MiniMax 2.8 Turbo
MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo is the latency-optimized variant of MiniMax's 2.8 speech generation line, tuned for real-time and streaming TTS use cases. It trades some fidelity for fast first-byte response, making it suitable for voice assistants and interactive agents. Use it for live voice interfaces, conversational agents, and any application where speech latency is critical.
Pricing
Input
$60.00 / 1M chars
Output
—
Pay only for what you use. No subscriptions, no minimums.
Specs
- Context
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- Max output
- —
- Latency
- Fast
- Category
- Audio
- Arabic
- Partial
Constraints & limits
Max input
10,000 chars
Output
MP3 (32 kHz, 128 kbps, mono)
Default voice
Wise_Woman
The gateway auto-clamps requests to the model's limits where possible.
Quick start
This sample hits the text-to-speech endpoint. Change base_url and your key, then run it.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key="tl-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
base_url="https://api.thalam.ai/v1",
)
response = client.audio.speech.create(
model="minimax/minimax-speech-2.8-turbo",
input="Welcome to Thalam, your unified gateway to AI models.",
)
with open("out.mp3", "wb") as f:
f.write(response.content)Similar models
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