Best AI Text-to-Speech Models

The leading text-to-speech voices, ElevenLabs, MiniMax and Fish Audio, with natural prosody and multilingual support, callable through one OpenAI-compatible API on thalam.

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    ElevenLabs v3
    $0.120 / min · Fast

    ElevenLabs v3, gold-standard voice synthesis.

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    ElevenLabs Multilingual v2
    $0.120 / min · Fast

    ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, faithful, consistent voice synthesis.

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    Fish Audio TTS
    $15.00 / 1M chars · Fast

    Fish Audio TTS, multilingual voice synthesis with cloning.

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    MiniMax 2.8 HD Async
    $100.00 / 1M chars · Fast

    MiniMax audio model (TTS / STT).

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    MiniMax 2.8 Turbo
    $60.00 / 1M chars · Fast

    MiniMax 2.8 Turbo, latency-optimized variant for real-time TTS use cases.

Use any of these through one API

One OpenAI-compatible endpoint for every model above. Pay per token, no subscription, credits never expire.

FAQ

What is the best AI text-to-speech API?

ElevenLabs, MiniMax and Fish Audio lead on naturalness and voice range. thalam exposes them behind an OpenAI-compatible /audio/speech endpoint, so switching voices is a parameter change.

Does thalam support Arabic text-to-speech?

Several TTS models on thalam handle Arabic; support is flagged on each model page. For Gulf and MENA products this means one API for both text and voice.

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