Enhance Email Deliverability](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-no2bounce) - [ **Google Contacts to Twenty** Twenty is a modern Open-Source CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-twenty) - [ **Google Contacts to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-hubspot) - [ **Google Contacts to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-salesforce) - [ **Google Contacts to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-slack) ## More into Typecast - [ **HubSpot to Typecast** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-typecast) - [ **Salesforce to Typecast** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-typecast) - [ **Slack to Typecast** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-typecast) - [ **Google Sheets to Typecast** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-typecast) - [ **Gmail to Typecast** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-typecast) - [ **Google Calendar to Typecast** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-typecast) Questions ## Google Contacts and Typecast, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Google Contacts? Any of Google Contacts's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Group and New or Updated Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Typecast when something happens in Google Contacts? Any of Typecast's 8 actions, including Create Speech From Text, Create Speech With Timestamps, Create Streaming Speech From Text and Compose speech from text. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Typecast to Google Contacts? Typecast has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Google Contacts. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Typecast's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Contacts or Typecast? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Google Contacts and Typecast without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.