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MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo

MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo text to speech — fast, flexible-voice speech, billed on input length.

The faster, cheaper MiniMax speech tier. Same arbitrary-voice-ID flexibility as the HD tier at 40% less per character.

No credit card required. Takes 30 seconds.

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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: $0.1266/1K chars

Endpoint

/v1/media/queue

Strengths

40% cheaper than HD

Same family, same voice flexibility, materially lower cost per character.

Faster synthesis

Turbo is tuned for throughput over maximum fidelity.

Arbitrary voice IDs

Name any MiniMax voice you have provisioned.

Explicit voice required

There is no provider default — always pass a voice.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo.

// 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-turbo",
    "prompt": "Here's your daily briefing: two meetings before lunch, one deploy window this afternoon, and rain from about four o'clock.",
    "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 Turbo 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

MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo API — fast AI speech

MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo is the faster, cheaper tier of MiniMax's speech family, keeping the HD tier's arbitrary-voice-ID flexibility at 40% less per character.

Like the HD tier it accepts any MiniMax voice ID you have provisioned rather than a fixed catalogue. Billed at $0.1266 per 1,000 characters on YepAPI.

Start generating in 30 seconds

$5 free credit on signup. No credit card required. Pay per call.

What developers say

Switched from SerpAPI and cut our SERP costs by 80%. Same data quality, way simpler billing.

Marcus T.

SEO Platform Founder

One API key for AI models, SERP data, and web scraping. Saved us from managing 4 separate providers.

Priya S.

Full-Stack Developer

The $5 free credit let us prototype our entire rank tracking feature before committing. No other API does that.

Jake R.

Indie Hacker

Frequently asked questions

The faster, cheaper MiniMax speech tier. Same arbitrary-voice-ID flexibility as the HD tier at 40% less per character.

Pricing for MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo 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 Turbo?

$5 free credit on signup. No credit card required. Pay per call.

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