MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD API
Turn text into speech using a choice of voices and languages. Useful for narrated videos and spoken stories.
MiniMax · minimax-speech-2.8-hd
Text to speech
Turn text into speech using a choice of voices and languages. Useful for narrated videos and spoken stories.
Put a prompt and "model": "minimax-speech-2.8-hd" on an audio clip, and the render generates it and edits it into the video. To generate it on its own, send the same asset to the generate endpoint.
Built forNarrated videos · Spoken stories · Voiceovers in many languages
Technical specifications
| Input | Script text |
|---|---|
| Output | Speech |
| Length | Follows the script |
| Voices | 17 voices |
| Languages | 38 languages |
{
"asset": {
"type": "audio",
"prompt": "Doors open at seven. Grab a drink and find your seat.",
"model": "minimax-speech-2.8-hd",
"options": {
"voice": "Calm_Woman",
"language": "English"
}
}
}Pricing
Generation is paid in credits from the same balance as rendering, at what the model's provider charges plus a small margin. See AI generation pricing.
| Mode | Charged per | Price changes with | Length a quote assumes without one |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text to speech | Character of the prompt | Fixed rate | — |
Get a quote
POST /generate/quote takes the same body as the generate endpoint and returns what that generation would cost. Nothing is generated, reserved or charged.
curl -X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "x-api-key: $SHOTSTACK_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"asset": {
"type": "audio",
"prompt": "Doors open at seven. Grab a drink and find your seat.",
"model": "minimax-speech-2.8-hd",
"options": {
"voice": "Calm_Woman",
"language": "English"
}
}
}' \
https://api.shotstack.io/edit/stage/generate/quoteThe response gives credits, the price of that request, and ceiling, which is true when the request has no length for a model charged by length, so the price is an estimate. Prices follow the providers, so ask again rather than storing one.
How it compares
MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD beside the other models in Shotstack that make the same thing.
| Model | Best for | Voices | Languages | Extra controls | Charged per |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD | A choice of voices across many languages | 17 | 38 | — | Character of the prompt |
| ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 | Consistent narration and localisation | 21 | 29 | stability, similarity, style | Character of the prompt |
| ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5 | Low-latency speech | 21 | 32 | stability, similarity, style | Character of the prompt |
| Amazon Polly Neural | Straightforward narration and news-style reads | Polly voices by name | — | newscaster style | Character of the prompt, minimum 100 |