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  "meta": {
    "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)",
    "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-09",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/",
    "methodology": "0.4",
    "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json",
    "preview": false,
    "run": "2026-10-01",
    "runLabel": "October 2026 research run"
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    "slug": "minimax-voice-cloning",
    "name": "MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design",
    "vendor": "MiniMax",
    "vendorUrl": "https://www.minimax.io",
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    "category": "voice-cloning",
    "summary": "MiniMax's API clones a voice from a 10 second to 5 minute audio sample and designs voices from a text description. The resulting voice IDs work with its speech-2.8 text-to-speech models.",
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    "repo": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-MCP",
    "license": "Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. The two official MCP servers are MIT",
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      "stdio"
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    "remoteUrl": "https://api.minimax.io",
    "packages": [
      {
        "registry": "pypi",
        "name": "minimax-mcp"
      },
      {
        "registry": "npm",
        "name": "minimax-mcp-js"
      }
    ],
    "auth": "api-key",
    "authNotes": "Bearer API key created in the platform console under Account, API Keys. No scopes were found in the docs. Voice cloning also needs individual or enterprise verification of the account, and an unverified account gets error 2038. Mainland China accounts use `https://api.minimaxi.com`.",
    "pricing": "usage",
    "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go from a prepaid balance. Rapid voice cloning $1.50 a voice and voice design $3 a voice, each charged when the voice is first used for synthesis. Speech from the voice is $100 per million characters on speech-2.8-hd and $60 on speech-2.8-turbo. Previews are billed per character. Audio subscriptions from $5 a month include 10 to 800 voice slots. No free allowance for cloning is published (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-paygo, checked 2026-10-08).",
    "priceSummary": "$1.50 / tx",
    "where": "both",
    "x402": {
      "level": "no",
      "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing pages or the voice OpenAPI files. Prepaid balance top-up (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "endpoints": []
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      "pypiWeekly": 1532,
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    "docsUrl": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/speech-voice-clone",
    "llmsTxt": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/llms.txt",
    "openapi": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/speech/voice-cloning/api/openapi.json",
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      "voice.clone",
      "voice.design",
      "speech.tts"
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      "official",
      "hosted",
      "usage-priced",
      "prepaid",
      "openapi",
      "llms-txt",
      "mcp",
      "python",
      "typescript",
      "status-page"
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      "grade": "D",
      "agentReady": false,
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      "categoryRank": 7,
      "methodology": "0.4",
      "run": "2026-10-01",
      "scores": {
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        "maintenance": 38,
        "payments": 20,
        "reliability": 70,
        "schema": 78,
        "security": 39,
        "transparency": 53
      },
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        "tasks"
      ],
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "key": "reliability",
          "name": "Reliability",
          "weight": 16,
          "effectiveWeight": 20,
          "score": 70,
          "points": 14,
          "reason": "Atlassian Statuspage at status.minimax.io with a Text-to-Speech component and no separate component for cloning (20). The page showed incidents from 28 September to 8 October 2026, one of them on Text-to-Speech, 22 minutes of elevated errors on 28 September. The history page did not render and the feed held three days, so the rest of the 90 days was unread, minor only on what we saw (20). Rate limits are published, 60 requests a minute for voice cloning and 20 for voice design (15). Error 1002 and 2045 say to retry later and avoid sudden increases, with no Retry-After, backoff figures or idempotency key found (5 of 15). No SLA found in the docs, and the terms were unread (0). No beta or preview label on either endpoint (10)."
        },
        {
          "key": "performance",
          "name": "Performance",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 0,
          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes."
        },
        {
          "key": "schema",
          "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
          "weight": 13,
          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
          "score": 78,
          "points": 12.68,
          "reason": "OpenAPI 3.1 files for cloning, upload, voice design and voice management (25). llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page (10). Field descriptions state purpose, limits and billing effects, with little on when to choose cloning over design (13 of 20). Enums for model, language and voice type, a 0 to 1 range on `accuracy` and length caps, while the `voice_id` rules sit in prose and the `file_id` description carries a sentence that belongs to `clone_prompt` (12 of 15). Request and response examples throughout and a table of 24 error codes, but only a 200 response is specified and the example response uses fields the schema does not define (10 of 15). Paths are versioned under `/v1`. The API release notes stop at 28 October 2025 and omit `text_validation` and `aigc_watermark` (8 of 15)."
