How do I use MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD from inside Iran?

Create a Hormouz account and generate an API key. Hormouz gives you a stable route to the model from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling needed.

What is the difference between MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD and Turbo?

HD aims for the highest audio quality; Turbo generates faster at a lower price per character. Both use the same voices.

MiniMax: Speech 2.8 HD: audio model

MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD is MiniMax's high-definition text-to-speech model, with a catalogue of 45 voices. Reachable from inside Iran through Hormouz.

Pricing:: $100/M characters
Type:: audio

Audio

MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD is a text-to-speech model from MiniMax that generates spoken audio from text in high definition.

It offers 45 preset voices, such as English_expressive_narrator, and also accepts other MiniMax voice ids. Hormouz serves MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD on two endpoints: the OpenAI-compatible /v1/audio/speech, which returns the audio in the same response, and /v1/predictions for background jobs. Set voice to one of the model's own voices, for example "English_expressive_narrator", and response_format to mp3 or pcm.

Billing is per character of input text; the current rate is in the price table on this page, and you pay only for what you use. Hormouz provides stable access to it from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.

MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD is a text-to-speech model from MiniMax. It is suited for applications that generate spoken audio from text and accepts arbitrary MiniMax voice IDs.

Quickstart

curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"minimax/speech-2.8-hd","voice":"English_expressive_narrator","input":"Hello from Hormouz.","response_format":"mp3"}' \
  --output speech.mp3

Specs

Vendor	MiniMax
Type	Audio
Context window	—
Pricing	$100/M characters
API	speech

Code example

cURL

curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"minimax/speech-2.8-hd","voice":"English_expressive_narrator","input":"Hello from Hormouz.","response_format":"mp3"}' \
  --output speech.mp3

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="ng-YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.hormouz.net/v1")
with client.audio.speech.with_streaming_response.create(
    model="minimax/speech-2.8-hd",
    voice="English_expressive_narrator",
    input="Hello from Hormouz.",
    response_format="mp3",
) as resp:
    resp.stream_to_file("speech.mp3")

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
const client = new OpenAI({ apiKey: "ng-YOUR_API_KEY", baseURL: "https://api.hormouz.net/v1" });
const speech = await client.audio.speech.create({
  model: "minimax/speech-2.8-hd",
  voice: "English_expressive_narrator",
  input: "Hello from Hormouz.",
  response_format: "mp3",
});
await writeFile("speech.mp3", Buffer.from(await speech.arrayBuffer()));

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FAQ

How much does MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD cost?: Billing is per character of input text; the current rate is in the price table on this page, and you pay only for what you use.
How do I use MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD from inside Iran?: Create a Hormouz account and generate an API key. Hormouz gives you a stable route to the model from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling needed.
How do I call MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD?: Hormouz serves MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD on two endpoints: the OpenAI-compatible /v1/audio/speech, which returns the audio in the same response, and /v1/predictions for background jobs. Set voice to one of the model's own voices, for example "English_expressive_narrator", and response_format to mp3 or pcm.
What is the difference between MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD and Turbo?: HD aims for the highest audio quality; Turbo generates faster at a lower price per character. Both use the same voices.

Updated 2026-10-13