# MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD

The best-sounding of the lot, with feelings you pick rather than describe.

Model id: `minimax-speech-2.8-hd`
Type: Voice
Made by: MiniMax
Inputs: Text
Updated: Oct 12, 2026

## Pricing

| Setting | MiniAPI | fal | Difference |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| any | $0.11 / 1K chars | $0.10 | +10% |

You are not charged for a job that fails.

## Parameters

| Name | Required | Values | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `prompt` | Yes | text |  | What to make, in plain words. |
| `language_boost` | No | Chinese, Chinese,Yue, English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Turkish, Dutch, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Thai, Polish, Romanian, Greek, Czech, Finnish, Hindi, Bulgarian, Danish, Hebrew, Malay, Slovak, Swedish, Croatian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Slovenian, Catalan, Nynorsk, Afrikaans, auto |  | Enhance recognition of specified languages and dialects |
| `output_format` | No | url, hex | hex | File type of the result. |
| `voice_setting` | No |  |  | Voice configuration settings |
| `audio_setting` | No |  |  | Audio configuration settings |
| `pronunciation_dict` | No |  |  | Custom pronunciation dictionary for text replacement |
| `normalization_setting` | No |  |  | Loudness normalization settings for the audio |
| `voice_modify` | No |  |  | Voice modification settings to adjust pitch, intensity, and timbre. |
| `audio_setting.bitrate` | No | 32000, 64000, 128000, 256000 |  | Bitrate of generated audio |
| `audio_setting.channel` | No | 1, 2 |  | Number of audio channels (1=mono, 2=stereo) |
| `audio_setting.format` | No | mp3, pcm, flac |  | Audio format |
| `audio_setting.sample_rate` | No | 8000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100 |  | Sample rate of generated audio |
| `normalization_setting.enabled` | No |  |  | Enable loudness normalization for the audio |
| `normalization_setting.target_loudness` | No | -70 to -10 |  | Target loudness in LUFS (default -18.0) |
| `normalization_setting.target_peak` | No | -3 to 0 |  | Target peak level in dBTP (default -0.5). |
| `normalization_setting.target_range` | No | 0 to 20 |  | Target loudness range in LU (default 8.0) |
| `pronunciation_dict.tone_list` | No |  |  | List of pronunciation replacements in format ['text/(pronunciation)', ...]. For Chinese, tones are 1-5. Example: ['燕少飞/(yan4)(shao3)(fei1)'] |
| `voice_modify.intensity` | No | -100 to 100 |  | Intensity/energy of the voice. Range: -100 to 100. Higher values create more energetic speech. |
| `voice_modify.pitch` | No | -100 to 100 |  | Pitch adjustment in semitones. Range: -100 to 100. Positive values raise pitch, negative values lower it. |
| `voice_modify.timbre` | No | -100 to 100 |  | Timbre adjustment. Range: -100 to 100. Affects the tonal quality of the voice. |
| `voice_setting.emotion` | No | happy, sad, angry, fearful, disgusted, surprised, neutral |  | Emotion of the generated speech |
| `voice_setting.english_normalization` | No |  |  | Enables English text normalization to improve number reading performance, with a slight increase in latency |
| `voice_setting.pitch` | No | -12 to 12 |  | Voice pitch (-12 to 12) |
| `voice_setting.speed` | No | 0.5 to 2 |  | Speech speed (0.5-2.0) |
| `voice_setting.voice_id` | No |  |  | Predefined voice ID to use for synthesis |
| `voice_setting.vol` | No | 0.01 to 10 |  | Volume (0-10) |

## Quickstart

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.minicut.ai/v1/queue/minimax-speech-2.8-hd" \
  -H "Authorization: Key $MINIAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"prompt":"a red fox runs through snow at dawn"}'
```

```json
{
  "request_id": "0192f3a4-5b6c-7d8e-9f01-23456789abcd",
  "status": "IN_QUEUE",
  "queue_position": 0,
  "status_url": "https://api.minicut.ai/v1/queue/minimax-speech-2.8-hd/requests/0192f3a4-5b6c-7d8e-9f01-23456789abcd/status",
  "response_url": "https://api.minicut.ai/v1/queue/minimax-speech-2.8-hd/requests/0192f3a4-5b6c-7d8e-9f01-23456789abcd",
  "cancel_url": "https://api.minicut.ai/v1/queue/minimax-speech-2.8-hd/requests/0192f3a4-5b6c-7d8e-9f01-23456789abcd/cancel",
  "price": "0.003850",
  "currency": "USD"
}
```

Page: https://api.minicut.ai/models/minimax-speech-2.8-hd
API reference: https://api.minicut.ai/docs/api