        },
        {
          "key": "ergonomics",
          "name": "Agent ergonomics",
          "weight": 13,
          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
          "score": 56,
          "points": 9.1,
          "reason": "The clone call returns a preview URL and billing counts, but voice design returns preview audio as hex inside the JSON body, and listing with `voice_type` set to `all` returns the 300+ system voices (15 of 25). `POST /v1/get_voice` filters by voice type and has no pagination (10 of 20). Errors come as numeric codes in `base_resp` with a short remedy for each, several of them specific to cloning, inside a response documented only as 200 (13 of 20). No idempotency key. A repeated clone with the same `voice_id` fails with 2039 instead of creating a second voice, the fee applies only on first synthesis, and the MCP tools carry no read-only or destructive annotations (10 of 20). Two required fields per call. No official SDK for speech, with MCP servers in Python and JavaScript and an official CLI that does not cover cloning (8 of 15)."
        },
        {
          "key": "security",
          "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
          "weight": 14,
          "effectiveWeight": 17.5,
          "score": 39,
          "points": 6.83,
          "reason": "Graded for voice cloning, with consent and misuse controls in place of the read-only line and training and retention of voice data in place of the prompt-injection line, as on the other listings in this category. Plain API keys from the console with no scopes found, and the docs say publicly leaked keys may be disabled (20 of 30). Cloning requires individual or enterprise verification of the account, input passes a content safety check, and two optional controls exist, a transcript match (`text_validation`) and a watermark tone (`aigc_watermark`, off by default). No field records the speaker's consent (8 of 20). The terms and privacy policy did not render for our reader, so training use is unknown. The docs state that unused voices are deleted after 7 days and a delete call exists (5 of 15). Responses carry `usage_characters` for reconciliation and voices can be listed, with no audit log found (6 of 15). No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found, and an issue opened on the MCP repository on 25 August 2026 asks for a private disclosure contact (0 of 20)."
        },
        {
          "key": "payments",
          "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 12.5,
          "score": 20,
          "points": 2.5,
          "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-unit prices are public, $1.50 a cloned voice, $3 a designed voice and $60 to $100 per million characters of speech (20). No free allowance for cloning or design is published. The rate limits page mentions a free tier without defining it (0). A person signs up in a browser, funds a balance and completes verification before the first clone (0)."
        },
        {
          "key": "tasks",
          "name": "Task success",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 0,
          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored."
        },
        {
          "key": "maintenance",
          "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
          "weight": 7,
          "effectiveWeight": 8.75,
          "score": 38,
          "points": 3.33,
          "reason": "The newest dated change that touches this product is `minimax-mcp` 0.0.19 and `minimax-mcp-js` 0.0.18 on 21 August 2026, 48 days ago. The newest speech model, Speech 2.8, is dated 23 January 2026 (20 of 30). Two package releases for one change in the last 90 days, and no dated API entries (0). The API release notes stop at 28 October 2025. Support is by email and Discord, and the MCP repository lists 21 open issues, whose replies we could not read (6 of 15). No official SDK for speech. The MCP servers were updated in August 2026 and include `voice_clone` and `voice_design` (8 of 15). The Python server has tests and moved to version 2 of the MCP SDK in August, with no CI workflow in the repository (4 of 10)."
        },
        {
          "key": "transparency",
          "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
          "weight": 7,
          "effectiveWeight": 8.75,
          "score": 53,
          "points": 4.64,
          "note": "editorial 25, provenance 80",
          "reason": "Closed API under platform terms that exist but did not render for our reader, with MIT MCP servers (12 of 30). The privacy policy was unread. The docs say every interface is stateless and stores no user data, while also saying an activated voice is saved permanently, and they give no retention period for uploaded audio (5 of 30). The earlier text-to-voice API was marked legacy on 20 June 2025 with service continuing, and legacy speech models are labelled, with no written deprecation policy (8 of 20). No subprocessor list or data locations found. Mainland China accounts use a separate host (0 of 20)."
