MiniMax Speech HD - Kyma API

Overview
Specs
Pricing
Use this when
Pick something else when
Example
See also

Overview

minimax-speech-hd is MiniMax’s HD-tier text-to-speech voice. Multilingual, expressive, brand-safe. Right for production narration, audiobooks, multilingual content, and budget-tier brand voice work. Position it as the production tier between minimax-speech-turbo (bulk / real-time) and eleven-multilingual-v2 (hero brand voice).

Specs

Field	Value
Model ID	`minimax-speech-hd`
Creator	MiniMax
Best for	Production narration, multilingual content
Max input	5000 characters per request
Pricing mode	Per character

Pricing

	Cost
Per 1K chars	$0.140
Typical sentence (~150 chars)	~$0.021

Use this when

You need production-quality voice without ElevenLabs flagship pricing.
You’re shipping multilingual content (29+ languages supported).
You want a single SKU good enough for narration, not just demos.

Pick something else when

You need ultra-low-latency for real-time agents → minimax-speech-turbo ($0.090/1K char).
You’re cutting hero brand spots and the voice IS the product → eleven-multilingual-v2 ($0.405/1K char).

Example

curl -X POST https://kymaapi.com/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KYMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "minimax-speech-hd",
    "input": "The first move is what sets everything in motion.",
    "voice_id": "male-qn-qingse"
  }' \
  --output speech.mp3

See also

POST /v1/audio/speech — endpoint reference
POST /v1/audio/voice-clone — clone a custom voice for use here

Gemini 3 Flash (Audio)MiniMax Speech Turbo