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Fish Audio Drama 3 API

Fish Audio Drama 3 text to speech — directed voice performances from plain-language cues, billed on input length.

Fish Audio's model for directed voice performances. Write the direction in plain language in square brackets before a line, and the delivery follows it.

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Fish Audio Drama 3 API pricing

Pay per request from your YepAPI balance — no subscription, no monthly minimum. Prices updated October 23, 2026.

BillingPrice
Rate$0.0042/1K chars
What it costsPer job
Short reply200 characters$0.0008
Blog post narration10,000 characters (~1,600 words)$0.042
Audiobook chapter100,000 characters$0.42

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Fish Audio Drama 3 specs

ProviderFish Audio
Model IDfish-audio/drama-3
Endpoint/v1/media/queue
TypeText to Speech
Output formatsmp3

How to get a Fish Audio Drama 3 API key

  1. 1

    Create a free account

    Sign up at yepapi.com with Google or email. It takes about 30 seconds and needs no card.

  2. 2

    Create an API key

    Open the dashboard, go to API Keys and create a key. Copy it — it starts with yep_sk_.

  3. 3

    Call Fish Audio Drama 3

    Send a request to /v1/media/queue with the x-api-key header and model "fish-audio/drama-3".

  4. 4

    Pay as you go

    Usage is billed per request from your balance. Top up any amount; there is no subscription.

Strengths

✓
Directed performances

Built for acted delivery rather than flat readouts.

✓
Plain-language direction

A square-bracket cue such as `[nervous]` before a line sets how it is performed.

✓
Line-by-line control

Each line can carry its own direction, so the tone can change across a scene.

✓
No voice ID required

Omit the voice and the provider picks its default.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with Fish Audio Drama 3.

// Step 1: Submit job
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/queue', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "fish-audio/drama-3",
    "prompt": "[nervous] I checked the lock twice before I left. [whispering] But when I came back, the door was open."
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
const jobId = data.jobId;

// Step 2: Poll for result
const status = await fetch(`https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/status/${jobId}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' },
});
const { data: job } = await status.json();
// job.status: "pending" | "processing" | "completed" | "failed"
// job.result: { text?, image?, audio?, video? }

Fish Audio Drama 3 vs similar models

Every model below runs on the same API key — switch by changing the model ID.

ModelProviderPrice
Fish Audio Drama 3Fish Audio$0.0042/1K chars
Fish Audio S2.1 ProFish Audio$0.0317/1K chars
Fish Audio S2 ProFish Audio$0.0317/1K chars
Fish Audio S1Fish Audio$0.0317/1K chars
Fish Audio S2.1 Pro FreeFish AudioFree tier — $0.01 minimum per job
Kokoro 82Mhexgrad$0.0014/1K chars
HeyGen Voice TurboHeyGen$0.0084/1K chars
Sesame CSM 1BSesame$0.0148/1K chars

Why use Fish Audio Drama 3 through YepAPI?

✓One API key for all models — no separate accounts
✓No monthly minimums — pay per call
✓Switch models with one line of code
✓Simple REST API — works from any language
✓Unified billing across all providers
✓No rate limits for most use cases

Fish Audio Drama 3 API — directed voice performances

Drama 3 is a text-to-speech model from Fish Audio built for directed voice performances. You write the direction in plain language in square brackets before a line, and the model performs the line that way.

There is no voice catalogue to browse — omit the voice and the provider picks its default. On YepAPI it runs through the same media queue as every other speech model, billed at $0.0042 per 1,000 characters of input.

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Frequently asked questions

Fish Audio's model for directed voice performances. Write the direction in plain language in square brackets before a line, and the delivery follows it.

Fish Audio Drama 3 costs $0.0042/1K chars through YepAPI, billed per request with no monthly fee. For example, a short reply (200 characters) costs about $0.0008.

Sign up at yepapi.com (Google or email, about 30 seconds), open the dashboard and create an API key. The same key works for Fish Audio Drama 3 and every other model — no separate Fish Audio account or waitlist.

New YepAPI accounts in most countries get free signup credit, enough to test Fish Audio Drama 3 without a card. After that you pay per request at the rates above — there is no subscription.

Use "fish-audio/drama-3" as the model on /v1/media/queue. The short alias "fish-drama" also works.

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