MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD
MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD text to speech — premium high-fidelity speech, billed on input length.
MiniMax's premium speech tier and the highest-fidelity text-to-speech model on YepAPI. Accepts arbitrary MiniMax voice IDs rather than a fixed catalogue.
No credit card required. Takes 30 seconds.
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Developers
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API calls served
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Endpoints
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Per call
Yep, that's it.
Playground coming soon — use the API endpoint directly with your API key.
Pricing
Per character: $0.2110/1K chars
Endpoint
/v1/media/queue
Strengths
The premium tier of MiniMax's speech family — the best-sounding model on the platform.
Any voice you have provisioned with MiniMax can be named directly; you are not limited to a published list.
Broad language coverage in one model.
There is no provider default — always pass a voice.
Quick start
Copy this snippet and start making calls with MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD.
// Step 1: Submit job
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/queue', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "minimax/speech-2.8-hd",
"prompt": "In the summer of nineteen sixty-nine, three men left the planet in a machine with less computing power than a modern doorbell.",
"options": {
"voice": "English_expressive_narrator"
}
}),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
const jobId = data.jobId;
// Step 2: Poll for result
const status = await fetch(`https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/status/${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? }Why use MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD through YepAPI?
MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD API — premium AI speech
MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD is the premium tier of MiniMax's speech family and the highest-fidelity text-to-speech model on YepAPI.
It accepts arbitrary MiniMax voice IDs rather than a fixed catalogue, so any voice you have provisioned with MiniMax can be named directly. Billed at $0.2110 per 1,000 characters.
Start generating in 30 seconds
$5 free credit on signup. No credit card required. Pay per call.
What developers say
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Frequently asked questions
MiniMax's premium speech tier and the highest-fidelity text-to-speech model on YepAPI. Accepts arbitrary MiniMax voice IDs rather than a fixed catalogue.
Pricing for MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD through YepAPI is based on usage. No monthly minimums — you only pay for what you use.
Sign up for a free API key, then send requests to the /v1/media/queue endpoint.
Ready to use MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD?
$5 free credit on signup. No credit card required. Pay per call.
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