        }
      ],
      "assessment": {
        "date": "2026-10-08",
        "basis": "public evidence",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "notes": {
          "ergonomics": "The clone call returns a preview URL and billing counts, but voice design returns preview audio as hex inside the JSON body, and listing with `voice_type` set to `all` returns the 300+ system voices (15 of 25). `POST /v1/get_voice` filters by voice type and has no pagination (10 of 20). Errors come as numeric codes in `base_resp` with a short remedy for each, several of them specific to cloning, inside a response documented only as 200 (13 of 20). No idempotency key. A repeated clone with the same `voice_id` fails with 2039 instead of creating a second voice, the fee applies only on first synthesis, and the MCP tools carry no read-only or destructive annotations (10 of 20). Two required fields per call. No official SDK for speech, with MCP servers in Python and JavaScript and an official CLI that does not cover cloning (8 of 15).",
          "maintenance": "The newest dated change that touches this product is `minimax-mcp` 0.0.19 and `minimax-mcp-js` 0.0.18 on 21 August 2026, 48 days ago. The newest speech model, Speech 2.8, is dated 23 January 2026 (20 of 30). Two package releases for one change in the last 90 days, and no dated API entries (0). The API release notes stop at 28 October 2025. Support is by email and Discord, and the MCP repository lists 21 open issues, whose replies we could not read (6 of 15). No official SDK for speech. The MCP servers were updated in August 2026 and include `voice_clone` and `voice_design` (8 of 15). The Python server has tests and moved to version 2 of the MCP SDK in August, with no CI workflow in the repository (4 of 10).",
          "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-unit prices are public, $1.50 a cloned voice, $3 a designed voice and $60 to $100 per million characters of speech (20). No free allowance for cloning or design is published. The rate limits page mentions a free tier without defining it (0). A person signs up in a browser, funds a balance and completes verification before the first clone (0).",
          "reliability": "Atlassian Statuspage at status.minimax.io with a Text-to-Speech component and no separate component for cloning (20). The page showed incidents from 28 September to 8 October 2026, one of them on Text-to-Speech, 22 minutes of elevated errors on 28 September. The history page did not render and the feed held three days, so the rest of the 90 days was unread, minor only on what we saw (20). Rate limits are published, 60 requests a minute for voice cloning and 20 for voice design (15). Error 1002 and 2045 say to retry later and avoid sudden increases, with no Retry-After, backoff figures or idempotency key found (5 of 15). No SLA found in the docs, and the terms were unread (0). No beta or preview label on either endpoint (10).",
          "schema": "OpenAPI 3.1 files for cloning, upload, voice design and voice management (25). llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page (10). Field descriptions state purpose, limits and billing effects, with little on when to choose cloning over design (13 of 20). Enums for model, language and voice type, a 0 to 1 range on `accuracy` and length caps, while the `voice_id` rules sit in prose and the `file_id` description carries a sentence that belongs to `clone_prompt` (12 of 15). Request and response examples throughout and a table of 24 error codes, but only a 200 response is specified and the example response uses fields the schema does not define (10 of 15). Paths are versioned under `/v1`. The API release notes stop at 28 October 2025 and omit `text_validation` and `aigc_watermark` (8 of 15).",
          "security": "Graded for voice cloning, with consent and misuse controls in place of the read-only line and training and retention of voice data in place of the prompt-injection line, as on the other listings in this category. Plain API keys from the console with no scopes found, and the docs say publicly leaked keys may be disabled (20 of 30). Cloning requires individual or enterprise verification of the account, input passes a content safety check, and two optional controls exist, a transcript match (`text_validation`) and a watermark tone (`aigc_watermark`, off by default). No field records the speaker's consent (8 of 20). The terms and privacy policy did not render for our reader, so training use is unknown. The docs state that unused voices are deleted after 7 days and a delete call exists (5 of 15). Responses carry `usage_characters` for reconciliation and voices can be listed, with no audit log found (6 of 15). No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found, and an issue opened on the MCP repository on 25 August 2026 asks for a private disclosure contact (0 of 20).",
          "transparency": "Closed API under platform terms that exist but did not render for our reader, with MIT MCP servers (12 of 30). The privacy policy was unread. The docs say every interface is stateless and stores no user data, while also saying an activated voice is saved permanently, and they give no retention period for uploaded audio (5 of 30). The earlier text-to-voice API was marked legacy on 20 June 2025 with service continuing, and legacy speech models are labelled, with no written deprecation policy (8 of 20). No subprocessor list or data locations found. Mainland China accounts use a separate host (0 of 20)."
