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MiniMax: Speech 2.8 Turbo

Source description (English)

MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo is a text-to-speech model from MiniMax. It is suited for applications that generate spoken audio from text and accepts arbitrary MiniMax voice IDs.

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Overview

Model specifications

Context
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Maximum output
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Architecture
text->speech
Tokenizer
Other
Knowledge cutoff
Not provided
Moderated
No
OPENROUTER

Complete pricing

Synchronized OpenRouter rates. Token prices are shown per one million tokens.

Characters
$60
per million characters
API

Model configuration

Supported voices

English_expressive_narratorEnglish_radiant_girlEnglish_magnetic_voiced_manEnglish_compelling_lady1English_Aussie_BlokeEnglish_captivating_female1English_Upbeat_WomanEnglish_Trustworth_ManEnglish_CalmWomanEnglish_UpsetGirlEnglish_Gentle-voiced_manEnglish_Whispering_girlEnglish_Diligent_ManEnglish_Graceful_LadyEnglish_ReservedYoungManEnglish_PlayfulGirlEnglish_ManWithDeepVoiceEnglish_MaturePartnerEnglish_FriendlyPersonEnglish_MatureBossEnglish_DebatorEnglish_LovelyGirlEnglish_SteadymentorEnglish_Deep-VoicedGentlemanEnglish_WiseladyEnglish_CaptivatingStorytellerEnglish_DecentYoungManEnglish_SentimentalLadyEnglish_ImposingMannerEnglish_SadTeenEnglish_PassionateWarriorEnglish_WiseScholarEnglish_Soft-spokenGirlEnglish_SereneWomanEnglish_ConfidentWomanEnglish_PatientManEnglish_ComedianEnglish_BossyLeaderEnglish_Strong-WilledBoyEnglish_StressedLadyEnglish_AssertiveQueenEnglish_AnimeCharacterEnglish_JovialmanEnglish_WhimsicalGirlEnglish_Kind-heartedGirl
API

Quick start

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY locally. Python requires requests; JavaScript runs in Node.js. Keep the key on the server.

Choose a supported voice. Replace YOUR_VOICE_ID if no voice is listed.

API documentation

curl --fail-with-body https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"minimax/speech-2.8-turbo","input":"Hello!","voice":"English_expressive_narrator","response_format":"mp3"}' \
  --output speech.mp3
Capabilities

Input → Output

Input
text
Output
speech
API

Supported API parameters

Available providers

1 Provider

Checked: September 16, 2026

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