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Speech-01 is a highly realistic, emotion-rich generative speech model developed by MiniMax. This model produces natural-sounding speech with expressive emotional nuances, making it suitable for applications like virtual assistants, audiobooks, and other scenarios requiring lifelike voice generation.
Overview
With advanced semantic understanding, Speech-01 ensures its generated speech matches the context of the input text, offering a smoother and more engaging user experience. Its ability to authentically convey emotions makes it a standout compared to standard text-to-speech tools, providing a more human touch.
MiniMax offers Speech-01 through a secure, flexible, and reliable API platform, giving businesses and developers the tools to add this advanced speech generation to their products. The API simplifies AI application development while maintaining top-notch security and performance.
During our test, the model - still marked 'Beta' - produced good emotional output but tended to swallow some word endings.
The newer model - speech-02 seems much more polished and advanced.
In mid 2025 it introduced custom voice design feature and offered music generation in beta, with Music-1.5 music model. Music duration: 90s.
Supported Languages
- Chinese
- English
- Japanese
Tags
Freemium Proprietary License Web-based #Voice & AudioLinks
| Plan Name | Tier Type | Cost per Month | Credits per Month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | free | 0.00 | 10000 |
| * Bonus 10000 credits (~12 mins audio), non-culmulative. Generate speech in 24 languages in multiple accents using tons of unique voices! Limited-time free: Generate speech with specified emotion & language. Clone up to 3 voices with as little as 10 seconds of audio. Limited-time free: Generate speech with specified emotion & language | |||
| Creator Plan | medium | 15.00 | 400000 |
| * 400K credits (~8 hours of audio) Up to 40 voice clones. Faster speech generation, emotion and language control, and commercial usage rights. Generate speech with specified emotion and language. Clone up to 10 voices with as little as 10 seconds of audio | |||
| Pro Plan | top | 99.00 | 4000000 |
| * 4 million credits (~80 hours of audio). Up to 500 voice clones. Faster speech generation, emotion and language control, and commercial usage rights. | |||
| Starter | lowest | 5.00 | 100000 |
| * 100K credits per month (~2 hours of high-quality HD model). Bonus 10000 credits (~12 mins audio), non-cumulative. ≈ Maximum 2.2 hours audio per month. Everything in Free , plus: Faster speed of generating speech. Generate speech with specified emotion and language. Clone up to 10 voices with as little as 10 seconds of audio. | |||
Where multiple modes are available, the calculations are done for the most advanced (and costly) ones.
Pricing can change, make sure to check relevant links for any updates to the subscription plans.
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Latest Minimax Audio News
June 28, 2025
MiniMax introduces Voice Design – generate speech from any prompt, voice, or emotion. Customize tones & languages effortlessly.
May 14, 2025
MiniMax's Speech-02-HD tops the TTS leaderboard https://artificialanalysis.ai/text-to-speech outperforming OpenAI & ElevenLabs in zero-shot voice cloning.
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This page was last updated on June 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM