# MiniMax Voice Design API

> Designs a new synthetic voice from a text description and returns a preview with its voice ID

Creates a custom voice from a written description in `prompt` (up to 2000 characters) rather than from an audio sample. A required `preview_text` of up to 500 characters is spoken in the new voice so you can audition it. The output is the preview audio and a `custom_voice_id` that identifies the generated voice.

- Model id: `minimax/voice-design`
- Made by: MiniMax
- Category: Text to Speech
- Output: audio
- Price per run: $3.00 / run (cheapest run $3.00 (3000 API credits))
- Run: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/minimax/voice-design`
- Quote: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/minimax/voice-design`
- Docs page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/voice-design

## Pricing

Price: **$3.00 / run**. Price per run: the input files are measured before the run (length, resolution, frame rate). The quote measures the same files and is exactly what the run charges.

The full example input below costs $3.002 = 3002 API credits (1 run × $3.0015).

Prices are the upstream price in USD, paid from the API balance in API credits (1000 API credits = 1 USD). `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/minimax/voice-design` with the same JSON body returns the exact price for that input; the quote is exactly what a run charges. Invalid input is never charged and failed or canceled requests are refunded automatically.

## Input parameters

| Parameter | Canonical name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values / range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `enable_safety_checker` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Screening can be relaxed by setting false, provided the caller is authorized. |
| `prompt` |  | string | yes |  | ≤ 2000 characters | Prompt describing the personalized voice to generate. |
| `preview_text` |  | string | yes |  | 1 – 500 characters | Supply between 1 character and 500 characters to be spoken in the audio preview. |

## Example input

Required parameters only:

```json
{
  "prompt": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence.",
  "preview_text": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence."
}
```

A fuller example:

```json
{
  "prompt": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence.",
  "preview_text": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence."
}
```

## Run it

Set `DOITONG_API_KEY` to a key from https://doitong.com/developers/dashboard#keys. `?wait=20` returns the finished request in the same call when it is ready within 20 seconds; otherwise poll `GET /requests/{id}` (it also accepts `?wait=`), or pass `webhook_url`.

### curl

```bash
# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
curl -X POST "https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/minimax/voice-design?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence.",
    "preview_text": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence."
  }'

# Still "queued" or "running"? Poll with the id from the response:
curl "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/REQUEST_ID?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY"
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1";
const headers = {
  "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.DOITONG_API_KEY,
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
};

// Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
let res = await fetch(API + "/run/minimax/voice-design?wait=20", {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "prompt": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence.",
    "preview_text": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence."
  }),
});
let request = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(request.error.code + ": " + request.error.message);

// Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while (request.status === "queued" || request.status === "running") {
  res = await fetch(API + "/requests/" + request.id + "?wait=20", { headers });
  request = await res.json();
}
if (request.status !== "succeeded") throw new Error(JSON.stringify(request.error));
console.log(request.outputs.map((o) => o.url), request.cost.credits + " API credits ($" + request.cost.usd + ")");
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["DOITONG_API_KEY"]}

payload = {
    "prompt": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence.",
    "preview_text": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence.",
}

# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
r = requests.post(API + "/run/minimax/voice-design", params={"wait": 20}, json=payload, headers=headers)
request = r.json()
if not r.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"]["code"] + ": " + request["error"]["message"])

# Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while request["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
    request = requests.get(API + "/requests/" + request["id"], params={"wait": 20}, headers=headers).json()
if request["status"] != "succeeded":
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"])
print([o["url"] for o in request["outputs"]], request["cost"]["credits"], "API credits", "$" + request["cost"]["usd"])
```

### MCP

The MCP server at `https://api.doitong.com/v1/mcp` exposes the tools `search_models`, `get_model`, `quote`, `run`, `get_request`, `cancel_request`, `list_requests`, `create_upload` and `get_account`. A `run` call for this model:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "run",
    "arguments": {
      "model_id": "minimax/voice-design",
      "input": {
        "prompt": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence.",
        "preview_text": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence."
      },
      "wait_seconds": 20
    }
  }
}
```

## Response

Every call returns a request object. `status` is one of `queued`, `running`, `succeeded`, `failed`, `canceled`. `outputs` lists the generated files with URLs on our storage (kept forever, or 7 days with `?storage=temporary`; `storage` says which); `output` is the model's own result object with the same URLs.

```json
{
  "id": "req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
  "object": "request",
  "model": "minimax/voice-design",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "created_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:02Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:09Z",
  "queue_position": null,
  "cost": {
    "credits": 3002,
    "usd": "3.002",
    "charged": 3002,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "prompt": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence.",
    "preview_text": "Hello from Doitong. This is a short test sentence."
  },
  "output": {
    "custom_voice_id": "string",
    "audio": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.mp3",
      "content_type": "audio/mpeg",
      "file_name": "0-output.mp3",
      "file_size": 1843200
    }
  },
  "outputs": [
    {
      "type": "audio",
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.mp3",
      "content_type": "audio/mpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200,
      "duration": 12,
      "stored": true
    }
  ],
  "error": null,
  "metrics": {
    "inference_seconds": 6.8
  },
  "urls": {
    "self": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
    "cancel": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/cancel"
  }
}
```

### Output fields (`output`)

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `custom_voice_id` | string | Generated voice's `voice_id`. |
| `audio` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} | Audio preview synthesized using the generated voice. |

## Related models

- [MiniMax Speech 2.6 \[HD\]](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/speech-2.6-hd.md) (`minimax/speech-2.6-hd`): $0.10 / 1000 characters
- [MiniMax Speech 2.6 \[Turbo\]](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/speech-2.6-turbo.md) (`minimax/speech-2.6-turbo`): $0.06 / 1000 characters
- [MiniMax Speech 2.8 \[Turbo\]](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/speech-2.8-turbo.md) (`minimax/speech-2.8-turbo`): $0.06 / 1000 characters
- [MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/speech-2.8-hd.md) (`minimax/speech-2.8-hd`): $0.10 / 1000 characters
- [MiniMax Speech-02 HD](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/speech-02-hd.md) (`minimax/speech-02-hd`): $0.10 / 1000 characters
- [MiniMax Speech-02 Turbo](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/speech-02-turbo.md) (`minimax/speech-02-turbo`): $0.06 / 1000 characters
- [MiniMax Voice Cloning](https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/voice-clone.md) (`minimax/voice-clone`): $1.5198 / run
- [Eleven v4 Text to Speech](https://doitong.com/developers/models/elevenlabs/tts/eleven-v4.md) (`elevenlabs/tts/eleven-v4`): $0.08 / 1000 characters

## Links

- HTML page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/minimax/voice-design
- All models and guides for AI agents: https://doitong.com/developers/llms.txt
- OpenAPI 3.1 with this model's typed request body: https://doitong.com/developers/openapi.json?model=minimax/voice-design
- Errors: https://doitong.com/developers/docs/errors
- Model details as JSON: https://api.doitong.com/v1/models/minimax/voice-design