In the speech synthesis market surrounded by strong rivals such as ElevenLabs and OpenAI Voice Engine, MiniMax has built up its competitive advantages through technology iteration and precise positioning in the market, and the Speech series models have been adopted by overseas Agent platforms such as Vapi and Pipecat, as well as domestic enterprises such as GaoTou Education and Himalaya, due to their continuously improving price/performance advantages. Its differentiation strategy is reflected in the following. Its differentiation strategy is reflected in: on the one hand, expanding the language coverage to 40 languages to meet the globalization demand; on the other hand, strengthening the in-depth optimization of specific languages (e.g. Chinese) and cross-language tone reproduction. This technology route focusing on vertical scenarios enables MiniMax to form a technical barrier in the professional field, which is different from the R&D direction of competitors pursuing generalization.
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