Alibaba Qwen3 Tts Flash API Documentation

Alibaba Qwen3 Tts Flash API Documentation

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Qwen3 TTS Flash: Low-latency Text-to-Speech for English and Chinese with multiple voices, ideal for real-time dialogue. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

Features

Qwen3 TTS Flash is low-latency, natural-sounding Text-to-Speech model that supports English and Chinese with multiple voice styles. It is designed for real-time conversations, product narration, and short-form video dubbing.

Highlights

  • Low latency / high concurrency for real-time interaction
  • Multi-language / multi-style voices (English/Chinese priority)
  • Parameter control: speed, pitch, volume, speaker (voice_id), emotion
  • Production-ready: stable output, easy integration, common audio formats

Input & Parameters

  • text (string, required): The text to synthesize (recommended < 2000 characters per request)
  • voice_id (string, optional): Voice style ID (e.g., qwen-female-1, qwen-male-1; see platform docs for the full list)
  • language (string, optional): Language code (en, zh)
  • speed (number, optional): Speaking rate, default 1.0 (range 0.5–2.0)
  • pitch (number, optional): Pitch adjustment, default 0
  • volume (number, optional): Output gain, default 0
  • emotion (string, optional): Voice emotion/style, e.g., neutral, happy, sad
  • sample_rate (int, optional): Sample rate, default 22050 (e.g., 16000/22050/24000/44100)
  • format (string, optional): Output format, default mp3 (supports mp3, wav, ogg)

Note: The available speakers and parameter ranges depend on the platform configuration.

Pricing

  • Formula: total_price = base_price * text_length / 1000
  • Current base_price: 1000 (unit depends on platform configuration)

Example

{ “model”: “/qwen3-tts-flash”, “input”: { “text”: “Hello, welcome to WaveSpeedAI!”, “voice_id”: “qwen-female-1”, “language”: “en”, “speed”: 1.0, “format”: “mp3” } }

Use Cases

  • Real-time conversational agents / voice replies
  • Short-form video, advertising, and e-commerce dubbing
  • App/IoT voice prompts and announcements
  • Education, customer service, and knowledge base narration

Authentication

For authentication details, please refer to the Authentication Guide.

API Endpoints

Submit Task & Query Result

set -euo pipefail

export WAVESPEED_API_KEY="your-api-key"

REQUEST_BODY=$(cat <<'JSON'
{
  "text": "A clear example input",
  "voice": "Cherry",
  "language_type": "Auto"
}
JSON
)

# 1. Submit the prediction once. Never retry this request automatically:
# a retry after an unclear failure can create a second, billed task.
CHECK='The task may already exist. Check History or the predictions list before submitting again.'
if ! SUBMIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
  --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60 \
  -X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/alibaba/qwen3-tts-flash" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "${REQUEST_BODY}"); then
  printf 'Submit failed. %s\n' "${CHECK}" >&2
  exit 1
fi

TASK=$(printf '%s' "${SUBMIT_RESPONSE}" | jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end')
PREDICTION_ID=$(printf '%s' "${TASK}" | jq -r '.id // empty')
if [ -z "${PREDICTION_ID}" ]; then
  printf 'Submission response did not contain a prediction id. %s\n' "${CHECK}" >&2
  exit 1
fi
RESULT_URL="https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${PREDICTION_ID}/result"

# 2. Poll until the prediction reaches a final status.
BODY_FILE=$(mktemp)
trap 'rm -f "${BODY_FILE}"' EXIT
while true; do
  # Transient errors (429, 5xx) are retried, honoring Retry-After.
  HTTP_CODE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
    --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60 --retry 5 --retry-delay 2 \
    --output "${BODY_FILE}" --write-out '%{http_code}' \
    "${RESULT_URL}" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" || true)
  case "${HTTP_CODE}" in
    2??) ;;
    000|429|5??)  # dropped connection or temporary error: keep polling
      printf 'Task %s: HTTP %s, polling again in 10s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${HTTP_CODE}" >&2
      sleep 10; continue ;;
    *) printf 'Task %s: HTTP %s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${HTTP_CODE}" >&2
      cat "${BODY_FILE}" >&2; exit 1 ;;
  esac
  RESULT=$(jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end' "${BODY_FILE}")
  STATUS=$(printf '%s' "${RESULT}" | jq -r '.status // empty')

  case "${STATUS}" in
    completed) printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq '.outputs'; break ;;
    failed|cancelled|timeout|deleted)
      printf 'Task %s ended with status %s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${STATUS}" >&2
      printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq . >&2; exit 1 ;;
    *) sleep 2 ;;
  esac
done

Retry temporary errors only while polling, never the submit request. Errors, retries and timeouts

Parameters

Task Submission Parameters

Request Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultRangeDescription
textstringYes--Text to translate
voicestringYesCherryCherry, Ethan, Nofish, Jennifer, Ryan, Katerina, Elias, Jada, Dylan, Sunny, li, Marcus, Roy, Peter, Rocky, Kiki, EricVoice name for translation
language_typestringNoAutoAuto, Chinese, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French, Russian, ThaiLanguage type for translation

Every model also accepts the global request options enable_sync_mode and enable_base64_output; see their pages for details.

Response Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
codeintegerHTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success)
messagestringStatus message (e.g., “success”)
data.idstringUnique identifier for the prediction, Task Id
data.modelstringModel ID used for the prediction
data.outputsarrayOutput values, usually URL strings; some models return text strings or structured result objects (empty when status is not completed)
data.urlsobjectObject containing related API endpoints
data.statusstringTask status. completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses.
data.created_atstringISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”)
data.errorstringError message (empty if no error occurred)
data.timingsobjectObject containing timing details
data.timings.inferenceintegerInference time in milliseconds

Result Request Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
idstringYes-Task ID

Result Response Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
codeintegerHTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success)
messagestringStatus message (e.g., “success”)
dataobjectThe prediction data object containing all details
data.idstringUnique identifier for the prediction
data.modelstringModel ID used for the prediction
data.outputsarray<string | object>Array of generated outputs (empty when status is not completed). Items are usually URL strings, but may be text strings or structured result objects, depending on the model.
data.urlsobjectObject containing related API endpoints
data.statusstringStatus: completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses
data.created_atstringISO timestamp of when the request was created
data.errorstringError message (empty if no error occurred)
data.timingsobjectObject containing timing details
data.timings.inferenceintegerInference time in milliseconds
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