        },
        "sources": [
          {
            "what": "docs index (llms.txt)",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/llms.txt",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "voice clone guide",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/speech-voice-clone.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "voice clone reference and OpenAPI",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/voice-cloning-clone.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "voice design reference",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/voice-design-design.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "get voice and delete voice references",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/voice-management-get.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "API overview, speech section",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/api-overview.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "rate limits",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/rate-limits.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "error codes",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/errorcode.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "pay-as-you-go pricing",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-paygo.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "audio subscription pricing",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-speech.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "API release notes",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/release-notes/apis.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "model release notes",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/release-notes/models.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "API FAQ",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/faq/about-apis.md",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "status page",
            "url": "https://status.minimax.io/",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "status feed",
            "url": "https://status.minimax.io/history.rss",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "terms of service (no text without a browser)",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/protocol/terms-of-service",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "privacy policy (no text without a browser)",
            "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/protocol/privacy-policy",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "official MCP server, Python",
            "url": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-MCP",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "official MCP server, JavaScript",
            "url": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-MCP-JS",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "MCP repository issues",
            "url": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-MCP/issues",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "PyPI release history",
            "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/minimax-mcp/json",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "npm release history",
            "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimax-mcp-js",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "Speech 2.8 announcement",
            "url": "https://www.minimax.io/news/minimax-speech-28",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "domain registration (RDAP)",
            "url": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/minimax.io",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          }
        ],
        "openQuestions": [
          "unchecked: the terms of service, privacy policy and paid agreement at platform.minimax.io/protocol/ return no document text to a plain reader, so voice ownership, the licence taken over uploads, training use, retention, benchmarking rules and any SLA are unread",
          "unchecked: the legal entity Nanonoble Pte. Ltd. is carried from the 30 September check on the MiniMax Video API listing and was not confirmed today",
          "unchecked: status history before 28 September 2026. The history page did not render and the feed held three days",
          "unchecked: GitHub star counts and maintainer replies on issues. The GitHub API refused us for rate limits",
          "What individual or enterprise verification involves, and whether it applies to voice design as well as cloning",
          "Which preview price for voice design is right, $30 per million characters in the API reference or $60 on the pricing page",
          "What the free tier named on the rate limits page includes",
          "How long uploaded sample files are kept, and how the statement that interfaces store no user data fits with permanently saved voices"
        ]
      },
      "negative": 0,
      "verdict": "Typed OpenAPI files, published prices of $1.50 a cloned voice and $3 a designed voice, and optional transcript and watermark checks. Cloning needs individual or enterprise account verification, the terms and privacy policy could not be read without a browser, and no statement on training with uploaded voice audio was found in the docs.",
      "bestFor": "Teams already using MiniMax speech models that want quick clones or prompt-designed voices at a flat fee per voice across 40 languages.",
