Title: PromptBuilder::generateSpeeches
Published: May 20, 2026

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# PromptBuilder::generateSpeeches( int|null $candidateCount = null ): WordPressAiClientBuilderslist<File>

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Generates multiple speech outputs from the prompt.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$candidateCount`int|nulloptional

The number of speech outputs to generate.

Default:`null`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 WordPressAiClientBuilderslist<File> The generated speech audio files.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function generateSpeeches(?int $candidateCount = null): array
    {
        if ($candidateCount !== null) {
            $this->usingCandidateCount($candidateCount);
        }
        return $this->generateSpeechResult()->toFiles();
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/builders/promptbuilder.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Builders/PromptBuilder.php#L1076)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Builders/PromptBuilder.php#L1076-L1082)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [PromptBuilder::generateSpeechResult()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeechresult/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Builders/PromptBuilder.php` |

Generates a speech result from the prompt.

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| [PromptBuilder::usingCandidateCount()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/usingcandidatecount/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Builders/PromptBuilder.php` |

Sets the number of candidates to generate.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatespeeches/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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