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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen-Audio TTS

Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Flash

Speech synthesis for low-latency applications with streaming output.

availableClosed weightsText-to-speech
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 14 Oct 2026
13 of 27 specification fields collected
Text input limit20K20,000
LanguagesNot collectedAwaiting source review
Input billingSee ratesAlibaba Cloud Model Studio · Singapore
Output billingSee ratesPublished units and conditions 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
Maximum input tokens
Not collected
Maximum output
Not collected
Reasoning
Not collected
Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected
Streaming
SupportedSource for Streaming (opens in a new tab)

Incremental synthesis/transcription or duplex audio through the documented realtime protocol.

Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Release date
Not collected
Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Not collected
Languages
Not collected
Context caching
Not collected
Maximum prompt characters
20,000Source for Maximum prompt characters (opens in a new tab)

Per call/segment in the SpeechSynthesizer SDK. Bidirectional synthesis permits 200,000 cumulative characters; not a token context window.

Streaming text limits
20,000 characters per segment; 200,000 cumulativeSource for Streaming text limits (opens in a new tab)
Audio formats
PCM, WAV, MP3, OpusSource for Audio formats (opens in a new tab)
Audio sample rates
8000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 44100, 48000Source for Audio sample rates (opens in a new tab)

Output sample rates in Hz; default 22,050 Hz. These are audio sampling rates, not billable token rates.

Voice controls
Volume 0–100; rate and pitch 0.5–2.0; MP3/Opus bitrate 6–510 kbpsSource for Voice controls (opens in a new tab)
Request mode
WebSocket synthesis; complete-input or bidirectional text streamingSource for Request mode (opens in a new tab)
Stock voice catalog
Use the separate Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS system voice listSource for Stock voice catalog (opens in a new tab)

Do not reuse 3.0 voice IDs without checking compatibility.

Usage metering
Separate input and output token chargesSource for Usage metering (opens in a new tab)

Speech synthesis tokens are not interchangeable with the language-model question estimator.

Data retention
Standard API inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions; stateful files remain until deleted. The 3.1 audio family is listed as eligible for opt-in workspace ZDR, subject to account approval and covered paths. Eligibility does not mean ZDR is enabled by default.Source for Data retention (opens in a new tab)
Voice design
SupportedSource for Voice design (opens in a new tab)

The dedicated voice-design API lists this target model in Beijing. Earlier generic overview copy disagrees; this does not imply Singapore support.

Access & pricing

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

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio · Singapore

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen-audio-3.1-tts-flash
Access
wss://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/api-ws/v1/inference; run-task with model=qwen-audio-3.1-tts-flash and a same-region API key.
Regions
Singapore. Deployment scope is not a country-only residency guarantee.
Streaming
SupportedSource for Streaming (opens in a new tab)

Incremental synthesis/transcription or duplex audio through the documented realtime protocol.

Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected
Context caching
Not collected
Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Published request quota
180 requests/minuteSource for Published request quota (opens in a new tab)
Included free allowance
1,000,000 tokensSource for Included free allowance (opens in a new tab)

90-day window from the latest of account activation, model release or application approval; not a permanent free rate.

Voice design
Not supportedSource for Voice design (opens in a new tab)

Dedicated voice-design support is Beijing only.

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
Speech synthesisInput · speech synthesis1$0.231M input tokens
Speech synthesisOutput · speech synthesis1$1.871M output tokens

Rate conditions

  1. Original Singapore list rate. Input and output have separate token charges; these are not a generic text-question tariff. Free-quota eligibility and promotional prices are separate; no currency conversion is applied.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Standard API inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions; stateful files remain until deleted. The 3.1 audio family is listed as eligible for opt-in workspace ZDR, subject to account approval and covered paths. Eligibility does not mean ZDR is enabled by default.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio · China (Beijing)

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
qwen-audio-3.1-tts-flash
Access
wss://{WorkspaceId}.cn-beijing.maas.aliyuncs.com/api-ws/v1/inference; run-task with model=qwen-audio-3.1-tts-flash and a same-region API key.
Regions
China (Beijing). Deployment scope is not a country-only residency guarantee.
Streaming
SupportedSource for Streaming (opens in a new tab)

Incremental synthesis/transcription or duplex audio through the documented realtime protocol.

Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected
Context caching
Not collected
Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Published request quota
180 requests/minuteSource for Published request quota (opens in a new tab)
Included free allowance
No free quotaSource for Included free allowance (opens in a new tab)

The reviewed pricing guide limits these model free quotas to Singapore.

Voice design
SupportedSource for Voice design (opens in a new tab)

Dedicated voice-design support is Beijing only.

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
Speech synthesisInput · speech synthesis1$0.2121M input tokens
Speech synthesisOutput · speech synthesis1$1.6961M output tokens

Rate conditions

  1. Original China (Beijing) list rate. Input and output have separate token charges; these are not a generic text-question tariff. Free-quota eligibility and promotional prices are separate; no currency conversion is applied.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Standard API inference prompts and responses are retained up to 30 days, subject to legal/security exceptions; stateful files remain until deleted. The 3.1 audio family is listed as eligible for opt-in workspace ZDR, subject to account approval and covered paths. Eligibility does not mean ZDR is enabled by default.

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.

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio · Singapore

qwen-audio-3.1-tts-flash
Not verified
How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

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

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio · China (Beijing)

qwen-audio-3.1-tts-flash
Not verified
How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

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

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

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

Inference from the release-specific hosted Model Studio identity, official technical/deployment documentation and reviewed Qwen/FunAudioLLM public-weight inventories. No matching weights are published in those inventories. Public Qwen-Audio, Qwen3-TTS, Qwen3-ASR, CosyVoice and Fun-ASR checkpoints have distinct names; no equivalence with this hosted selector is assumed. This is not a claim that the whole family or all Alibaba models are closed-weight.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed