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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Abena AI / Mobobi / Abena hosted speech APIs

Abena Text-to-Speech

Hosted speech synthesis with African-language and accented English voices, including Twi High and Lite variants.

Speech & voice
availableClosed-source managed componentText-to-speech
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 16 Oct 2026
9 of 23 specification fields collected
Text input limit500500
Languages9 listedFull language list in specifications
Input billingSee billing notesAbena hosted API
Output billingSee billing notesAccess and billing notes below

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Maximum input tokens
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Maximum output
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Parameters
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Release date
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Knowledge cutoff
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Tool calling
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Structured output
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Streaming
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Batch processing
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Fine-tuning
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Reasoning
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Context caching
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Base model
Not collected

No reviewed model-specific disclosure; unknown is not unsupported.

Input modalities
TextSource for Input modalities (opens in a new tab)
Output modalities
AudioSource for Output modalities (opens in a new tab)
Maximum prompt characters
500Source for Maximum prompt characters (opens in a new tab)
Output formats
Base64 WAV inside JSON; audio_base64, mime_type, voice, duration_seconds and quality fields.Source for Output formats (opens in a new tab)
Voice controls
Required voice ID; speed 0.5 to 2.0, default 1.0. Twi High always requests High; capacity errors use Retry-After.Source for Voice controls (opens in a new tab)
Languages
Twi (Akan), English (Ghanaian accent), English (Nigerian accent), Ghanaian Pidgin English, Nigerian Pidgin English, Swahili, Ewe, Hausa, YorubaSource for Languages (opens in a new tab)
Audio sample rates
Twi High: 24,000 Hz. Other 11 catalog entries: 22,050 Hz. These are voice-specific output sample rates.Source for Audio sample rates (opens in a new tab)
Published price
Terms list Pro $25/month with 5,000 credits and Enterprise $199/month with 50,000 credits. Credits do not roll over. ISO currency and task-level credit conversion are not established; these are subscription totals, not per-token or per-question prices.Source for Published price (opens in a new tab)
Request quotas
Up to 20 free requests without an API key. Reset window and concurrency are not specified. HTTP 429 indicates rate limiting; 503 capacity errors include Retry-After.Source for Request quotas (opens in a new tab)

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

Abena hosted API

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
Not collected

voice or language selects a task option, not a documented immutable checkpoint.

Access
POST https://abena.mobobi.com/playground/api/v1/tts/synthesize/ (JSON text, voice, optional speed). Free usage requires no API key; authenticated use accepts Authorization: Bearer or X-API-Key.
Regions
Hosting location not disclosed; policy allows international processing.

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Hosted API privacy says audio/text are deleted after processing and are not used for training without explicit consent. Account, billing, request, performance and error logs are separately collected. Exact log retention and hosting region are unspecified; international processing and trusted service providers are allowed. This does not establish universal zero retention.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Abena hosted API

Not verified

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

How it works
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

How to enable it
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Usage fields
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Billing rules
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No native inference-cache contract reviewed. Server model loading and offline operation are not evidence of prompt caching.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 16 Oct 2026

Voice choices

12 voices

Choose a voice within Abena Text-to-Speech. These are API voice identifiers, not additional model releases. Source links document each voice.

Published voice catalog
Voice / API IDLanguage & accentDelivery
Abena Highabena_twi_highTwi (Akan)
Ghana		female; 24,000 Hz; natural style. Catalog voice preset; independent checkpoint identity unverified.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
Abena Liteabena_twi_liteTwi (Akan)
Ghana		female; 22,050 Hz; lite style. Catalog voice preset; independent checkpoint identity unverified.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
Akuaakua_engEnglish (Ghanaian accent)
Ghana		female; 22,050 Hz. Catalog voice preset; independent checkpoint identity unverified.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
Kwabenakwabena_engEnglish (Ghanaian accent)
Ghana		male; 22,050 Hz. Catalog voice preset; independent checkpoint identity unverified.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
Chiomachioma_engEnglish (Nigerian accent)
Nigeria		female; 22,050 Hz; energetic style. Catalog voice preset; independent checkpoint identity unverified.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
Chiomachioma_whispering_engEnglish (Nigerian accent)
Nigeria		female; 22,050 Hz; whispering style. Catalog voice preset; independent checkpoint identity unverified.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
Kobbykobby_gpeGhanaian Pidgin English
Ghana		male; 22,050 Hz. Catalog voice preset; independent checkpoint identity unverified.Voice source (opens in a new tab)
Jamesjames_pcmNigerian Pidgin English
Nigeria		male; 22,050 Hz. Catalog voice preset; independent checkpoint identity unverified.Voice source (opens in a new tab)

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Commercial speech capability with undisclosed backing checkpoints. API terms reserve model ownership and prohibit extraction; the linked MIT repository supplies client examples, not model weights. This service entry does not establish that every backing artifact is independently closed-weight.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed