diff --git a/audonnx/__init__.py b/audonnx/__init__.py
index d6a7955..8d6ce5f 100644
--- a/audonnx/__init__.py
+++ b/audonnx/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from audonnx.core.model import Model
 from audonnx.core.node import InputNode
 from audonnx.core.node import OutputNode
+from audonnx.core.ort import device_to_providers
 
 
 __all__ = []
diff --git a/audonnx/core/model.py b/audonnx/core/model.py
index 80d2916..617bf3b 100644
--- a/audonnx/core/model.py
+++ b/audonnx/core/model.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import re
 import typing
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 
 from audonnx.core.node import InputNode
 from audonnx.core.node import OutputNode
+from audonnx.core.ort import device_to_providers
 from audonnx.core.typing import Device
 from audonnx.core.typing import Labels
 from audonnx.core.typing import Transform
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.path = audeer.path(path) if isinstance(path, str) else None
         r"""Model path"""
 
-        providers = _device_to_providers(device)
+        providers = device_to_providers(device)
         self.sess = onnxruntime.InferenceSession(
             self.path if isinstance(path, str) else path.SerializeToString(),
             providers=providers,
@@ -363,39 +363,6 @@ def to_yaml(
             super().to_yaml(fp, include_version=include_version)
 
 
-def _device_to_providers(
-        device: typing.Union[
-            str,
-            typing.Tuple[str, typing.Dict],
-            typing.Sequence[typing.Union[str, typing.Tuple[str, typing.Dict]]],
-        ],
-) -> typing.Sequence[typing.Union[str, typing.Tuple[str, typing.Dict]]]:
-    r"""Converts device into a list of providers."""
-    if isinstance(device, str):
-        if device == 'cpu':
-            providers = ['CPUExecutionProvider']
-        elif device.startswith('cuda'):
-            match = re.search(r'^cuda:(\d+)$', device)
-            if match:
-                device_id = match.group(1)
-                providers = [
-                    (
-                        'CUDAExecutionProvider', {
-                            'device_id': device_id,
-                        }
-                    ),
-                ]
-            else:
-                providers = ['CUDAExecutionProvider']
-        else:
-            providers = [device]
-    elif isinstance(device, tuple):
-        providers = [device]
-    else:
-        providers = device
-    return providers
-
-
 def _concat(
         y: typing.Dict[str, np.ndarray],
         shapes: typing.Sequence[typing.List[int]],
diff --git a/audonnx/core/ort.py b/audonnx/core/ort.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80cf88a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audonnx/core/ort.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import re
+import typing
+
+
+def device_to_providers(
+        device: typing.Union[
+            str,
+            typing.Tuple[str, typing.Dict],
+            typing.Sequence[typing.Union[str, typing.Tuple[str, typing.Dict]]],
+        ],
+) -> typing.Sequence[typing.Union[str, typing.Tuple[str, typing.Dict]]]:
+    r"""Converts device into a list of providers.
+
+    Args:
+        device: ``'cpu'``,
+            ``'cuda'``,
+            ``'cuda:<id>'``,
+            or a (list of) `ONNX Runtime Execution Providers`_
+
+    Returns:
+        sequence of `ONNX Runtime Execution Providers`_
+
+    Examples:
+        >>> device_to_providers('cpu')
+        ['CPUExecutionProvider']
+
+    .. _ONNX Runtime Execution Providers: https://onnxruntime.ai/docs/execution-providers/
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(device, str):
+        if device == 'cpu':
+            providers = ['CPUExecutionProvider']
+        elif device.startswith('cuda'):
+            match = re.search(r'^cuda:(\d+)$', device)
+            if match:
+                device_id = match.group(1)
+                providers = [
+                    (
+                        'CUDAExecutionProvider', {
+                            'device_id': device_id,
+                        }
+                    ),
+                ]
+            else:
+                providers = ['CUDAExecutionProvider']
+        else:
+            providers = [device]
+    elif isinstance(device, tuple):
+        providers = [device]
+    else:
+        providers = device
+    return providers
diff --git a/docs/api-src/audonnx.rst b/docs/api-src/audonnx.rst
index 70d7ec7..1f72bcc 100644
--- a/docs/api-src/audonnx.rst
+++ b/docs/api-src/audonnx.rst
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ audonnx
     Model
     InputNode
     OutputNode
+    device_to_providers
     load