MiniMax Speech
MiniMax's speech stack covers 30+ languages with fast cloning from short samples.
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MiniMax Speech vs Whisper
MiniMax Speech (MiniMax) and Whisper (OpenAI) both sit in Audio. Whisper is the cheaper entry point at Pricing not specified in the document. Whisper shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (2 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | MiniMax Speech MiniMax | Whisper OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Audio | Audio |
| Version | 2.8 | gpt-transcribe |
| Entry cost | from $30/mo | Pricing not specified in the document |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · API per 1M chars $30 | Open Source Model free |
| Model stack | MiniMax Music 3.0 · MiniMax Speech 2.8 · Speech 2.8 | gpt-transcribe · Whisper · Whisper large-v3 · whisper-1 |
| Context window | n/a | 30 second windows |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 2 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Voice cloning, 30+ languages, Emotion control, Streaming, Speech Generation, Audio Generation, API, speech generation | 99 languages, Translation to English, Word timestamps, Open weights, Robust to noise, File transcription, Language detection, Support for mp3, mp4, mpeg, mpga, m4a, wav, and webm formats |
Whisper
A widely deployed multilingual transcription and translation model.
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