Qwen-Audio 3.0 TTS Flash

Alibaba's fast, cost-efficient speech model, served through the DashScope Speech Synthesizer.

POST/v1/media/queue

$0.0317/1K chars

Overview

Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS Flash is Alibaba's fast, cost-efficient text-to-speech model, generating spoken audio via the DashScope Speech Synthesizer API. It is the cheaper of the two Qwen speech tiers and the natural pick for high-volume Chinese-language synthesis.

Property	Value
Model ID	`qwen/qwen-audio-3.0-tts-flash`
Alias	`qwen-tts`
Upstream Model	`qwen/qwen-audio-3.0-tts-flash`
Category	Text to Speech
Languages	Chinese and English
Output	`mp3` (default) or `pcm`
Pricing	$0.0317 per 1,000 characters

Usage

All media models use the async job queue. Submit a job, then poll for the result.

Step 1: Submit Job

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/queue', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    model: 'qwen/qwen-audio-3.0-tts-flash',
    prompt: 'Your text to speak goes here.',
    options: { voice: 'loongjohn' },
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
// data.jobId — use this to poll for results

curl -X POST https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/queue \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "qwen/qwen-audio-3.0-tts-flash", "prompt": "Your text to speak goes here."}'

Step 2: Poll for Result

const status = await fetch(`https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/status/${data.jobId}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' },
});
const { data: job } = await status.json();
// job.status — "pending" | "processing" | "completed" | "failed"
// job.result.audio — { mimeType, base64 } when completed

curl https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/status/JOB_ID \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Write the audio to a file:

import { writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';

writeFileSync('speech.mp3', Buffer.from(job.result.audio.base64, 'base64'));

Request Body

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Default
`model`	`string`	Yes	`qwen/qwen-audio-3.0-tts-flash`	—
`prompt`	`string`	Yes	The text to speak (max 50,000 bytes)	—
`options.voice`	`string`	No	Voice identifier	`loongjohn`
`options.outputFormat`	`string`	No	`mp3` (default) or `pcm`	`mp3`
`options.speed`	`number`	No	Playback speed multiplier. Honoured only by models that support it	`1.0`

Voices

loongjohn is used when options.voice is omitted. 2 voices available:

loongjohn
longanhuan_v3.6

Features

Fast, cost-efficient synthesis
Strong Chinese-language coverage
Two built-in voices
Served via Alibaba DashScope

Billing

Speech is billed on the length of the input text, in UTF-8 bytes — for English text one byte is one character. The cost is known before synthesis starts, so the balance check at submit time quotes the exact final charge. Jobs have a $0.01 minimum.

Under the Hood

Qwen-Audio 3.0 TTS Flash

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