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Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech

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  1. sgc · · focus · HN ↗
    Sorry if this is in that article, but I am on my phone and can't see it. How much would this cost to batch generate an audiobook? Right now I just listen to things in the 11 labs app which is free, but I would rather just generate audio files.
    1. thevinter · · focus · HN ↗
      Roughly 5-10$ for 10h, assuming you few-shot it.

      Price per hour:

      - 3.8 Flash TTS, standard: $0.81

      - 3.8 Flash TTS, batch: $0.41

      - 3.8 Flash‑Lite TTS, standard: $0.54

      - 3.8 Flash‑Lite TTS, batch: $0.27

      1. eis · · focus · HN ↗
        Until the end of the year, then double that. And that's only the audi output though the text input shouldn't cost much in comparison.

        Official pricing can be seen here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ai.google.dev&#x2F;gemini-api&#x2F;docs&#x2F;pricing#gemini-3.8-flash-tts" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ai.google.dev&#x2F;gemini-api&#x2F;docs&#x2F;pricing#gemini-3.8-fla...

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