Lightning v3.1 - choose day-first or month-first date reading
You can now choose how all-numeric dates such as 12/02/2025 are read out. Set the new optional date_format parameter on Lightning v3.1 requests:
date_format is accepted on the dedicated /waves/v1/lightning-v3.1/* endpoints and on the unified /waves/v1/tts route, over HTTP, SSE streaming, and WebSocket. Any other value returns 400 with invalid_enum_value (options EU, US). Over WebSocket, the error arrives as a message with status: "error".
Dates with the month written as a word, like 12 February 2025, read the same with any setting.
What changed in the docs:
- TTS Best Practices now shows default and
EUreadings for numeric dates. - The Lightning v3.1 model card no longer recommends
DD/MM/YYYYwithoutdate_format.