# MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo API via PiAPI

> MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo is a non-streaming text-to-speech API with seven reviewed English and Mandarin system voices and downloadable audio output.

Landing page: https://piapi.ai/minimax-speech-2-8-turbo
Base URL: https://api.piapi.ai
Authentication: use the API key from your PiAPI workspace.
Documentation: https://piapi.ai/docs/minimax-api/speech

## Product details
- Category: audio
- Vendor: minimax

## Runtime targets

### MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo / Text to Audio
POST https://api.piapi.ai/api/v1/task
```json
{
  "model": "minimax",
  "task_type": "speech-2.8-turbo",
  "input": {
    "text": "YOUR_PROMPT",
    "voice": "English_expressive_narrator",
    "response_format": "mp3",
    "speed": 1
  }
}
```
GET https://api.piapi.ai/api/v1/task/{task_id}
Output fields: audio_url
Workspace: https://piapi.ai/workspace/minimax-speech-2-8-turbo?operation=txt2audio
Documentation: https://piapi.ai/docs/minimax-api/speech
- per_1k_characters: USD 0.09 / 1k_characters

### Facts
- Reviewed system voices: Choose one of five English or two Mandarin system voices; custom and cloned voices are not part of this contract.
- Downloadable output: Completed tasks return an audio_url in the selected MP3, WAV, FLAC, or PCM format.
- Speed control: Set speech speed from 0.5× to 2×.

### Related entities
- MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo API
- MiniMax TTS
- PiAPI

## FAQ
### What is MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo?

It is PiAPI's asynchronous text-to-speech task for the MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo model.

### Which voices are available?

The contract exposes five English and two Chinese Mandarin system voices. Custom and cloned voices are not supported.

### Which formats can I download?

Choose MP3, WAV, FLAC, or raw PCM. The completed task returns an audio_url.

### How is speech billed?

The standard price is $0.09 per 1,000 provider-billed characters. Provider billing can differ from Unicode character count.