Speech model
Speech 2.8 Turbo
minimax/speech-2.8-turbo
minimax/speech-2.8-turbo is a text-to-speech model from MiniMax you can call on the OceanToken API at $0.06 per 1,000 characters.
At a glance
| Model ID | minimax/speech-2.8-turbo |
|---|---|
| Type | Speech |
| Publisher | MiniMax |
| Price | $0.06 per 1,000 characters of input text |
| Endpoint | /v1/audio/speech |
| API shape | OpenAI-compatible |
| In the catalog since | 2026-07-16 |
Call it
Base URL https://api.oceantoken.ai/v1, your OceanToken key as the bearer token, and the model ID above as model. The OpenAI SDKs work unchanged; see your first request.
curl https://api.oceantoken.ai/v1/audio/speech \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OCEANTOKEN_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "minimax/speech-2.8-turbo", "input": "Welcome to OceanToken."}' --output speech.mp3
Compared with similar models
Speech models on OceanToken closest to minimax/speech-2.8-turbo in price. Every price is what you pay, in US dollars, with no platform fee on top.
| Model | Publisher | Context | Price (per 1K characters) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech 2.8 Turbo | MiniMax | $0.06 | |
Aura 2deepgram/aura-2 | Deepgram | $0.03 | |
Mai Voice 2microsoft/mai-voice-2 | Microsoft | $0.022 | |
Qwen Audio 3.0 TTS Plusqwen/qwen-audio-3.0-tts-plus | Qwen | $0.02 |
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Prices and capabilities on this page were read from the live OceanToken catalog on 2026-10-18 (UTC), when the documentation was built. If a price has changed since, the console's Models page shows the current one.