      "strengths": [
        "OpenAPI 3.1 files for clone, upload, design, list and delete, with llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page",
        "A cloned voice costs $1.50 and a designed voice $3, charged on first synthesis and not at creation",
        "Rate limits are published, 60 requests a minute for cloning and 20 for voice design",
        "Optional `text_validation` rejects a sample whose speech does not match an expected transcript, and `aigc_watermark` adds a watermark tone to the preview",
        "`POST /v1/delete_voice` removes a cloned or designed voice, and unused voices are deleted after 7 days"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "The terms of service and privacy policy render only in a browser, so voice ownership, training use and retention terms were not read",
        "No field records the speaker's consent. The documented gate is individual or enterprise verification of the account",
        "The voice design reference prices preview audio at $30 per million characters and the pricing page at $60",
        "The API release notes stop at 28 October 2025 and omit `text_validation` and `aigc_watermark`",
        "No security.txt, bug bounty or certification found, and no SLA in the docs"
      ],
      "agentNotes": [
        "Upload the sample to `POST /v1/files/upload` with `purpose=voice_clone`, then pass the integer `file_id` and a new `voice_id` of 8 to 256 characters to `POST /v1/voice_clone`",
        "Synthesise once with T2A within 7 days or the voice is deleted. A preview inside the clone call does not count",
        "Read `base_resp.status_code` on every response. Errors such as 2038 (no cloning permission) and 2039 (duplicate `voice_id`) arrive in the body",
        "Voice design returns `trial_audio` as hex in the JSON body. Write it to a file and keep it out of the model context",
        "Send `voice_type` to `POST /v1/get_voice`, because `all` also returns the 300+ system voices"
      ],
      "metrics": {
        "kind": "remote",
        "measured": false
      },
      "reviewCount": 0,
      "avgRating": 0,
      "history": [
        {
          "basis": "public evidence",
          "confidence": "medium",
          "grade": "D",
          "methodology": "0.4",
          "pending": [
            "performance",
            "tasks"
          ],
          "run": "2026-10-01",
          "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
          "score": 53.1
        }
      ],
      "editorialScores": {
        "ergonomics": 56,
        "maintenance": 38,
        "payments": 20,
        "reliability": 70,
        "schema": 78,
        "security": 39,
        "transparency": 25
      },
      "provenanceScore": 80
    },
    "connect": {
      "http": "curl --location 'https://api.minimax.io/v1/voice_clone' \\\n  --header \"Authorization: Bearer $MINIMAX_API_KEY\" \\\n  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n  --data '{\"file_id\": 123456789, \"voice_id\": \"MiniMax001\"}'",
      "config": {
        "mcpServers": {
          "MiniMax": {
            "args": [
              "minimax-mcp",
              "-y"
            ],
            "command": "uvx",
            "env": {
              "MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimax.io",
              "MINIMAX_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "letme": {
      "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.clone",
      "tool": "https://letme.dev/minimax-voice-cloning"
    },
    "sameCompany": [
      "minimax-video"
    ],
    "notable": [
      "A clone needs one mp3, m4a or wav sample of 10 seconds to 5 minutes and up to 20 MB, plus an optional prompt clip under 8 seconds with its transcript (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/speech-voice-clone)",
      "Cloned and designed voices are temporary until first used in speech synthesis, and are deleted after 168 hours if unused (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/api-overview)",
      "The API overview says voice cloning requires individual or enterprise verification (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/api-overview)",
      "`text_validation` sends the sample to speech recognition and rejects the request with code 1043 when similarity to the expected transcript falls below `accuracy`, 0.7 by default (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/voice-cloning-clone)",
      "The official MCP servers have 8 tools after the music tool was retired on 20 August 2026, including `voice_clone`, `voice_design` and `list_voices` (https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-MCP)",
      "The voice design reference states a preview fee of $30 per million characters, and the pay-as-you-go page states $60 (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/voice-design-design)"
    ],
    "area": "voice",
    "details": [
      {
        "label": "Sample length",
        "value": "One file of 10 seconds to 5 minutes, mp3, m4a or wav, up to 20 MB. An optional prompt clip under 8 seconds with a matching transcript improves similarity"
      },
      {
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        "The terms of service, privacy policy and paid agreement at platform.minimax.io/protocol/ return a page with no document text to a plain reader.",
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