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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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: $0.1266/1K chars
Endpoint
/v1/media/queue
Strengths
Same family, same voice flexibility, materially lower cost per character.
Turbo is tuned for throughput over maximum fidelity.
Name any MiniMax voice you have provisioned.
There is no provider default — always pass a voice.
Quick start
Copy this snippet and start making calls with MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo.
// Step 1: Submit job
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/queue', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "minimax/speech-2.8-turbo",
"prompt": "Here's your daily briefing: two meetings before lunch, one deploy window this afternoon, and rain from about four o'clock.",
"options": {
"voice": "English_expressive_narrator"
}
}),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
const jobId = data.jobId;
// Step 2: Poll for result
const status = await fetch(`https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/status/${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?
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
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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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