Text to speech

MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash

MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash is a text-to-speech model built for fast, low-latency generation. It produces high- fidelity, natural, and expressive speech across 23 languages and supports gated instant voice cloning, all while being optimized for real-time responsiveness. Its human-like intonation, rhythm, and emotional nuance make it ideal for voice agents, assistants, and other interactive scenarios where latency and cost are critical.

MP3, WAV, OPUS, PCM, AAC, FLAC · 4 voices · Up to 4,096 characters

$15.75Per 1M characters

Pricing

Price

Per 1M characters
$15.75

Includes the MiniRouter fee. Tokens are not charged.

Estimate your cost

Priced per character of input text.

44 / 4,096 characters

Estimated cost

$0.000693

Includes the MiniRouter fee.

Estimate only; nothing is sent. Your charge settles to the provider’s reported characters plus the MiniRouter fee.

Use the Speech API

Set MINIROUTER_API_KEY to your inference key and copy the example.

curl --fail-with-body --retry 0 --max-time 120 \
  https://api.minirouter.sh/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MINIROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -D response.headers --output speech.mp3 \
  --data '{
  "model": "microsoft/mai-voice-2.1-flash",
  "input": "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.",
  "voice": "en-US-Harper",
  "response_format": "mp3"
}'

Keep the request ID and check Request logs for the settled cost. A failed or disconnected request may still incur a cost; these examples disable automatic retries.

How it works

How it works

Endpoint
POST /v1/audio/speech
OpenAI speech body: model, input, voice, response_format, speed, instructions. Raw audio bytes come back.
Limits
4,096 characters
Speed 0.25–4.0. No streaming.
Formats
mp3, wav, opus, pcm, aac, flac
mp3 by default.
Voices
en-US-Harper, en-US-Nova, en-US-Davis, en-US-Jenny
Pass one as voice.

Every model, one key.